Quote Originally Posted by snakehobbyist View Post
I rescued a baby back on July 5th. She was supposedly 6 months old but only weighed in at 44 grams. She was very skinny, very dehydrated, and had a back stuck shed with eye-caps. What I was advised to do was ignore the skin issues until she's back up to proper weight. Like others have said, make sure she's in the appropriate sized home with a hide (or two). Make sure the temps and humidity is spot on and feed her on a 5 day schedule (I started out with small meals for the first three or four feedings and then slowly worked up to an appropriate sized meal) until she looks fuller. Then deal with the shedding issue.

This was my girl when I first got her:



Here is her about a month later. I was working on getting her to gain weight. I hadn't dealt with the shed. You can CLEARLY see that she has an entire layer of skin all over her body. It was starting to flake around her belly.



And finally, here is her about two weeks ago. Since I rescued her, she's now at 100g (total gain of 60 grams in 2 months). I fixed her shedding issue and she has since shed on her own (perfectly, I might add!) She's still recovering but she's my best eater and most tolerant of my affections.



I hope your little girl will pull through just as my Fluffy did. Good luck! Keep us updated!

wow yeah she was in pretty bad shape she looks awesome now very nice looking normal right there. luckily i didn't have a shedding issue like that she had some old shed still on her but if lacked off after i soaked her for about an hour no big deal. i picked up a hatchling about a month ago that weighed in at 31 grams (you said 44 grams so i made me remember) she wasnt a rescue just a runt shes about 70 grams now and about to move up to mice from hoppers heres a picture of her when i first got her at 31 grams

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Quote Originally Posted by Flikky View Post
Definately looks like a rodent chewed on her. I personally wouldnt feed her a rat every 3 days. Maybe a small rat every 5 or 6 days. Don't want to rush it. I havent dealt with under weight bps before but that's what Id do
by rat i ment small rat i deff wouldnt go any larger with her yet lol, at the three day mark i will defrost a rat and present it to her if she goes for it right away she can have it if she seems kinda half interested like shes not that hungry yet ill just throw it to one of my other bp's and feed her on the 5th day, how does that sound for a plan of action? yes? no?