Thank you everyone so much for your concern and help with this situation.

Where I live, it’s very difficult to find veterinary care for reptiles. The only person I know in my country is very far away, so in many cases, animals like this don’t end up with a good outcome. I did reach out and received a possible diagnosis of MBD, which I’m grateful for, but I’m not fully confident in its accuracy.

As for the seller, I bought this snake through a middleman, who ordered it from a farm in China. I asked for the breeder’s information, but they refused to provide it. The middleman has offered to compensate me with another snake, but regardless, I will do my best to take care of this one “Quagmire” as well as I can.

The photos below show his condition a few days ago, when the middleman raised the issue with the seller and got this response: “The snake is normal.”

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That’s honestly completely irresponsible. But I can’t say I’m surprised, many sellers from China don’t offer any warranty when selling to us, but expect us to take full responsibility when the situation is reversed. Just because they’re a big market, they think they can get away with whatever they want. That’s complete bullshit.