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Simple, you over fed to the point that his stomach may have burst with the pressure of just the food, along with it being WAY TOO MUCH food, the stomach had no room for digestive fluids to circulate, preventing digestion, which allowed the food to break down (rot) inside the snakes body, which caused the origonal swelling to occur.
What finally did it in,was the toxins being forced into the stomach walls, poisoning the snake, combined with the pressure from the decaying foods released gases, which compounded the origonal tears that most likely occured, by ripping it further.
However, since you have 3 more boas, you got here hopefully in time to prevent another loss.
If you are stuffing the others like this one, then stop now, don't feed again for at least 14 days, and ensure the bottom heat is up to 90 degrees to ensure the foods they have consumed will get a chance to digest properly and hopefully with no complications.
Now for the feedings, what snakes generally need, is just one feed item every 10 to 14 days. The food should be the correct size for the animal also.
How to tell what size is right, just look at the boas thickest area, and size the food the same diameter as the snake
I am sad for your loss.
You did good by finding us here, as we are willing to help out and answer every question we can. If some one has a question that stumps us, we are willing to look for the answer and tell all we can. This way we get to learn also!
Stick around! You're welcomed at Redtail and we like good company.
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