Baby is 47 grams. Advice please

[Baelfire]

Hello. I need some advice on a 2 to 3 month old underweight ball python.
I purchased this baby from a pet store (not mentioning names). They said he was eating live mouse fuzzies so I brought one home on the same day they would normally feed him. He refused to eat it and then I noticed mites so I soaked him in warm water and cleaned out his enclosure
He ate a f/t fuzzy about 4 days later.
I weighed him and he is only 47 grams.
He refused the next meal and I saw more mites so I used Nix to treat the tub this time and gave him another warm water soak.
Two weeks later and he ate a f/t mouse hopper after refusing f/t rat pups.
My question is: Do I need to do anything other than continue to offer the f/t hoppers for a while?

[Lizardlicks]

If he's eating the mice then feed him the mice. It's more important to get his weight up right now. Once he's got a better body condition, then you can worry about switching over to rats.

[I-KandyReptiles]

I agree with lizardlicks.

At this point in time, you need to be worried about adding weight.

It could potentially stress him out if you continue attempting rat pups.


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[Baelfire]

Thanks very much, I'll just stick to the hoppers until he is at a healthy weight.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Yeah as mentioned, get some weight on the little one first then worry about everything else.