I got my ball python just after he hatched from a pet store. He was my first Herp. 7 months ago he was in a horrible accident, where about 60% of his body was burned down to his flesh, and there was a hole in his body where you could actualy see his heart. It was touch and go for a few days but my vet was awsome and he has almost completely recovered. He did get mouth rott in the past month due to the compromise of his immune system but it has cleared up with the antibiotics the vet administred. Because he is regenerating scales he is in a perpetual state of shedding so i try to maintain the humidity in the 70-80% range. it fluctuates because i live in the desert and it is difficult to maintain this high humidity and proper air flow. The temp stays around 95 (day) 85(night) on the hot side and 75-70 on the cool side.
Anyway that is the background info, Tonight when i went to replenish his water i noticed that he is really bloated. He has never been constipated before so it may be that and i'm not recognising it for what it is. His skoots feel almost like a water ballon and he is sensitive to touch from his abdoman to just before his vent. he ate yesterday (2 med rats) with no problems at all. I soaked him in warm water for about 8 min about an hour ago but it didn't really achieve anything so far. I'm mostly concerned because i read a forum post from a woman with a very young red tail that had simmilar symptoms, it died.
Thank you for any and all help. My Email
here is a non-bloated picture of Apollo
