i have a question

i got a male lemon pastel and he is underweight and maybe dehydrated but my question is his tounge isnt forked is it because hes underweight and dehydrated he ate a mouse today just fine he was only getting fed once every 3 weeks from the guy i got her from and he was eating one pinky rat but im thinking if i feed him once a week and get his weight up good he should be ok right ?

If he's dehydrated, your first priority should be a nice soak and lots of fresh water. THEN feed him. Not sure about the forked tongue. I suppose it's possible that the two sides are just stuck together and will loosen up when he's fully hydrated again.

Hi! I can't really help you with the forked tongue either, but seems he's underfed. I agree with Judy though. Give him a good soak with warm water about half way up his side. Lots of fresh water, and then try to feed him. Remember to give him a week of r & r in his new home before giving him some dinner. Do you know how old he is? I would probably try every 5 days if he's just a little guy, and then every week when he has fattened up a bit. Even full grown I wouldn't feed less then every two weeks.

I would probably do a small rat every week when he's full grown. Although, my males tend to go on more binges when they eat every week. So probably every two weeks.

hes doing pretty good hes active and moves around alot

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Originally Posted by garylee91

hes doing pretty good hes active and moves around alot

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Being active and moving around a lot is not what you want. BP spend 80% of their time hiding so moving around a lot is not a normal behavior obviously in this specific case it could be related to the fact that he is underfed (which can be solve by feeding a nice prey, same size as the widest part of your BP's body every 5 days) however just in case, what is your husbandry like?

Animal size, enclosure size, temps, humidity, devices used to get your reading (digital or analog?), etc?

hes setup in one of my baby racks 6 qt tub warm side is 92 at the hot spot cool side is 81 humidty is 64 and he weighs 60 grams and i et my temps from a temp gun

wel he shed today iv soaked him a 3 times a week and hes putting weight on and he looks so much better since he shed his yellow is getting brighter already and the blacks are getting darker

That is great... Glad to hear that it is doing so well...

i cant wait till he sheds again im gonna get some pictures of him tomorrow