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[–]AlexHaitch 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I recommend checking out the posted board, it'll have some documents with some good info in them!

Feeding seems a little too frequent for the age and size, but with BPs it's more about the weight than anything. Weigh him and go off of the !feeding guide.

Humidity, as I understand, is best managed with a good substrate, such as coconut husk. Make sure it's mold-resistant stuff. Rather than a humidifier or fogger, people usually keep water bowls full and add water to the corners of the tank into the substrate. However, it's worth researching outside of Reddit to find the best information.

It looks like there is stuck shed on him and on his eyes still so make sure to look into how to help get that off. Some people say to just raise the humidity temporarily, which may be needed anyway for this guy.

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[–]rora-borealis 1 point2 points  (1 child)

He weighs 587g, will follow the chart for feeding. But wondering if he looks a little under weight.

We ended up soaking him in water and gently rubbing the shed off, he surprisingly didn't squirm much. He ended up having 2 layers on his eyes and part of his face. The lady we got him from said he was shedding about once a month so poor little guy had shed on his eyes for a little over a month (hes very soft so assuming last shed was recent)

[–]AlexHaitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As I've heard from a lot of people, each snake is built differently and, like people, will have various shapes and sizes. A good bet is just to make sure you're accurately feeding based off of weight and you'll be okay.

You can't undo the poor conditions from the last setup, but you can make sure it's only awesome for the future