I recently got a little ball python girl, who is extremely malnourished. She is about 18 months old and weights only 112 grams. Her previous owner got her when she was about a year old, and even then she was only about 300 grams. The previous owner was new to the ball pythons and didn't realise that something was wrong. She didn't managed to get the snake to eat at all, not once in whole time she had her. Finally she realised she can't keep the snake anymore. So when the poor baby came to me, it hasn't been eating at least for 6 months, maybe never. She is very emaciated, although still active. I have a picture for you, taken last night when she arrived:



So I talked to few friends of mine who have more experience in ball pythons. In conclusion, I assist fed her last night. The food item was under-sized and she took it well, strangling and swallowing it by herself. Seems that she is able to keep it down (it's been now over 12 hours). The plan is to continue feedeng her small mice in every five days or so.

This is the most skinniest snake I have ever seen, ever. Do you guys have any experience in this kind of situation, do we still have hope of recovery? Any advice how to proceed?

Sorry for my bad english, I'm from Finland and I have not been writing in english for a long time.