Originally Posted by drum_stix_12
Thank you for the reply dakski. I appreciate it. The snake is a black rat snake. He is 3 years old and I have had him since he was a hatchling. He's been healthy as ever all this time. I am unsure what has caused the sudden change in his health. His enclosure is a 40 quart tub in a rack system heated with heat tape on a thermostat. Hot spot sits at about 84 degrees. Humidity is usually "room level" humidity. I keep him on aspen bedding so it doesn't hold any more humidity than what the average in the room is. He is currently still eating.



Wow! I got the species of snake wrong. Sorry about that. Thought it was a Mexican Black kingsnake for some reason.