Dry Wrinkly skin

awww man i feel like a horrible owner right now. I want to keep helping him with his shed but he doesnt even have the slightest tear that i can help with. i gotta get him to rub his nose to tear the skin then i can help with the rest. i dont think he has parasites but he has been very hungry taking the one pinkie every five days, he strikes as soon as his head gets close enough and after hes swallowed it he stares me down probably thinking more is coming. Should i go up to fuzzies or feed multiple pinkies at a time?

Your not a horrible owner! These things happen to the best of the best even.

Do you know how many grams he is?

I would still get a fecal done just incase it cant hurt. All you have to do is take in a stool sample and they will run it. Its about $20-40. I had a big male that seemed totally normal that had them.



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no i dont i need to pick up a scale asap. thanks for making me feel better. and ya once the full peice of feces come out i will be sure to bag it. does feces need to be refrigerated in case i cant make it to the vet the same day?

I think you really have to pick up a scale. Mine is a 2012 August baby and she gets rat fuzzies that are 35 grams and they're a little to small for her.

You know im actually not sure lol.
Call your vet in the early am to ask.
Im pretty sure he could handle a rat fuzzy no problem, maybe even a small pup. My lil 125g huy can take a fuzzy pretty.easy :)

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thanks for all of your help, i will get a scale and call the vet as well as get some larger prey... :) ill let u all know how it goes

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by royal constrictor

ive been feeding one rat pinkie every 5 days. and thank you for the help i will give it a try right now

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You should bump up your food size. My September '12 Cinny is about that size 100-120 grams and he can already take a small (25 gram) rat.

Thanks i will. is it better to up the prey size or feed multiple in one sitting?

I think upping the prey size is better because it costs you less and you don't have to take the chance of your snake not taking multiple rats to equal the larger one.