Hello Again,
One week ago we went to the local pet store to purchase a Ball Python for my cousin. I purchased one from the store a few days earlier (which is doing great). Many of the snakes in the cage were in a sickly state, there were a few dead snakes in the cage. I picked the best one available which was active and had clear eyes and skin, though was obviously shedding in different places. This was a hatchling and I was told it has never fed before, as the store has no time to feed all of their snakes. I purchased this snake and brought him to my cousin.
The snake is a hatchling and in a 10 gallon aquarium with a screen top. Tissue paper (smell free), with a small water bowl, barried heat rock, small heat lamp (heat on left side of the cage), a medium size piece of drift wood (cleaned). We have recently placed a warm wet towel on %75 of the cage top to keep the humidity up inside of the enclosure. The snake has been very inactive.
Today, we purchased mice for our snakes, my hatchling is eating hoppers as of now. I thought I would try fuzzies on this snake, he would not eat the live fuzzies after many attempts. He has not been seek drinking much water and is spending most of his time in his hide box. Today I noticed a sore on his lower back, which has a 'rotting' smell. The pics below are very hard to take the snake is active when being held. He appears dehydrated (sp*) so we soaked him in water for 10 minutes today. Do you have any suggestions for this Ball Python?
The Sore:
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