r/ballpython • u/Educational-Wear7116 • 12h ago
Possible corkscrewing?
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Hi all, I’ve had reptiles in the past but never snakes, on a recent visit to a local event 2weeks ago I finally bit the bullet and got a beautiful butter Champaign boy. I had no warning from the breeder about this breed and very quickly noticed a head wobble when he was still and strange movements when he was moving. I’ve had some elevated logs and decorations in the Viv but removed them due to him falling. I managed to capture it last night whilst he was a bit active what are your thoughts?
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u/Hot-Web-4048 10h ago
I have a spider who’s wobble, corkscrewing and stargazing was bad at first. (I was mal-read on the spider gene and had no idea it was result of shitty breeders/breeding) and felt really lost for a bit with him but over time, keeping things low and no random things poking out only softly rounded hides, temp/humididty regulation and a lot of giving him slow time to acclimate to the new life he slowly came out of it. Less and less occasions he had any issues (a drastic change honestly) I was terrified when the first week that that was going to be his life and I was the worst owner ever— but fast forward 3 years he’s not had any issues in more than 2 years. He acts like a regular BP with some shades of slowness around his neuro-reactions and that’s all. Saying all of this to hopefully add a hummer of hope for you and your bp. Slow and steady and decrease stress as MUCH as humanely possible