new ball python : malnourished

The white stuff was probably a urate, which is their pee (it comes out as a piece of chalk). Don't beat yourself up too much, you tried your best. Sometimes there is just nothing you can do. I just lost a BEL who was very difficult from the second she hatched. I think it was an incubation malfunction. But anyway, she didn't eat, I had to assist feed her and she still didn't make it.

Memo you tried harder than a lot of people would have with that snake. You gave it a chance and there aren't many who would have. That snake was really in bad condition but you had him eating and happy as far as a snakes emotions go. Don't be discouraged, I say when you're ready to give it another shot and get the prettiest damn snake you can find.


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Thanks for the advice everyone and I'm probably going to end up trying again with a well started snake in the near future. Thanks for the help

Memo....plus one on your rep, well earned.

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Thanks for the advice everyone and I'm probably going to end up trying again with a well started snake in the near future. Thanks for the help

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Memo, please do try again. Everything in this thread indicates you will be a fine snake keeper. My first snake, 22 years ago, was also a difficult and frustrating experience. A couple of months later I acquired 2.0 farm hatched normal (that's pretty much all that was available in bps for less than 25k at the time!). I still have them both! Plus a few others, LOL.