Re: Doesn't she look skinny??
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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
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Re: Doesn't she look skinny??
i have a skinny guy too, (Can feel his back bone but hes getting better slowly) i hope you can get things with her figured out, shes a very pretty snake! good luck!
p.s. if you dont like her you can send her to me.. my dream snake right now is a spider :D
Re: Doesn't she look skinny??
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Originally Posted by AshleyB
p.s. if you dont like her you can send her to me.. my dream snake right now is a spider :D
:colbert: Lol.
The lump seems to come and go only when she curls up. She's very active. Hasn't even gone into her hide yet, just crawling literally everywhere. And when I open the tub, she literally dashes out very fast. I'm looking at her from afar in the tub, and the lump isn't there, and I actually held her and let her slither through my fingers and didn't feel anything, but I did take notice of how skinny she is. I think I'm going to try feeding her every 5 days. She is a lot longer than my pastel being that she is younger by a month. Is that normal? Girls are bigger than males even at younger ages?
Re: Doesn't she look skinny??
They vary so much in growth rates that you really can't compare one individual snake to another to figure out what is "right." It could be that her initial growth spurt has gone into length rather than weight, which might account for her looking thinner than you expect. She doesn't look emaciated or anything, at least not from that picture.
I'd follow the other's advice and give the person you bought her from a heads up as soon as possible about your concerns. Most likely, it'll turn out to be nothing of consequence. But, on the off chance that the lump is retained yolk or some sort of blockage...or if the snake fails to thrive...you'll at least have notified the breeder/seller up front of the issue so he can't turn it on you a month from now and say whatever problems are due exclusively to your own husbandry issues.
And I'd also follow the advice of leaving her completely alone now that the initial "exams" and pictures have been taken. Give her a chance to settle in and see how she eats for you a week from now.
Re: Doesn't she look skinny??
Defintely going to leave her alone. I put her in the quiet "neglect" room and give her some time away from any noise what-so-ever. It's also my brother's room cuz he's away on vacation :D
