Wrinkly skin?

[rperry03]

Might I suggest this also?
http://www.amazon.com/Chaney-Instrum...8163574&sr=8-6
Cheap and accurate. The stickie analog guages you are using to read temps and humidity are not accurate, and it may say 55 humidity and it's probably a lot less, same with the temps.

Also, here is the caresheet
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ius)-Caresheet

I have 10 of these I purchased from Lowes for $8 each.
Just remember that the probe measures the "outdoor" temp and the display is the "indoor" temp so you place them on the opposite side of the cage. Im an idiot and placed the display outside of it and scratched my head a few times wondering why it was so cool! lol

[LoNeSt4r]

Just thought y'all should know, after a few days she's back to her gorgeous, nonwrinkley self.

[Skittles1101]

Congrats, she's pretty. Get some weight on that girl!

[LoNeSt4r]

Should i feed her more often than once a week? Or what's the best way to get her to fatten up?

[Skittles1101]

I'd feed her every 5 days, she's a very small girl...

[LoNeSt4r]

When i took her to the vet, last thursday, we weighed her and she was 69 grams and she was 17 inches when i measured her. Is there a chart or something that can show what acceptable weights are?

[AkHerps]

I agree, every 5 days is great for hatchlings

[Skittles1101]

When i took her to the vet, last thursday, we weighed her and she was 69 grams and she was 17 inches when i measured her. Is there a chart or something that can show what acceptable weights are?

No they all grow at different rates. I'd say give her an adult mouse or rat pup (preferably rat pup...she'll grow fast on those) every 5 days until she starts putting some weight on.

[LoNeSt4r]

I'm just afraid to give her something that's too much bigger around than she is. The mice i am feeding her are a bit bigger.

[Crazy4Herps]

I'm just afraid to give her something that's too much bigger around than she is. The mice i am feeding her are a bit bigger.

Are you feeding her adult mice now? You want to get some weight on her (+1 for starting her on a 5-day feeding schedule) but imo she's not thin enough to risk a regurge. You want to aim for something either slightly larger around than she is, or (if you have a gram scale) something that is 15% her weight. If she's feeding well on the mice you're giving her now, as long as they aren't too small I'd stick with that.