Lost & Found Snake! HELP!

[PlatinumRosePythons]

So about 4-6 weeks ago I lost my albino male named White Boy. I tore apart my room looking for him for several days before I called it quits and figured he must've somehow gotten into the radiator system and burned to death. I was depressed and very PO'ed at myself for causing his death.

Well, turns out he's not dead! At 2am this morning I heard some things moving around and then a huge bump and crash! Got up, turned the lights on and he's draped over the box I keep my snake bedding in staring at me with a dead dried moth stuck to the side of his head. It was kinda comical. I have no clue where he came from, I haven't heard him at all during the last month he's been missing

Now to the "HELP!" part. He looks- and smells- horribly. Very dehydrated and sunken in, has a few damaged scales, a damaged eyecap and his belly is pink. There is a chance the pink belly could be due to an impending shed, i'll have to wait and see. Naturally the first thing my panicked mind thought of was 'get him in water dummy!" so I gave him a luke warm bath. He drank for a good 7-10 minutes. At one point I thought he had died during drinking because he froze completely still with his head sideways in the water and stopped all movement- that includes breathing!- until I poked him and picked him up. Then he came out of it and dashed back in the water.

After he was done drinking he spit some water up and started wheezing. Does this mean he has an RI? I don't hear him wheezing anymore though. Maybe it's because I picked him up and forced some water back up? Should I take him to my vet? It's Sunday so I cant call my vet until tomorrow though. I feel so horrible! Poor guy! Pics to come in the AM, he's understandably a bit stressed right now.

 

[Earthworks]

the fact that hes moving around and drinking is good. sometimes my bps will spit up water after drinking like that especially if they get pissed off at me moving them or something...on top of that the few times ive had escapees they tend to feral out on me for a bit and be in a generally poor temperament. if its an r.i. stick your ear close to enclosure and listen should be able to hear the wheezing in the breathing ect and look for bubbles and such. cant hurt to have the vet look at it but i would expect it to recover from what youve described...good luck

 

[PlatinumRosePythons]

the fact that hes moving around and drinking is good. sometimes my bps will spit up water after drinking like that especially if they get pissed off at me moving them or something...on top of that the few times ive had escapees they tend to feral out on me for a bit and be in a generally poor temperament. if its an r.i. stick your ear close to enclosure and listen should be able to hear the wheezing in the breathing ect and look for bubbles and such. cant hurt to have the vet look at it but i would expect it to recover from what youve described...good luck

He's actually recovered nicely. He ate on Monday and is back to his normal self! Thanks!

 

[beballs]

If anything i would imagine that his eyes were a lot bigger than his stomach when it came to spitting up water. Kind of like the way when people find a starving dog, they monitor his intake otherwise he will eat until he throws up.

Either way! Its wonderful to know your boy is getting better!

 

[AbsoluteApril]

I'm glad you found him and he's doing better!

 

[PlatinumRosePythons]

It's interesting that he ate because I could never get him to eat before he disappeared. Perhaps he's decided captivity isn't to bad after all lol!

 

[PlatinumRosePythons]

Here's some pics now that he's more chilled out. The first one is of his damaged eye (way more easily seen in person!), second is the damaged scales on his back, third is one of the 5 or so discolored/damaged areas on his belly. The fourth one is just him in all his shiny glory!

 

[PlatinumRosePythons]

Here are two other ones of his eye. Also forgot to mention he lost at least 100g while he was missing. Should I be concerned about the weight loss?