I'm sure someone out there may be able to help me. I've recently purchased a juvenile GTP. I bought him at a reptile show in early December. The man I bought him off of said to try and feed him inside of his large plastic deli-cup to make sure he would feed before the end of the day. BAM! right off the bat he ate no problem (that was a live pinky). About a week later I offered him a f/t pinky and after a little light poking and provoking he took that down no problem. Now all of a sudden no dice! He refused that last 2 feedings, I know this is somewhat common for GTP's. But here lies the problem, he is grounded (which most of the reading says that this is common). He is also curled up in a ball with his head in the middle (similar to the way ball pythons do). He also seems to have a little prolapse (just found this out about 3 mins ago). I have him in a small naturalistic aquarium with a heat gradient of 80-90 degrees Farenheit during the day, and about 70-80 degrees in the nite. I use a fogger very sparingly as I prefer the spray bottle method. The humidity is usually between 60-80 percent depending on the time of day. He does seem like he may be starting to shed with flakey skin in certain parts of his body, and I found him curled up in his water dish two days ago. The part that is bothering me is the lack of movement, being grounded, the balled up position, and the just noticed small case of prolapse. Any help at all??


Thanks in advance.

Tim
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