Hi guys! I recently took in a baby burmese python. The previous owner got him from the everglades but couldn't get him to eat, so he gave him to my boyfriend and I. He's been with me for 2.5 weeks, and has refused all food. I don't have much information about him before he came to us, but I'm guessing he's about 1.5 months old. I've tried fuzzies, hoppers, small adult mice, live, frozen/thawed, nothing. When I first got him, I left him alone for 5 days to adjust as he had been moved around a bunch. I did remove 3 tics as well, so I figured that might have had something to do with his eating. He's so sweet and has never once flinched or acted in any strange way. He's active as hell and seems to be happy. However, his tail is concerning me. It has a lot of kinks and is extremely deformed. He can still move it, and also has no problem with me touching it. At first, I thought that since the kinks are near the end of his tail, that it wouldn't be a problem, but now I'm worried that it might be a bigger problem/related to his eating issues. I don't know anything about tail kinks or deformities, so I'd love some advice/feedback. I don't want to be irresponsible if this is something that's going to affect his overall quality of life. However, I'm hoping that he'll be okay, as he's truly the sweetest and most loving snake I've ever interacted with. Even being born in the wild/moving homes a couple times, he's literally nicer than my sassy captive bred albino corn snake that I've had for 3 years. I'm absolutely head over heels for this dorky guy (Colin). I would love to see him grow big and strong, but I don't want him to be suffering at all
Please help! Thank you!!
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