So what you're saying is this baby has unfortunately lived up to his name sake in the "lived with neglect and abuse for most of his early life" department. (Sorry, sorry, that was terrible, I'm a bad person).
Poor kiddo. I wouldn't personally get my hopes up on this little guy being able to come back even if you start giving him adequate care. I am definitely not saying don't try; try with everything you've got! But being as starved as he is, plus two recent regurges in a row, be prepared that even if he starts to do better, he might still have too much internal damage to make it long.
That said, definitely go read Smoothscales' post on their neglected rescue Buggsie. This snake has been making an amazing recovery in just a couple of weeks and you might pick up some good ideas of what you will need to do as well. Other tips I can offer is that you may want to feed meals that are a bit smaller than appropriate for the first few weeks while his digestive system adjusts to actually having something in it. Also consider picking up some bene-bac and mixing it into his water to replace the gut flora he'd have lost from regurge.
Good luck!
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