Something may be wrong with my snake :(
Ok so here is the story. I was interested in getting a snake because I have always been very interested and I know a lot about them. So I went to local ads of people selling them and after a lot of options finally decided to meet someone. When she met she had an option of 2 bull snakes for me, one being about 5 years old and seemed very healthy, the other was about a year and a half old and just kinda "hung" there in her hand. it wasn't active or anything and seemed to barely move. That is when she informed me she hadn't fed this poor snake in a month. Like I said I did my research and have common knowledge about snakes, so I knew that you had to feed an adolescent snake once or twice a week. SOOO me being probably the dummy I am I felt very sorry for this snake and chose it. I fed it the next day and it ate fine but I have had her for about 5 days now and she just doesn't seem to be acting like a normal bull snake should. She doesn't wrap herself around your hand or arm when held like I seen them do. she pretty much just lays in one spot on her cage and doesn't seem to move for hours. I mean she is more active than she was when I got her but still not like a normal snake. You can still see and feel her backbone like I know you are not suppose to be able to. but I think the biggest concern I have is it seems she can't move her lower body as well as I think she should be able to. the tip of her tail doesn't move at all and like the last half of her body just seems weak or something. it is hard to explain and maybe I am just over reacting but I just want to be sure.
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