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Offering him the appropriate sized prey every 5 days is going to be your best bet.
I would also make sure he has a hide on both sides right now. Watch your humidity on the aspen - that bedding likes to suck the air dry pretty quickly.
Are you new to snake keeping? What is your heat source, and what are you measuring temps and humidity with?
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Re: Very skinny ball python
He doesn't look emaciated, he's just not a thick hatchling. He's also balled up, which making it hard to get a good idea of his girth when he's relaxed.
Melcvt00 gave you some good info and asked some good questions. Feed appropriately sized prey items, about the girth of the snake or slightly larger, every 5 to 7 days. He'll fill out for you in not time and grow like a little weed. His condition isn't critical by any means.
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Re: Very skinny ball python
Originally Posted by melcvt00
Offering him the appropriate sized prey every 5 days is going to be your best bet.
I would also make sure he has a hide on both sides right now. Watch your humidity on the aspen - that bedding likes to suck the air dry pretty quickly.
Are you new to snake keeping? What is your heat source, and what are you measuring temps and humidity with?
To answer your questions yes I'm new to snake keeping my heat consists of heat tape under one end and a 75w ceramic heat bulb about 12"-14" above to help ambient temperature. to measure temps I have digital Thermometers with probes attached inside tub on top of the heat tape and a th-100 tracking temp/humidity on the side of the far end then I spot check with a temp gun
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Re: Very skinny ball python
Originally Posted by Sargentnoid
To answer your questions yes I'm new to snake keeping my heat consists of heat tape under one end and a 75w ceramic heat bulb about 12"-14" above to help ambient temperature. to measure temps I have digital Thermometers with probes attached inside tub on top of the heat tape and a th-100 tracking temp/humidity on the side of the far end then I spot check with a temp gun
After looking at the pictures carefully, he DOES look skinny. That belly is very sunken in. I'm not sure if that hatchling ever ate ?? It shouldn't have been sold like that, that's for sure, but what's done is done.
It is a good thing you are keeping it in a tub. You can get a smaller waterbowl and make room for 2 hides. One at each end, cool and warm end. Far more important then a huge water bowl. Hides should be dark and not to big.
Her is the big and most important question of them all. Do you have a thermostat on the heat tape ? If not, that is one thing that is absolutely critical. You need to control the heat output. Ditch the heat bulb. It just dries out the enclosure and it may just make it to hot. Your top should be solid to make the hatchling feel more secure. If you have the hide over the warm end, it will be cozy in there. you can wrap a towel around the tub to make it feel more secure and not to let cold in or heat out. Just leave one side open and a bit of the lid, so you can do a quick visual check.
Right now you have to have your husbandry 100% spot on. That includes heat, humidity 2 hides and privacy. You don't have much time to get everything right, that hatchling needs to eat before to long.
But your best bet to get it to eat is to have everything just right, and then leave it be for at least 5 days. No handling, no messing about other then quick visual checks and perhaps a light misting to keep the humidity going.
After the 5 or so days, offer a live mouse hopper or a rat fuzzy. Close the tub and watch from some distance, you want the hatchling to feel safe. They will not eat if they don't feel safe.
Hopefully that will work.
However, there is a chance it just won't eat. I doubt it ate for the breeder. Btw. What does the breeder say ??? About the weight discrepancy ? Whether it ate and how much ??
If NOTHING works, is there someone knowledgeable near you that could teach you how to assist feed ? This one might just need a jump start. But do not attempt to do this on your own, you have to try everything else first. Because the stress of that can make things a lot worse.
Good luck, that sure is a little BEAUTY !!!
Last edited by zina10; 01-28-2017 at 01:14 PM.
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That is great about the thermostat! Sounds like your husbandry is great. Should you get trouble with humidity you can change to a substrate that holds it better, like Repti Chip or something. Until then, mist as needed.
However, now it is really important that the little guy gets his "down" time. That means NO more handling and as little disruption as possible.
With the tub not being in a rack, I would wrap a towel around 3 sides. You want only one side open for viewing, the rest (top, bottom, sides) should be solid. Will make him feel more enclosed and secure.
Then wait a couple of days. If he cruises at night, he might be looking for food. Ideally one evening you should notice his little head poking out of a hide. You could then place the food in front of the hide. Hopefully he would strike, if not, leave it and leave them be. The food should still be small enough not to cause damage to the hatchling, if you give live food.
That hatchling is skinny. His backbone is quite prominent and his stomach is completely concave.
But I've seen them bounce back from this. Its good that your husbandry is already spot on, now you just need to keep the stress level down and try feeding.
Hopefully it will work.
Good luck, that sure is a pretty little thing
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He has come out and cruised around a couple times at night and I have been trying to limit messing with him as much as possible he is now covered with a towl and the heat bulbs are off
Thanks for the help and information I really want this guy to make it
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Re: Very skinny ball python
Originally Posted by Sargentnoid
He has come out and cruised around a couple times at night and I have been trying to limit messing with him as much as possible he is now covered with a towl and the heat bulbs are off
Thanks for the help and information I really want this guy to make it
You are well on the way for that to happen.
And if NOTHING works, then don't blame yourself. I feel that little one didn't eat in a looong time, if ever. So it might be a little problem feeder.
That can be turned around, but sometimes it takes assist feeding. But that is not something you should attempt just yet. If the little one don't eat in a few days, weigh him.
Just keep us all up to date, there are so many awesome people here on this forum, so much great help. We will help you step by step
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