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I've had problems with her feeding for a few weeks and I had also noticed some redness around her cloaca and ripples on her skin.

Her condition seems to have deteriorated these last days.

I always find her in the most impossible positions. As if she tried to twist her body on purpose. She also only seem to worry about her head being hidden while the rest of the body is always exposed.

She doesn't move as gracefully as before, as if she was dragging 3/4 of her body.

She seems to be "breathing heavily"; her whole body gets bigger and then smaller. Probably muscle spasms since she doesn't sound or look as if she has breathing problems.

She defecates 5 or 6 times a day and it's just white powdery stuff and clear liquid.

One of her eyes always look a bit more dilated than the other.

This is starting to look really bad.

Sounds like you have a few choices. The most ethical choice is to get your snake to a vet ASAP. Good luck.

Greg

If not a call to one first thing in the morning is due. If you don't know one in your area put your area here and see if someone else does , if not hit the phone book and ask for a vet that specializes not just treat reptiles. Paul

I found her lying upside down and lifeless this morning.

I was going to call today (I finish working at noon) to see if I could get an emergency appointment to that one vet hospital which does reptiles.

Your snake has a serious internal parasite infestation.

Get the snake to a vet or it's going to die.
Also...if you have other snakes in your collection....be VERY careful to keep the sick snake quarantined.