Wtf is my burm doing?

[Will0W783]

As others have mentioned, you are not dealing with neurological issues- it looks to me like you are dealing with impaction, or possibly prolaspsed rectal tissue. The snake is flailing and flipping because it's in pain and can't straighten out its tail with the stuck shed there.
Regardless of his temperament, it's up to you to get that stuck shed off of him and help him out- it's not fair to let him stay uncomfortable like that. I've honestly never seen a stuck shed that caused the tail to kink up like that though.
I would say if you get the shed off and his tail curling doesnt' improve, get him to a vet ASAP. Something is not right, but honestly it's hard to tell unless you can get some better, focused, close-up pictures of the tail.
I hope it all works out ok...he's a good-looking snake.

[stephanbakir]

Vet for sure, but the way you are hooking him might have something to do with his pissyness, try to avoid flailing the hook.

[ilovemypets1988]

IMO in this sort of situation its better to use ur hands and have a feel for the bad shed, might help it alittle

[Gungirl]

It looks like it could be a burn..Is there any chance he could have gotten burned on a Uth or anything? I also agree that the way you are tossing the hook around could be one reason why he is so pissy ...

[stephanbakir]

Originally Posted by Gungirl

It looks like it could be a burn..Is there any chance he could have gotten burned on a Uth or anything? I also agree that the way you are tossing the hook around could be one reason why he is so pissy ...

Its more the flinging towards the burms face at 0:09 you pulled on the burm and it turned towards you calmly, but I guess you got scared or something and flicked him with the hook just missing his face.
You need to get over your fear of getting bitten now, before he/she gets bigger. That does not look in any way to be an aggressive animal, its injured, in a tub of water that's constantly dripping with a person manipulating her while shes injured and shes still calm.
AND you dropped her at 0:18 and she was still calm.
If you were wondering why she was "flailing around" in the second video, watch it closely. Not only was she not aggressive but she was trying to get away, her badly kinked tail was hooked on the doll of some sort that pulls on the drain plug, so she was making no progress.

[ilovemypets1988]

right randy, numberous members have already explained what the problem is and ive already told u how to solve it.

if you cant handle the animal and help it regardless of getting bitten, then you simply shouldnt have it, i have a burm and i couldnt care less what happens to me, if he got into that sort of trouble, i would be there with my bare hands trying to help him get bk to being comfortable even if that means getting bitten or worse.

you need to get that shed off him asap or he will loose his tail as the reason its curled up is more than likely becos of lack of blood supply as the shed is cutting it off.

now either sort it out or get rid of the snake, ur choice but do whats best for ur animal.

sorry if this seems strong and offends people but it has t be said and wayne i really do apologize for the outbreak

[Jay]

Get a wet face cloth and stroke his tail, you need to get that shed off. You also need to learn how to properly handle that snake.

[RandyRhoads]

Whoa people. Calm down it's not a problem to hold it to get the shed off. I'm not afraid of getting bit it's not big enough to do anything terrible. I know the hooking looked like crap sometimes I was intentionaly trying to prod it to get it to move it's tail around for the video and other times it simply kept sliding off. This is my only snake that wont cooperate and ride the hook, normally I would tail him to keep him from falling off, but seeing as there was an issue with the tail I was unsure about, as well as trying to hold a camera.............. ................

Stephanbakir- Went back and looked at :09 the hook slipped off and up towards his face, I would never intentionally "flick" a snakes face with that speed and force.


i know you guys love snakes so do I no need to beat a dead horse..........


I will go soak and gently remove the little bit I didn't get off yesterday, and see if he's getting better or worse.

[stephanbakir]

There are python hooks that are wider, the reason the bigger snakes don't like thin hooks is because they don't offer any support. The python hooks are wide and while they can lift a heavy bodied snake, they are better for pulling.

[RandyRhoads]

Originally Posted by stephanbakir

There are python hooks that are wider, the reason the bigger snakes don't like thin hooks is because they don't offer any support. The python hooks are wide and while they can lift a heavy bodied snake, they are better for pulling.

I'll have to look into one. My 8' female wouldn't even fit on mine if i tried, and it'd be nice to have one for feeding time for her.

[stephanbakir]

Look at monstersnakesforever, they sell the best hooks I believe.

[RandyRhoads]

Some awesome snakes on there but that's all I see for sale, snakes.

[stephanbakir]

Message a mod that section of the forum is down for some reason, they are still for sale I believe.

[RandyRhoads]

So I got most of it off after a soak and underneath it looks like the scales are almost glued together. Also looks like he doesn have a prolapsed rectum. The cloaca seemed pushed out, but not extreme. My girlfriend also noticed about midway up his spine he seems to not be able to flex all the way. Is this kink spine and does that mean the guy screwed me and sold me a snake with bad genes?

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

does that mean the guy screwed me and sold me a snake with bad genes?

Means you need to get off Ssnakess.com and head to the vet.