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Hi. I'm completely new to reptiles, though I've read numerous faqs on care and etc.
I bought a rosy boa baby on Sept 22. He was 6 days old and had just eaten. He shed 2 weeks ago, but I haven't been able to get him to eat. Last week I took him to the vet, who couldn't find anything wrong with him, and they tube-fed him some stuff to help him last a while. I still can't get him to eat.
More disturbing, still, just now I took him out to give him some medicine (the vet had given me some to give him just in case. I think it's for his skin) and found that a layer of his skin is peeling on one spot on his side. It's like he's shedding from the side first, but he just shed 2 weeks ago and he did get it all off then. His cage is only 80-something degrees and I don't use a heat rock so I don't think he could have burned himself. We were holding him hours ago and he wasn't like this. I know it's a long shot but does anybody know what might be wrong with him? If you can't tell me about his skin, do you have any tips to get him to eat? He's never eaten thawed food, has only eaten once aside from at the vet, but I can't get him interested in it at all...

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

please go to localityrosy(dot)com and there is all of the info you will ever need to raise your rosy to a ripe old age.
I am sure if you do not get any advice here you could post over there and there are plenty of people who now exactly how to care for rosys

Alright I'll check there. Thanks.

try and brain the pinkie or mouse that worked really well for my friend... its more guesome and takes some nerve but if you want your snake to eat this is a method i highly recomend all you do is take something sharp like an ice pick or anything you can think of and stab it in the head causing the brain to be exposed the snake should then be excited enough to eat it worked first try with my friends snake that didnt eat, with the skin porblem i suggest just not using the medicine it may be allergic or just not good for the snake best of luck to you