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Loose Skin Male Corn

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Remmmy

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Hi i Picked up a Male Snow a while back and hes an awsome guy very tame likes to be handled but he waighs alot or atleast i think he waighs alot he eats fine has never refused a meal from myself he waighs 894 grams i think this is fairly heavy he is a Long boy thow but as of recent he looks he has Lost some weight and his skin is Realy loose on him i can put 2 fingers on him and lightly pull and he has extra skin all my other corns and my roomates Corns are very tight no extra skin at all. im just a little worrie about him if its not actualy a problem then ok but if it is plz let me know so i can have him looked at by a pro.

two side notes i currently cannot find a camara so i cant take a Picture

and he has extra skin all over his body not just neer the vent.
 
Pictues would probably be very helpful in this situation. Also I'm no expert but I think 894 grams is way too heavy for an adult corn. Hopefully some of the experts will chime in soon.
 
The 894 was that before you noticed he was loosing weight. What does he weight now? If he has not been refusing, not regurging and you haven't gone down in food size. IMO that would warrant a doctor visit. Whether he was/is fat or not if he is loosing weight and you are not asking him to then it maybe a problem.
 
Pictures.

Is he shedding? My corns are always wrinkly like that during shed.

And there ARE huge corns that are 800-1000 grams and not over weight, just not common. However, we do need pictures for the best advice.
 
Yeah, I agree. Going by noted weight alone we can not say the snake is overweight. Adults vary in weight the same as at any age. Just because people put a cap on weight doesn't mean the snakes will listen lol. I would take a stool sample to the vet to run a fecal to start and in the mean time try to borrow a camera to snag a photo of the guy, especially showing what you mean by loose skin.
 
Loosing 10 grams in a week, with out asking him to, seems like a lot to me and like carivorouszo said you may want to start with a stool sample.
 
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