HELP! Baby ball python extremely skinny and corkscrewing!

[supremenoser]

If it is doing that I would not put it in water. Would be pretty easy to breath in water. I would contact the breeder ASAP and send them that video. That is not right and does not look good to me.

I saw it mentioned the heating pad used by the breeder meant for humans. I question any "breeder" that would do such a thing. That is widely known to be a bad idea and why would they need to do it anyways? They should be set up to properly house snakes.

I would ask for a full refund and return the snake.

He settles down pretty quickly after he's in the water and I literally sit there and stare at him for basically the whole duration of the bath, he's just so dehydrated I want to get fluids in him.

I just texted the guy I bought the snake from asking for more specifics. I just remember he said he kept it on a heater while he was working and I thought it was a good thing until I found out overheating can cause corkscrewing pretty quickly. He's definitely a hobbyist breeder, and clearly doesn't know his stuff very well. We'll see about returning him. I'm kind of just holding out hope that he just needs a lot of TLC. I brought up a refund with the guy but he's kind of just a guy on Craigslist so I'm not sure if he'll even give me a refund. He seemed like a decent guy though, just ignorant apparently. We'll see.

[KMG]

He settles down pretty quickly after he's in the water and I literally sit there and stare at him for basically the whole duration of the bath, he's just so dehydrated I want to get fluids in him.

I just texted the guy I bought the snake from asking for more specifics. I just remember he said he kept it on a heater while he was working and I thought it was a good thing until I found out overheating can cause corkscrewing pretty quickly. He's definitely a hobbyist breeder, and clearly doesn't know his stuff very well. We'll see about returning him. I'm kind of just holding out hope that he just needs a lot of TLC. I brought up a refund with the guy but he's kind of just a guy on Craigslist so I'm not sure if he'll even give me a refund. He seemed like a decent guy though, just ignorant apparently. We'll see.

You didn't buy a project. You were buying a pet, a pet that should have been healthy. I completely get taking in an animal in need, been there done that, but I would never pay for one.

If the breeder is being honest and didn't pass the snake off with issues it is a fair bet that the issues came from overheating. If that is the case I believe the chances of the damage being reversed is slim to none. Now if the snake was born this way that is one thing but the breeder should not being selling such an animal without divulging that information to the buyer.