Underweight?

[Autumn2005]

I'm watching my friend's animals while she's on vacation, and due to a mishap with the snake tank, I ended up bringing her snake home with me. While I was fetching it out of its tank, I noticed it looked really angular. Is it under fed?

I brought it home and weighed it, it's 750g, probably about 10 years old, male. I have other snakes including two bp, and none of mine look that narrow. (Or mine are overfed!)

[SKO]

Do you have a pic of it just flat on the ground? It's hard to tell from that pic.

[BCS]

I agree, different picture would be better.

[ItsAllNew2Me!]

i think it was on snakebytes i heard that they keep their males between 750g and 950g because they figure that they breed better at that size so i don't think the weight is an issue. i think it is more of the snakes look healthwise. so like stated above a better pic would be nice.

[Autumn2005]

Here's another picture of the snake. I fed him this morning, and I've never seen a mouse disappear that fast!

[SKO]

Looks fine to me.

[wolfy-hound]

I think he's a bit thinner than I would want to see, but BPs aren't supposed to look like bloods either. Do you know what his feeding schedule and prey size is?

[Chkadii]

Looks thin to me, but not thin enough that I'd be super worried, especially since he is eating for you. Put weight back on him a little at a time, don't overload him with large meals. He should be fine with some TLC.

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Edit: spelling error!

[Autumn2005]

I give my friend 2 mice every week to feed him, but he's been refusing to eat lately. I think they have his enclosure too cold for him because when I got him home to my rack, he ate right away as soon as he got warmed up. I'm tempted to "borrow" him for a month to put a little weight on him! I keep a mouse colony, which is why I'm the food supplier for my friend. The snake could probably eat rats, but I only have a mouse colony.