So, a few months back I acquired a fairly young leucistic black ratsnake from a breeder who had bought him for his looks, but decided he wasn't as fun as BP's.
He used to be a nice, feisty little guy and took fuzzies without a single complaint. Well, fast forward to today... I've had ongoing proglems with him regurgitating. I'll wait two weeks, offer a tiny one-day pinkie, which he inhales, wait another to weeks, and again offer another one-day pinkie. Again, no problems, so a week later I will offer a slightly larger pinkie, like a 3-4 day old. We were doing really well and hadn't had a regurg in over 6 weeks when BAM, I check on him and get a whiff of that much-to-familiar rancid smell. It was a small pinkie (smaller than the ones I feed my 3 month old cornsnakes) and didn't look like it had been digested at all since I'd fed him the day before.
Temps are 78 cool and 87-88 warm, controlled by thermostat and digital probe thermometer, with a 3 degree night drop. I've had him to the vet TWICE for testing and fecals come back clean. He's in a 18-20qt (ish) rubbermaid, warm hide, cool hide, big water dish and paper towels for substrate. All natural photoperiods, the room is temperature controlled and the ambient temp never drops below 78 daytime, 75 nighttime. He's approximately 28" long but VERY thin, very little muscle tone, and he's not as active as he was when I first received him. I never handle him except during cleanings, and only then to move him from one side to the other while changing paper towels.
Is there anything I am doing wrong? I feel so horrible for this little guy, and I don't want to give up on him, after so many months of work.
Here's a picture of him when I first got him...
