Constipated gopher snake....

[Humble308]

Hey guys/gals,

Some of you might remeber I've been having a bit of trouble getting my hatchling gopher snake Lupin to take meals. At first I assumed it was just him going off feed for whatever reason. But at this point he hasn't eaten for 5 weeks and I started to look around for other causes. He defecated last week, a very small amount of feces and urate and I wondered where the heck it came from. Turns out constipation is what it's looking like since he's gone off food and lethargic. Luckily enough he's a snow and fairly transparent. I can see a few different black blotches in his body. One large one (1/2" or so) about mid body and 3-4 scattered blotches towards the base of his tail.

I've given him over the past two days a couple warm water soaks in a tub to try to loosen up the stool. As well as lightly run my thumb and finger down his body to more or less push the blotches towards his pooper to no avail.

I assume he's just dehydrated despite keeping him exactly like my other gophers with ambient of 75 and a hot spot of around 85. For the time being I've loaded up his hide with damp spaghnum moss, which he seems to love but I'm unsure what else I can be doing at this point short of bringing him to a vet. He's about 30 grams and I fear a surgery might be too much for the little guy, if even possibly to work on a snake this small.

Interested if yall have some tips I might try before seeking out a vet. All the best.

Semper Fi,
Derek G