7legion77
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I would like to give you all an update on the dramatic life of Wraith, my erratic, fatty, slow-growing snow corn.
After he went on a 5-month hunger strike, I got him to eat by offering a brained p/k rat pup, followed 2 weeks later by another p/k rat pup. Neither prey items created much of a bulge in his stomach and I was relieved that he was eating again.
2 weeks later, he gladly accepted a p/k adult mouse.
After digesting this mouse, I have seen a change in Wraith that is kind of alarming.
Basically, he has become difficult to handle and maneuver. Its as if the two rat pups he ate have instantly added so much to his body weight that he is having trouble moving.
Whereas before, in his overweight state, he was still able to pull himself up. Now he just flops and falls to floor, constantly. Its as if he has no motivation to climb the way he used to, or else his digestion/mood/motivation is not there to make him flex his body the way he has in the past.
Keep in mind, he was starving himself for quite a while through "mating season" and whatnot. But now, after eating two small rats and one adult mouse, he has become alarmingly lazy and floppy.
At this point I am holding off feedings until he sheds. Hopefully after a shed he will display the same physical acuity he has in the past.
My question is, have your snakes ever acted in a way that is incredibly floppy. Unable/unwilling to pull their weight, and just constantly falling to the floor. He's been overweight in the past and still able to pull himself up, but recently I can't tell if he's too comfortable or becoming weak.
After he went on a 5-month hunger strike, I got him to eat by offering a brained p/k rat pup, followed 2 weeks later by another p/k rat pup. Neither prey items created much of a bulge in his stomach and I was relieved that he was eating again.
2 weeks later, he gladly accepted a p/k adult mouse.
After digesting this mouse, I have seen a change in Wraith that is kind of alarming.
Basically, he has become difficult to handle and maneuver. Its as if the two rat pups he ate have instantly added so much to his body weight that he is having trouble moving.
Whereas before, in his overweight state, he was still able to pull himself up. Now he just flops and falls to floor, constantly. Its as if he has no motivation to climb the way he used to, or else his digestion/mood/motivation is not there to make him flex his body the way he has in the past.
Keep in mind, he was starving himself for quite a while through "mating season" and whatnot. But now, after eating two small rats and one adult mouse, he has become alarmingly lazy and floppy.
At this point I am holding off feedings until he sheds. Hopefully after a shed he will display the same physical acuity he has in the past.
My question is, have your snakes ever acted in a way that is incredibly floppy. Unable/unwilling to pull their weight, and just constantly falling to the floor. He's been overweight in the past and still able to pull himself up, but recently I can't tell if he's too comfortable or becoming weak.
