Rescuing a Lemon Blast

[Lorgakor]

So I'm totally thinking "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is", but I am going to be rescuing a supposed female lemon blast on Saturday morning. I saw a Craigslist ad for a lemon blast python, so I emailed it to inquire and ask for a picture, as the price was really low.

After much emailing back and forth and a google image picture given, I finally got the story and some actual pics of the snake. This person was given this lemon blast (born in August, 80grams, female) as a gift from one of their professors. He knows nothing about keeping snakes, and he keeps the poor thing in a shoebox, with no supplemental heat. He now says that he is worried about it as it's colour is starting to fade so he thinks it is stressed. He is moving and can't take it with him, plus he knows nothing about caring for it, and has no proper home for it anyway. So he just wants it to go to a good home, and doesn't really know anything about how much it is worth.

So long story short, I did see cell phone pics of this snake, in a shoe box with some repti-bark type substrate, and pics of it in just a plain box. It does look rather faded and browned out, but they weren't good quality pics. It is definitely a lemon blast.

So I am definitely pessimistic, but I'll be meeting him anyway to see what is what. But I think I'll be bringing someone with me lol!

Anyway, the only point to this story is I wanted to tell someone, but absolutely no one I know gives a crap about snakes. I just feel so bad for the poor thing living in a shoe box.