Good news and bad news on Figment. First, his weight loss is going great. He's down to about 590G dry and looking good eating an adult mouse every other week. The bad news is he usually has trouble shedding his tail. I thought I got it all a couple of weeks ago when he shed (I often have to soak him and help with the tail part). I did not. Katie noticed he had a little bit restricting his tail right at the tip today. I soaked him again and got it off, but the scale(s) at the tip of the tail came off too. He didn't seem too bothered, but there was a drop of blood. I put some neosporin on it (the original - without pain killing agent in it - that can be deadly to snakes) and plan to repeat tomorrow. I think he will be fine. Katie was really worried about him, but I am sure he will be okay.
It's my fault as I didn't do a good job the first time. I feel bad, but I also know he will be okay and this is a small keeper error. Still, I should have done a better job. Not beating myself up too much, but I do not like when I cause pain or damage to one of my animals.
Below are pictures of Figgy from a few days ago at his lean weight. I did not take picture of the tail injury because a) I am not too worried about it, and b) didn't want to bother him anymore than I had to. I got him back in his clean cage ASAP.
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