Being fair about PetSmart (and buying your ball python from them)

[m3gz]

she weighs 37 and some change, and i just got the crap bit out of me. which is strange, she was sweet as sugar all day. I use my kitchen scale on herbs to be exact, it has never been wrong so far. I didn't really think about it because i was looking for surface flaws but she is scale and bones. let me try to get a better picture of her, the only one i have is of her on my arm and its my avi.

[Craiga 01453]

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[Craiga 01453]

...something must be up with your scale. 37 grams?????? seems impossible

She's probably stressed as heck and that would explain the biting. Prob best to get her in a pillowcase, secured and in her enclosure. Leave her there until you have the right stuff and we will move on once we get there. Don't sweat the scale thing for now. Let's just get her feeling warm and secure for now...

[m3gz]

i just tested my scale with a pre-measured 500mg pill, and it was spot on....and i just got bit AGAIN just for putting a piece of cardboard next to her for measure purposes.... my scale is used for measuring even tiny amounts of medicinal herbs...

http://i.imgur.com/GzFNm5R.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xtvSSmB.jpg


i cant tell which ones clearer....sorry....

[Craiga 01453]

Does your scale measure in grams?
The mg of a pill has to do with the amount of medicine in it, not the weight of the pill.

[m3gz]

mg as in weight, and yes, it goes up to 2lbs from mg-g-lb

[m3gz]

Please tell me i did not just go getting attached to an animal i'm going to lose....Her mood shift is worrying too, im not joking when i say she was the sweetest thing ever this afternoon.

[Craiga 01453]

Please tell me i did not just go getting attached to an animal i'm going to lose....Her mood shift is worrying too, im not joking when i say she was the sweetest thing ever this afternoon.

why would you lose her?

[m3gz]

Sorry, panicking just a bit, i have an anxiety disorder. And google is most definitely not helping.

[predatorkeeper87]

Please tell me i did not just go getting attached to an animal i'm going to lose....Her mood shift is worrying too, im not joking when i say she was the sweetest thing ever this afternoon.

I would, if I were you, go out and get hopper mice. If you can't find them, I would get 3-4 pinks, and have them ready.

Put the snake back in her enclosure, and let her be for a while.

I would start trying to offer some food either tomorrow or the next day. Don't force the issue...if she doesn't want to eat don't pester her, just heat up the pinkie or hopper and see if she'll take it. Then if she does, try another one. I'd feed 2 pinkies if that's all you can get every 6-7 days if she'll take two. You don't want to over feed her but if her weight is correct she is definitely way small.

I cannot view links at work but others who can will chime in on the condition of the snake.

She's defensive striking out of stress. Just let her be for a while.