I picked up this girlie this morning. I checked - definitely a girl.
She was in unpleasant conditions - 30% humidity, an exposed heat bulb in her enclosure. The enclosure consisted of a converted curio cabinet that was so dry the wood was splitting apart. I got a splinter just taking her out of the door. There was also no under or back heat - just the light bulb.
At least she had clean water, clean bedding and three hides.
The person I got her from at least knew she should be fed every week, but was feeding small mice to a 1462g snake instead of rats. At 2 years old she'd do well to get a few rats in her. The girl definitely gave taking care of her a good shot, but I think she forgot a few chapters on the care sheet.
So far there are no signs of RI, no burn marks, thought it looks like she may have been bit on her face (you can see on the first picture - there's a mark right above her eye, and one in the middle of her head too). Probably food biting back, as the girl fed her live mice.
Biggest concern is her eye. In this picture you can see a line running through her eye. It isn't a shadow/reflection. I'm thinking it might have been half of a stuck eyecap or something. She is very very dry and pointy and definitely in shed. In the second picture you can see squiggles on her other eye - yeah that eyecap wants OFF.
Now I have her in a smallish tub with a dish of water, I sprayed her down with reptile spray and I'm trying to get her humidity up to at least somewhere comfortable. Her underside feels like potato chips.
Either way - I'm super excited about this girl. She is amazingly calm and sweet. One of the girls dogs barked RIGHT in front of her face and she just laid there. Totally unphased. I already love her. Now she needs a name...
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