dremora is doing something strange

[Morbids_Mom]

in the last few weeks that she has not eaten she poiints her head up in the air and opens her mouth wide like shes yawning. i put a mouse in her tank the other day and even tho she watched it like a hawk all she did was point her head upwards and open wide like she was yawning..whats up with that/ the only substrate i use is paper towels so i know shes got nothing caught in her mouth. is she maybe sick?

[Aaron_S]

Is there a wheezing noise coming from her? Any mucus around her nostrils?

It could just be a yawn. Although I've never seen a snake yawn as often as you seem to describe.

[Morbids_Mom]

thanks but shes got no mucus and no wheezing. seems healthy except shes starting to lose weight and when you hold her her scales seem to be ridges instead of smooth down, i think from the weight loss

[Aaron_S]

Would you stop holding her so she might actually eat again for you.

[Aaron_S]

There is something as overcare and I'd beware that you're fairly close to doing that. Snakes, in particular ball pythons, are pretty hardy animals. They don't need to be treated so carefully. They aren't really social creatures, they like to be left alone. When I had my ball pythons I'd go weeks without really handling them. Move them for cleaning and that was it. They were fine. Champion eaters.

[Morbids_Mom]

thanks aaron i will do that!~

[daskuppler]

My ball python did the same thing, it didn't eat for about two months. After doing some research it appears to be stress induced. I found my cat sitting in front of it's cage for hours on end (I work all day, my roommate notified me). I moved the cage, and covered the front with a blanket while I was gone, and it's doing fine now.

[Morbids_Mom]

thanks yea, we started covering the tank when it ate and finally shes taking the ft mice no problem for a few feedings now....like the last 3. i also have to yell at my cat but i can do it cause i am disabled and dont work. but dremora has a hide she stays in most of the time and she dont see nothing from inside it