Hello. Please bare with me as I start from the beginning. When I bought my snake 10 years ago, I knew nothing about them. However, I quickly learned that mine was wild caught and was not eating. I took him to the vet and he was anemic.I needed to give him shots, and oral medications. He was so thin, you could almost touch your fingers together when pressing on his sides. Anyway, that was 10 years ago. Since then, he started eating, and has been very heatlhy and active.



I posted about a month ago about a mouse I gave him that looked like it had some sort of growth on the side. I was told my snake should be okay, and I think my problem now really has nothing to do with that mouse. In the past month or so, he appears to have lost a LOT of weight. He still eats and is active, and drinks water, but he is getting really really thin again, like he was when I first got him. He has problems shedding too, but he always has. Anyway, I feed him about once every 3-4 weeks. He is about 4 1/2 feet long, and eats two mice per feeding (sometimes he won't eat a rat). Is it possible he has tape worm? Why would he get so thin, yet still remain active and still eat at feedings? Should I make his feedingas ever two weeks and see if he starts to gain weight again? Do I need to see a vet?



Thanks for your help. Anything to save my poor Fenton.

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