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i have 14 balls and one of them does something ive never sean any of them do.i got it from a phon # a friend gave me .igot 1.1 about 400g balls and a 55 gallon tank and stand with a 15 gallon feeding tank and all the fixens for $100.they were on bath towels with a heat rock and a back heat pad in the towels.ok i only have one of the snakes now.when i got it,it had a burn scare over 40% of its back end ,on top of the spin.i had it for about a year and it eats drinks and all that fine .but i have heard if making a strange sound 5 times or more.it does it for about 30 seconds and stops.i hear it about once every 3 weeks,but i have heard it more often the last 3 times.ok this is what its doing.it turns its tail up like its going to take a dump and she acts like shes regergetating but all that comes out is a fart like burpping sound.it looks like a seizure or some thing.has any one had this happen before?i will take it to vet soon ,but had to ask a pro or just someone that has alot of balls that may have seen this before . thanks for any replys... p.s. it came from a pet shop.

use a under the tank heat pad, which goes under the tank not in it. That should stop the burning. -Joe

thats not the prob.thats how it was keeped when i got.

True the heat rock is not the problem, but they can cause serious burns to your bp.
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Bryan, Atlanta GA

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you are very right about that thanks. i keep them in steralites that are 32"X13"X5" with news paper and the molded black hides and heat tape pads.and water bowls to.i found out that the man i got them from had been told what was doing that to the snake.he had just got the one that was not burnt.

I thought you had them with heat rocks I misunderstood oops! -Joe

two more of my snakes did it last night someone please help!!!!

I've had a similar incident with a WC ball from a rescue that was parasite ridden - I've also heard that this dry heave kind of activity could be a sign of crypto - take them all to the vet and hope for the best.
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Tosha

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what is crypto ?

Take it to a good herp vet.
...maybe it has ingested something that cant be digested..or maybe parasites?
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Charles Glaspie

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Hi,

I had the same thing happen to me like 2 years ago when I purchased to females from a breeder and I believe that they were actually wild caught because they were only eating gerbils. Anyway, I accidentily introduced these 2 new girls to the other females I had and they all took turns doing that thing you described with the body all straightened out and the tail up like they are ready to take a dump and the mouth open wide and they just make this noise and look like they are going to vomite or fart or something. I was scared the first time I seen it because I usually would hear it from the snake room and by the time I would go there it would stop. Anyway, I took them all 8 snakes to the vet because I didn't want to take chances even with the ones that did not do it yet and he gave them some shots every week for like 6-8 weeks and they have never done it since. I later sold the 2 snakes that I believed caused this problem for me. Hope this helped.

Mohamed
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thanks alot!!thats what happen to me to,the running to see what it was and nothing.did the vet say what it was or what did the vet treat with?? thanks again

turns out it was riddled with flagyllates. i took him to a good herp vet and got him a couple doses of flagyl and he is fine now. -Joe