I have a rather large group of male T.radixes. Many are captive bred and born but a few are wild caught. One of my wild caught males is dieing. I believe it an old age situation. I knew he was old(by wild standards) when I found him. He's been a lot of fun to have around as he was a sort of leader in the enclosure. The last 2 days he's been laying outside the hide and also has refused food. He's starting to get that triangle body shape with a sunken belly. He's also losing weight. I've seen this before in my elderly snakes. I feel so helpless at this point as there is nothing I can do. In most cases they pass quickly and quietly.
I know when I take these older snakes in I'm going to have to deal with this but I never think about it at the time.
I hope the old boy doesn't suffer.