contractions ???

[luke.B]

i have a Snake that is graved and she keeps bowing up like she is having contraction or something and a few times she has opened her mouth wide well doing it like it is hurting her but if i pick her up to look her over wen i saw here doing this and she acted fine with tong flicking and all has anyone seen this she has been off food for about 2 weeks so i thought it should be getting close for her to drop

[Light of Dae]

I've never had a snake give birth yet. but it sounds like something is going on for sure :) Good luck, maybe offer a warm moist moss box.

[thamneil]

She may be getting close. I wouldn't bother her much at this time, but feel free to keep an eye on her. Hope you get a nice healthy batch of little ones!

[luke.B]

i have had baby's be for but have never seen this. she is in a tub with some moist paper towels. hope she is not in any kind of trouble.

[guidofatherof5]

It sounds like some kind of regurgitation attempt.
Definitely something to watch. I don't think it has anything to do with contractions or birthing.

[luke.B]

she only did the mouth thing 3 times that i saw. she is still doing the bowing thing. it has be 3 weeks since she eat last tomorrow. i have seen a snake regurgitation before but this looks different. it still might be that i have just never seen this be for and hope she will be OK

[guidofatherof5]

Does it look like the movement(bowing) is directed toward the head or tail?

[luke.B]

tail

[i_heart_sneakie_snakes]

I certainly hope she is okay. Maybe she just has bigger babies this time :) Keep us posted.

[luke.B]

so don't know what was going on with her the other day but she is back to her old self today no more crazy stuff wonder what in the world was going on to make her do all that

[setfree]

Glad she's better!:D

[Stefan-A]

i have a Snake that is graved and she keeps bowing up like she is having contraction or something and a few times she has opened her mouth wide well doing it like it is hurting her but if i pick her up to look her over wen i saw here doing this and she acted fine with tong flicking and all has anyone seen this she has been off food for about 2 weeks so i thought it should be getting close for her to drop
Saw one of mine do the same thing when she was gravid, starting about a week or at least a few days before she gave birth. All went well.

[luke.B]

so i don't know what in the would all is going on with this girl but now for the last few days she has been acting like her old self but now the last 2'' of her tail does not move and its kind of feels mushy

[guidofatherof5]

Photos?

[luke.B]

i would have to find what i did with my cam but just to look at it you cant see anything wrong i just saw she was not moving it so i picked her up and the tip of it is limp and to the touch it feel like a over ripe plum

[guidofatherof5]

Any swelling or discharge?

[EasternGirl]

How is everything now? Any news? Cee Cee does this weird thing where her whole body looks as if she is swallowing food...but it is reversed so that it looks like waves coming up her body and then she opens her mouth...it is a regurgitation attempt. So, I'm not sure if that was what was going on with your snake or if she is having contractions. Pics of her vent area might tell us something.

[luke.B]

no there is not any swelling at all and color looks normal just looked in on here its like she might lose the end of her tail or something it is like it is full of water

[guidofatherof5]

A photo would be helpful.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Could it be a retained shed that water has got behind. That could explain why that part of the tail is just dead.

[guidofatherof5]

Good idea Shawn. That makes sense.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

It was just a thought. Im with you a pic would be very helpful.