Hello Experts,

This is my first time posting here so pardon my lack of info, if any.
So i bought a late 2010 Super Pastel ball early February 2013 and have had him ever since. He weighed ~ 450 gms and was 30" when i got him. The breeder said he was used to eating small fresh killed rats, but I tried feeding him FT a week after i got him and ofcourse he didn't eat, he was probably adjusting to his new environment. Anyway, to cut this short, i switched him to FT small after a month of getting him, and fed him one small rat every week successfully. As he started to grow, I thought I'd switch to MED rats which I did early May and he didn't take the first meal, tried again a week later with the same result. He finally ate a med rat towards the end of May, pooped 3 days later and I found some aspen in the poop. I knew he had ingested some when he ate and when i saw it in the poop, I thought it all came back out.

He didn't eat his next meal, or the one after. I weighed him and saw that he had dropped about 30 gms since his last feed. I tried feeding him again the week after but in vain, and noticed a further loss of about 20 gms. I called the vet and she said to give him warm soaks and switch his bedding to newspaper from aspen, which i did. That same week i gave him a SMALL FT rat and he took it, I had to tap it on his nose a couple times to tease him for it though. This helped him gain back some weight but a few days later it started to fall again..this has been happening for a month now, he's been eating well, doesn't poop, and his losing significant weight. He has seven rats in him now, continues to get warm soaks in which he passes normal white urates but hasn't pooped yet.

What am I facing here?? I'm worried about the weight loss..and I want him to poop so I can get a fecal done on him. Can I administer any laxatives myself? Prune juice? If so, how much and how??

He's at 962 gms now ( 982 three days ago ).. His temps and humidity are fine, but he's not as active as he was two weeks ago. He just shed a week ago in one full piece and has fresh water everyday.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks a lot guys..