My run of bad luck continues....

[Will0W783]

Feebo, I am so very sorry to hear about your blood python. However, there are a number of other things it could be. About a month and a half ago, my male hypo boa went neurological on me and went from fat happy snake to skeletal in two weeks. His muscles all basically atrophied. I thought for sure I was dealing with IBD and was a wreck. But it turned out he had genetic kidney disease, and my vet and I did several courses of antibiotic to stop the concurrent respiratory infection and force-feeding to keep his strength up. He did not make it, but none of my other snakes have gotten ill.
Also she could have injured her head. If she managed to break her back or fracture a neck vertebra mildly enough she could survive but have motion impairments. Infections that have gotten to the bloodstream cause septicemia which has neurological signs; commonly pneumonia not caught soon enough does this. Finally, what have you been using to treat mites? If you've been using pest strips and the snake came into physical contact with one, that could cause toxicity. Usually this is a problem with Vapona-containing pest strips. I personally only use Nix remedy because of its very low toxicity. If you've been using Provent-a-Mite I do not think it is supposed to be used ON the snakes, and if it gets into their water I don't know if it can also be toxic. Just know there are other things it could be, but exercise the utmost caution until you're sure.

When was the last time she ate? Has she ever regurgitated her food? Are there any signs of respiratory distress? Usually with IBD you'll notice the snake throwing up its food before any neurological symptoms appear. Hopefully you've got a good herp vet who can guide you through the process, but right now you're doing all you can. Make sure you take the blood python's entire cage out of the snake room, and if you can't vacuum out all the bedding and spray the cage down with a bleach solution (I would recommend making it stronger than the usual 10%, perhaps 25% to make sure you kill everything). Let the bleach solution dry for a few hours, then wipe the cage down with paper towels wet with water. If the cage is light enough to carry, just take it outside and hose it down after the bleach treatment. Make sure the blood python is in a completely separate room from your other snakes, and do anything you need to do with your other snakes before going into the room with the blood. After doing anything with the blood python, change your clothes and scrub down your hands/arms with soap and water for at least 30 seconds and then use hand sanitizer.

I wish you the best of luck and I hope it turns out ok in the end. Please keep us posted.