Hi everyone.
I bought my daughter a 6 week old BP for her bday about 3 weeks ago. It looked healthy when we brought it home, but it hasn't eaten a thing yet. Despite having fresh water at all times, it has gotten dehydrated and had what I think was a prolapsed cloaca. I took it to the vet today, and he fixed that and said the snake is pretty skinny, at 48 grams. He also said he doesn't like the coloration on it's underside for some reason, and prescribed 2 weeks of antibiotics. I'm a little nervous about giving the snake shots every day, but I'm sure I'll manage that somehow.
The thing that really bothers me is that the vet gave me a tube and syringe and said I need to tube feed this snake twice a week until it will eat. I've been reading a LOT on the net since getting the snake, and most people seem to be strongly against this.
So my question is, what do you all think? Is the snake underweight enough to warrent tube feeding at this point, or should I keep trying mice? I've tried f/t fuzzies, live pinkies, live fuzzies, it doesn't want anything. It will kill the live ones but then won't eat them.
Sorry for writing a book on this, haha! If you made it this far, please, I welcome all advice.