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[natas]

I had a similar problem occur once while baby sitting a Albino Burmese Python. The snake was 4.5 ft male and was in good condition...no problems.

Anyway I took the guy out and put him in his feed box....gave him his dead rat and he gulped it up fine.

20 minutes later I decided to put him back in his cage. So I reach behind him and grab him...all of the sudden the snake started to shake viloently for 15-20 seconds...scared the crap out of me. All of the sudden he stayed still for over 5 minutes after he stopped shaking. Then after the 5 minutes he started acting normal.

I put him in his cage and checked on him every 30 minutes...he seemed fine. I took him to the vet the next day and the only thing the vet could conclude was that he had a seisure prolly from me catching him off guard. He said next time to be sure and wave my hand a little in front of him or give some sign after a feeding that I am there so I don't surprise him. The doctor also said that the snake's genetics were prolly the cause of this. The albino's are alot weaker genetically and are more vulnerable to problems....he even said that inbreeding could be a factor.

The snake is now about 7ft long and has never had this problem since...but man was it scary.

One thing to check is for mites. Sometimes mites can cause some weird problems with snakes. I would also take the snake to a vet if your paranoid about all of this.
[addsig]