Strange behaviour while soaking

[The Serpent Merchant]

That snake is 5 mos olds and 86g. She needs some sort of intervention.

She was no longer taking food on her own right?

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But tube feeding?

Has the OP tried assist feeding? Much less intrusive. I can't think of a single situation where tube feeding was the best option.

[Manasha-Bogo]

But tube feeding?

Has the OP tried assist feeding?

Nope, I have not. Was told somewhere that assist feeding was more stressful than tube. Wish I could ask the snake herself what she prefers. I think she would tell me to go bugger off and die. lol!

[The Serpent Merchant]

Nope, I have not. Was told somewhere that assist feeding was more stressful than tube. Wish I could ask the snake herself what she prefers. I think she would tell me to go bugger off and die. lol!

I can't possibly see tube feeding being less stressful.

Assist feeding is just opening the snakes mouth and placing the rodent in it... Vs cramming something down the snakes throat.

Neither are good solutions and are stressful.

I am a somewhat confused, has this BP been refusing food recently or is she eating just not gaining weight?

[Manasha-Bogo]

She just regurged 10 days ago. I haven't tried offering food to her at all since then. The vet started tube feeding because she was "profoundly anemic" and the vet was so afraid to draw blood for tests that she waited 24 hours because she thought drawing blood was going to kill her.

[Manasha-Bogo]

Btw, I was afraid that the miniscule heating pads weren't doing the trick so I bought bigger ones and installed them today.

What's the best temperature to keep these at ? The thermostat is set to 93F at the moment.