He was wild caught a long time ago, as a hatchling. He was never checked for parasites, but I have also owned this snake 5, almost 6, years, so I'd think if it had parasites it would have died or had problems before. He is active though, and hasn't lost too much weight. He just drives me insane. And the temps I listed in my previous post were floor temps. Due to the heat lamp the ambient temps are higher, about 75-85 on the warm side and 65-75 on the cool side. The lights go off at night and the temperature in the room stays at about 70. Thank you as well for the link, I would like to check that out =]