I have a snake that had an RI for a month+ so here's some suggestions...Originally Posted by princess17
Thanks everyone! I have her tank temp up and just gave her a warm snake bath haha. I don't know if anyone else does it, but she loves it. I put her on the sink and she just slithers right in haha. She's actually laying off her heating pad which make me feel much better! Thanks for all the kudos and help everyone! And I will be sure she gets a culture done. I also found out she is underweightpetsmart told me to feed her one pinky a week.. I took her to petco after reading online and in a book about python care that she should be eating fuzzies and not pinkies. Her backbone is prominent so I'll feed her 2 pinkies as newly instructed instead of the one(like I was told the first time) and hopefully she starts shaping up! Luckily, she isn't too dehydrated.
Don't give her any more baths while she's being treated for her RI. Personally, I wouldn't bath her anyway but to reduce stress while she's getting well again I'd hold off on doing those.
Also if you mean mouse pinkies and fuzzies then those are way too small for her. Babies can easily take adult mice, but if anything I'd stick her on AT LEAST small mice/rat fuzzies. You'd be surprised on what they can handle, and unless she's skin and bones which I doubt I would put her on larger prey right away. My younger BPs are on a 5 day feeding schedule with the 10-15% rule (feed a prey item that is 10-15% of the snake's weight).
Good luck with her
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