HELP! Baby ball python extremely skinny and corkscrewing!

[supremenoser]

ALWAYS feed snakes where they live- never move them to eat elsewhere. Shy feeders may stress out & refuse food after even minimal handling, & not-shy feeders may be biting you before or afterwards, since snakes can stay in "feed mode" for hours or a day or longer.

DO NOT FEED HIM ON A PAPER TOWEL! (I'm SO glad you mentioned that though.) Paper towels easily get dampened & caught up with the prey, & may require surgery to save the snake from the undigestible blockage in their gut. Never feed a snake on soft paper or any kind of fabric- but DO put down a piece of cardboard or a plastic box top, or a real plate- anything he can't ingest accidentally.

If his instability (corkscrewing) was caused by excessive heat, I suppose he might gradually improve, but it's impossible to say.

Oh! Thank you, so glad I mentioned that too. I'll use a piece of cardboard or something then!

Darn, I wish there was something I could do but at least it doesn't seem like he's guaranteed to be stuck like this forever.