Sick snake - Experienced advise wanted

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He's got a trick for getting snakes to start eating on their own that he's had success with in about 50-60% of cases: does of a specific type of oral antibiotic (I forget the name, will have to check the paper work) + some fluids, wait two days, offer a very warm prey item.

I would guess flagyl (metronidazol), which has a side effect of increasing appetite. It used to be routine to dose WC imports with both panacur and flagyl to clear out any internal nasties and jump-start the critter's appetite after the stress of being shipped in from overseas.