new ball python : malnourished

I am still assist feeding

Don't give up hope friend! :colbert:

You're doing such an amazing job of trying to help this guy recover. Lots of hopes for y'all. :gj: :gj: :gj:

i too have a slightly malnourished snake, but she is nowhere near as skinny as yours. mine has eaten once in the week and a half ive owned her, but in that feeding she was intimidated by her prey so i had to offer smaller and she took it. are you heating the head of the mouse/rat with a hair dryer? thats what i read to do with f/t mice and it seemed to work. just put the hair dryer pointed at the f/t mouses head for 10-20 seconds and then offer it. another thing you can do is called pre-scenting, where you place a warm(not hot) f/t prey item near the enclosure or in a small container in the enclosure. this kicks the animal into feeding mode. lol this thread is awesome i cant wait to see her get bigger.

Update us! Hit us with some pics! :D

Been following this thread religiously.

Now following this post as well

I fed him a rat pink just two days ago (assist fed). I will post pics tomorrow. He's currently at a weight of 61g or so. I'm starting to get my hopes up with him.
So I've been bit by the ball python bug lol. I want to get two more with future breeding purposes. Hatchling size. I want to get them from a reputable breeder so I could be able to enjoy a snake without so much stress.
Any suggestions?

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sorry for the crappy pics. ill try to take some better ones on his next feeding date.
also sorry for the double post

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is his tail section normal? i believe he's constipated or something lol