Puck the rescue snake.

umm.. thats a little worrysome.

that lump should probably be smaller than that after this long..
I wouldn't mess with him to much more, just incase he does end up regurging.

its odd that he doesn't like the aspen, I wonder why that could be? very strange...

didn't have bedding where I got him from, just paper, so maybe he just thinks it's weird.

I would suggest disturbing him as little as possible till that mouse is gone. Like, not at all. You're just getting into the period where if it isn't going to digest, it's going to come back up.

he came out again for a little while this morning, and the mouse looks about half the size yesterday. whatever was wrong, I guess I fixed it.

little guy is in the clear. he won't be eating anything that big again, too stressful on both of us.

Not only is there the concern for meals too big, but also keep in mind that if the snake was underweight due to non feeding, their gut flora isn't working correctly & likely won't be able to digest food as a normal healthy snake would.

It looks like there's skin folds in one of the pictures, like the snake had lost a lot of weight, which leads me to believe the snake would not be in contition to be taking normal meals.

I would pick up some NutriBAC & start using it on *small* meals for a while.

A snake in that condition likely needs more than just feeding, IMO.

Good news. I've been pretty worried. So- no larger than his body diameter- and slit them.

slit them? I know I'm going to chop his next pinky in half, but could you explain slitting please?

Well last night was interesting. we lost power to half the house, the half that had Puck's viv on it of course. so he and I ended up hanging out infront of the fireplace with a heat blanket. we have no idea what's wrong with the power, so until further notice he's living in his travel/feeding tub.

Originally Posted by TwinBlades

slit them? I know I'm going to chop his next pinky in half, but could you explain slitting please?

Chopping in half does the same thing, only better! It allows the prey to be digested much more easily.