White-lipped python

[Bogertophis]

Thank you- that's what I'm leaning towards doing. I saw a post in a WLP group, of someone taking theirs to the vet for import-related stomatitis (GI issues) and the poor thing died after the vet exam. Then I read the resulting discussion about how easy it is to kill these guys with stress. That's what kind of set the caution in for me.

Whatever gets the job done with the least negative impact

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It happens way too often, IMO- vets are often more heavy-handed than I like to see- they're determined to "get the job done" & don't have much time, but snakes are fragile when it comes to this kind of stress, & when you couple that with injections or other things they may see as necessary, I would just personally try to get him stronger first, & maybe you'll never even need the vet's help. If it means taking a guess on a fairly-safe dose of Panacur or Flagyl to get his appetite up & his GI tract functioning better, that's what I'd do. I find that "TLC" works best for snakes- they survive all sorts of things in the wild, but few things are more stressful than vet care for an imported snake.