My Hatchling Is Finally Eating, But Is He Emaciated?

[Snoop_Dong]

If he's acting normal and eating, I don't think you have much to worry about. How often are you feeding him?

I also have an undersized normal that I think was not fed enough before getting shipped out (66 grams at 2 months old). After getting his husbandry right and realizing he is not willing to take rats yet, he's been eating fine and gaining weight (still on mice). Next step is to try and convert him to rats.

Man you don't know how much music that is to my ears. I'm just really worried because he has clear rib cage showing when he turns due to excessive loose skin from shedding (which has also been causing considerable stress). I'm feeding him what the breeder told me he did; 1 rat fuzzy every thursday (i moved up from pinkies which the breeder also was doing for the rest of the offspring). Though i might go power-feed him fuzzies every 2 days for 1-2 weeks only to bulk him up decently so i know he is properly nourished. He is frequently urinating his urates (They stink up the whole tub haha) and has defecated twice) so he isn't dehydrated (unless Ball pythons urinate frequently when dehydrated which i doubt). I'm glad he seems to be imprinted on rats because when i was trying Petco mice (Don't recommend them at all; over priced, low quality, just go to your local mice/rat breeder you'll save a ton trust me) and he was acting like a toddler eating vegetables until i showed him a quality non albino rat fuzzy he immediately flicked his tongue and inspected the dangling rat (blow drying the thawing rats seems to be wonderful tip to get him interested). He currently looks like a female clutching eggs with how wide the fuzzy has got him though haha.