AboutEric Rovegno Expertise I can answer questions regarding Ball Pythons and other python and boa species. I can reply to questions about, their environment, health, deceases, breeding, and housing. I can also answer questions about other pythons and boas, but my expertise is in the Python Regius or Royal Python, better known as the Ball Python.
Experience My experience is as a snake owner and breeder. I have owned reptiles for nearly twelve years. My experience is more on Ball Pythons, but can usually answer questions about other reptile species.
Organizations The Maine Herpetology Society
Education/Credentials I believe that my at home experience as well as the hours of research I have done about the Ball Python is training enough. As mentioned before I can answer questions about Pythons and Boas, but my expertise lies within the Ball Pythons. This is why I created a website geared for ball python owners or future owners. www.ballpythonplanet.com
Expert: Eric Rovegno Date: 7/2/2008 Subject: my ball python
Question ok i've had 2 14 foot burmese pythons and two little 1 foot ball python well my newest ball for some reason will just stop and stare in to space for a while and he'll just keep stretching his jaws none of my other snakes have done this before can you tell me whats going on and is she ok..
Answer Hi Drew,
Not sure, it may be just something your snake does.
If there are other symptoms, like not eating for a long period of time where the snake gets thin and sickly looking, there is a chance it could be IBD dicease not something very common in pythons as it is in boas.
