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Please help me, I think I handled my new snake too much

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Ferrum

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He's not really moving or responding or eating or anything, but he's not dead because he's capable of movement. I think that I handled him too much out of ignorance after getting him. Will he destress/get better/live if I just leave him to his business for a few days? He's about 8 months oldish and we've only had him for 3 days
 
Leave him alone for at least a week. He's probably scared out of his mind right now, and just wants to settle in. There's no guarantee that he'll destress, but if you leave him alone and keep handling to a minimum for a while, he should be fine.
Don't try to feed him for at least another 4 days.
 
Can he die from stress? We're just really worried... the guy at the store mislead us... Thank you very much for responding so quickly, we appreciate it
 
It is possible that they can die from stress, but usually it requires extreme stress/trauma. Your biggest issue now is going to be getting him to eat. Because you've been handling a lot, and trying to feed, he's going to associate the food with the stress/trauma of the handling, and possibly not want to eat.
 
So I suppose we just wait and see... His inactivity and sporadic limpness don't equal dying? and in this situation, less is more?
 
Wait and see is really all you can do at this point, unfortunately. In this situation, yes, less handling is better. The inactivity is probably because he's too terrified to move when you're around, because he's afraid you'll see him if he moves, but it could also be something else, though.
I do wish you the best of luck with him.
 
Going limp and not responding is not a good sign. It's possible that he's "playing dead" to try and make you go away, but I've never seen a Corn do this. If he's not moving around even when you've been out of the room for a while (overnight?), then he may have a health problem.

However I'd agree that leaving him alone is your best course of action. I doubt that a vet would be able to help with a Corn that young and a trip out of the house would be even more stressful.

Don't try to feed him just yet, but do you know when he last ate?
 
Robbie and Bitsy gave you good advice. Less is definitely more at this point. Limp and unresponsive are bad signs, but leaving it alone is your best course of action. Be sure there's dechlorinated (but not distilled) water available for the snake. What are your temperatures? Temps that are too high or too low might help explain the lethargy.
 
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