Hi I'm new here, not new to snakes or reptiles but I'm after some advice, iv had rescues before but not as bad as the boy that I picked up yesterday, emaciated isn't even the right word, apparently he hasn't eaten for over a year but smashed a rat pup when I got him home ( had to give him food, i dont think he would survive another 2 weeks without food)
He has been to the vets but they cant draw bloods because his body is just to fragile right now but they took swabs from where they could,
What advice I'm looking for is feeds every 3 to 4 days gonna be to close together? He is only right now taking very small 50gram rat pups and he is a 2018 but there is no way his body could support or digest anything larger,
Also advice with handling him for cleaning he cant support any of his body at all but I'm also worried that I might break some of his bones? Is this even possible on a snake?
Iv had underweight snakes before but never this bad.
And the reason I haven't actually put pictures of him is because some people might find it to distressing.
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