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Hi everyone, its been a while since I've posted due to things going very well with my BP (Monty).
Unfortunately, he died this past Thursday night sometime late that night.
I had him out Thursday evening for a couple of hours handling him and he was in great shape. Very active, gentle, no jerks or anything, he seemed as normal as always.
Anyhow, we woke up Friday morning and me and hubby went in to check on him and he was in his hide with half of his body upright and the other half upside down.
Does anyone know what could have happened in that short of time??? Any idea's would be appreciated.
As for the temps and humidity, we kept the temp at 84 - 89 and the humidity from 70 - 80%

Thanks and I wish you all the best of luck with your herp's and other pets...

Good Luck
Linda & Paul
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Linda & Paul

Ohh dear Im sorry i can't offer any advice other than an autopsy, but i just wanted to offer my condolanses for the lose of a pet, i dont know what i would do if my first snake (Larry) ever took a turn for the worse... sigh.. im am truely sorry for your lose.. and hope you will soon be open to the idea of keeping another ball python... i wish you the best of luck.

Sincerley,
Rose Hipskind

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www.srsnakes.com

Something similar happened to one of my snakes, except she starting showing symptoms suddenly and was dead in under 8 hours. A vet would be able to tell you what happened but unless it was an obvious physical problem it would cost you. Assuming the snake didn't get overheated or poisoned, it's probably not your fault, just an unlucky fluke. Once you recover, I hope you'll consider getting another snake.
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Now I had two snakes that died on me also. They both lost weight and show signs of being sick. The first one was smelling bad and belly up for a day (still alive)before he pasted and the other showed signs of R.I.. Did testing on the 2nd and the vet said he looked healthy and I told him the vet that the B.P lost about 100-150g. He did look good (normal) at the vet, but he did past within the next hour. So we did more testing on the body so I would know if the rest of my snakes were safe. The only thing that came up was the snakes had a bad case of bacterial/ in its blood. I did pick them up from a small breeder and I believe that they were W.C. Hope this helps. Any Q:s drop a e-mail.
Thanks
Todd McIntosh
T&A Reptiles

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If everything was fine it probably was not your fault and maybe you should try again. Sounds like you enjoyed your snake.

If you're unsure about your husbandry read some caresheets again to make sure you're up on everything. Just a thought.
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Rob Talkington