NEW OWNER!! help.. BP weak grip / Soft body... something wrong?

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Thank you for the kind reassurances <3 I feel a bit of a basket case myself.. When I made the mistake of reading up on and watching videos about IBD and I was just in tears. That vet trip can't come faster!!

This is in no way a diagnosis, but people who are new to something and self diagnose on the internet, almost always end up worrying about some catastrophic illness that they don't have.

Pick your snake up 8 inches from the end of his tail and hold him up. He should hang there for a few seconds, then try to lift his head and body back up to your hand to get a more stable platform. If he can do that without issue, his muscles and his grip are probably fine.