The baby pastel finally eats!!

[Cohazard]

This is the 1.0 pastel I got from NARBC. I didn't realize how thin he was until I brought him home and weighed him. 60g!!! His head is slender, and I kicked myself for not paying attention more at the show (I was selfish and looked at price and color

After about four days, I tried offering a F/T medium mouse, he refused it.

Last night, offered another thawed mouse, left it in the feeding tub for an hour, nothing.

I started getting worried because this snake weighs nothing in your hand, which is not normal for a baby bp.


Today is feeding day again, so I got two small mice, and a rat pinkie from the herp store.

I offered the pastel a live small mouse, no interest. I killed it (as I normally would) and still nothing.

My back up was the rat pinkie, I left it in his hide to not stress him as much as possible, and when I turned away to feed the other snakes, he had grabbed it.

Poor snake is so weak that it couldn't even kill the pinkie after 5 minutes and tried to eat the pinkie live, so I had to reach in and kill it for him as he started eating it.


So, this should get him some much needed weight, and I can finally sleep easy knowing that all my animals are eating well.

 

[reptech]

thats great news

 

[dzb912]

thats great! he looks very nice

 

[Cohazard]

thats great news

I feel a headache leaving me finally

thats great! he looks very nice

Thanks bro, he probably wont look so great when he's older, definitely not the best pastel out there, but I like him anyways.


I can't wait till I can handle him regularly and he's got some healthy weight on him.



Should I feed him again in 5 days or wait the normal 7?

 

[RARE AFISHINADO]

rat pups dont die easily for some reason it had nothing to do with the snake being weak. Also for a young snake like that it is best to feed live for 5-6 feedings to put some weight on him and later move onto FT. Feed him in his enclosure and make sure he has plenty of hides and feels secure.

GL

 

[Cohazard]

Thank you for the heads up Rare! I appreciate the help

I will stick to rat pups, and eventually rat fuzzies, etc...


Should I adjust the time between feedings for one or two feeds since he is so underweight?

 

[rmorse]

Personally, I would do about 5 days. That being said, I am just going off of what I have heard, and I haven't had a ball yet. So, if a more experienced Ball herper says stay with 7 days, listen to them....

 

[Jfitz]

WOAH WUT A BEAST

 

[Cohazard]

Personally, I would do about 5 days. That being said, I am just going off of what I have heard, and I haven't had a ball yet. So, if a more experienced Ball herper says stay with 7 days, listen to them....

I was thinking 5 days too, but I'll wait for some more experienced keepers, good looking out though rmorse

WOAH WUT A BEAST

haha man if you knew, he feels like a paper clip, nothing like Toshiro my normal bp that has mass to him.

 

[RARE AFISHINADO]

let him digest that and his stomach get used to the meal. I wouldnt feed him for 10 days
than after that meal I would feed weekly. You can kill a skinny snake by feeding it too much, their stomachs cant handle it.