The adventures of Elijah the snake

Seeking advice!

I was thinking of getting a sandboa and got this for free when i bought the enclosure. So my question is: Can this safely be used? I know it can’t eat on it, but would it be okay for the snake to roam around in it?

Sorry it took me a bit to get back to you!

So in general, a reptile should never be /losing/ weight unless you’re trying to slim them down with a diet. Fed an appropriately sized feeder at a standard interval, a snake should grow and gain weight at a somewhat steady pace.

Dropping 20g isn’t a huge deal (heck, some of my snakes lose more than that when they poop) but I would recommend having a fecal test done just to rule out parasites.

And it’s hard for me to visualize body condition and general size without a reference image, but if he continues to lose weight and isn’t missing meals, I would either bump up the food size (although most milks usually like smaller prey) or increase the feeding interval to every 10 days like you mentioned.

So last april i weighed The Boy Elijah and he weighed 241 grams. I had been consistently feeding him medium mice (17g) every 14 days, and i continued this until now (july) where his weigh has come down to 220 grams. Should i start feeding him more often, or was he perhaps overfed back with his old owner, and now that he’s moved to a 4 times larger enclosure, the weightloss is actually healthy and to be expected?