How to feed up a runt?
4 days ago adopted a 204 gram female BP who is approximately two years old (she was a rescue). When my friend started fostering her, she was a reluctant feeder but now she's eating mice consistently on a weekly schedule. She has black scars (healed with smooth new scales now) on her which appear to be old burns. And, of course, she is much too small for her age. But otherwise she appears healthy.
She just ate a f/t 18g mouse for me. Which is a relief. I know this is a bit small but I thought I should make her first meals non-intimidating to make sure she takes it.
How should I go about getting her up to size? I'm considering offering her another ~18g mouse in 5 days time. But how should I proceed from there?
Would it be worth getting her tested for internal parasites? Do they get "worms" or similar which cause failure-to-thrive without other more obvious symptoms?
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