He's pretty!



Yeah, I'd say his meals can be a pound or so smaller. Quite a lump he's got there but I'm sure it didn't hurt him any. I'll bet he was looking for a fine cigar to smoke after that meal. Hahaha!!!



You're going to get some different opinions on whether or not he's underweight but I'll stand by my belief that he's pretty close to what he should be, maybe a tad underweight, but not much.



The loose skin could be a combination of him once being overweight and lack of exercise. I don't know if it's eye sockets could've been stretched by being overweight or not. I don't know what to make of them.



Before I forget, I, personally, would hold up on any worm/parasite treatment unless the vet felt it was really necessary. I beleive in letting nature take care of those things with proper diet & cage setup. Those treatments also kill beneficial organisms, which then require more intervention/treatment from man (humans). But, that's just me, my 2 cents' worth.



About his discharges, has he been drinking a lot of water? For one thing, I'm sure that big meal is pretty much forcing everything else out of his stomach. Plus, I think that's fairly common with bad mite infestations, but I may be wrong on that.



I don't think I'd be too concerned for it happening 2 - 3 times, in a week or so. If it continues and you don't see him taking in a lot of water, then I'd start thinking more about it. If he was dehydrated, which I'm just about willing to bet he was, then he's probably drank a lot of water and will pass it fairly quickly.



Oh, when I was encouraging you to go ahead & take the burm did I tell you about how much worse their defecations are than any other snake? Hahahaha!!! I just cleaned both of my burms' cages and, wow, they're ROTTEN!!! Peeeeeeuuuuuuuuuu!!! Hahahaha!!! Got any enemies? Smear it inside their car. Nah, just kidding! (about smearing it in someone's car, but not about the aroma) Hahahaha!!!



Take care!

HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,

this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:

Appalachian American

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• Got our burm... - laurarfl, Wed Aug 8 20:33:31 2007
• RE: Got our burm... - artinscales, Thu Aug 9 09:06:55 2007
• RE: Got our burm... - 3y3c3, Fri Aug 10 20:05:45 2007
• RE: Got our burm... - HappyHillbilly, Thu Aug 9 19:03:44 2007
• lots of loose skin - laurarfl, Fri Aug 10 06:49:32 2007
• RE: lots of loose skin - HappyHillbilly, Fri Aug 10 08:18:57 2007
• RE: lots of loose skin - artinscales, Fri Aug 10 09:16:38 2007
• RE: lots of loose skin - laurarfl, Fri Aug 10 09:32:52 2007
• RE: lots of loose skin - HappyHillbilly, Sat Aug 11 00:14:36 2007
• pics posted, dial-up beware! - laurarfl, Mon Aug 13 07:45:23 2007
• reply and better pic - laurarfl, Mon Aug 13 07:55:16 2007
• RE: reply and better pic - HappyHillbilly, Mon Aug 13 08:50:23 2007