Slightly odd behavior...

[Pythonfriend]

I've had him for two days. They asked me to bring him in today to check up on him and how he's doing. Seemed a bit odd, but I went with it.

I'll head out first thing tomorrow and grab him a pinkie. That's what the place that sold him to me was feeding him, anyway.

the good old story.... people working at pet stores that know nothing about the animal.

he/she needs no additional stress. only food. and either they lied about the feeding, or the pinkie was just too tiny. any reputable breeder would keep this one until it is in shape. heck, any reputable breeder would not allow a BP to get into such a condition.

you have your goal: TRIPLE its weight, and im not kidding. dont feed it too often, a 5-day-scedule is ideal, but on feeding day, they can eat one food item after another. look at the picture section of this forum to get a feel of how the body should be proportioned. this forum will help you a lot, many users here keep several hundreds or more.


EDIT: it seems you have temperature and humidity under perfect control. focus on food, but that means 1 feeding day, 4 days off, go for a 5-day cycle. so, basically, when he/she first eats, you can relax a bit. one thing you should get if you dont have it already would be a kitchen scale that measures in grams, i would get one that has a resolution of one or two grams and that goes to a maximum of 2 kilograms or 5 kilograms. then you can track the weight of the snake and can check how heavy the food items are.