My husband and I got a young rosy boa a few days ago. He's about a foot long and about dime- size in diameter. He's well mannered and friendly but his eyes are TERRIBLY sunken in. I've checked for mites by soaking him in luke-warm water, and visually I can't see anything. When we placed him in his habitat, he immediately lapped up a little water, so he could just have been dehydrated. I'm also concerned since we have not gotten him to eat nor has he defecated...
Is he simply stressed out? Or could there be another underlying problem?
We have him in a 10 gallon terrarium with a 65watt red bulb, calcium fortified sand, a few rock cave hideouts (which he loves!), a bit of indigenous shrubs, and of course a water dish I've been changing daily.
I've had leopard geckos and have a Sulcata tortoise but I'm just not familiar with snakes...
Thanks for any and all advice!!