Why are you giving him amoxicillin? If you don't know what's wrong with him you shouldn't be giving him any medications.

Now frequent urination could just mean he's drinking a lot of water. It is summer and they tend to drink a lot of water when the weather is hot. Also when you say he's urinating a lot... What exactly do you mean? Is he "soaking his cage" every few days or just leaving a small wet spot. As long as he's not dehydrated, I don't see a problem with frequent urination.

Next.... You say he's not "putting on weight". Are you saying he's very "thin" or he's looking malnourished? Well, if he's a young boa they don't put on a lot of weight. They mostly stay a bit lean and "GROW". They normally don't "bulk up" a lot until they start to get some size on him. Then they start to get more muscle mass and look fatter. Normally by the time they're 3 feet they start to have a more filled out appearance.

You need to stop self medicating your boa until you find out if there's actually something wrong with him. You could be doing more harm than good. Only a Vet can tell you if your boa needs to be medicated.

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• Snake problems - cm_reptiles, Thu Jul 5 22:21:38 2007
• RE: Snake problems - PastelDream, Thu Jul 5 23:05:34 2007
• RE: Snake problems - cm_reptiles, Fri Jul 6 00:44:14 2007
• RE: Snake problems - liquidleaf, Fri Jul 6 08:39:59 2007
• Sound advice....n/p - bahreptiles, Fri Jul 6 16:00:57 2007
• Worms maybe? - cm_reptiles, Fri Jul 6 17:10:19 2007
• RE: Worms maybe? - liquidleaf, Fri Jul 6 19:49:17 2007