Samantha is a cochon!

[Bruce Whitehead]

I adopted an 8 year old female recently.

She had a case of scale rot last year, and is a super nice snake. The owner felt he could not give her the time or care she needed, so after 7 MONTHS of talking he decided to move her.

Super skinny this one. The vet had told him to feed her a small rat every 3 weeks... not because of her scale rot, but because that is all an adult snake needs.

Craziness.

But she is here and is eating like an absolute PIG!

She is on FT and has the most intense feed response I have ever seen in a BP.

I can just toss the rat in and she will hit it with with amazing force, tussle with it, then eat it.

I tossed her one on her second feeding and she didn't hit it ASAP so I thought she lightening up.

Nope. She cruised around her hide, eyed it up, raised up... wobbled a bit... retracted... then hit it like it was a live rat trying to elude her.

We have never laughed at a snake feeding before but she had us busting up.

She is a bad one this girl!

I expect her to shed off those scars and double in weight in no time.

Bruce

PS: I will get a few pics of her soon, but I am terrible for pics of new snakes. I like to just let them chill (for too long sometimes) before bugging them.

[juddb]

Cute story! But what does "cochon" mean?

[mcd]

Cute story! But what does "cochon" mean?

C'est "pig" en francais.

[stevenkeogh]

Hey Bruce, you sure have acquired a LOT of snakes in a relatively short time.
I'm glad to see you ended up getting a pastel girl last season. Still sucks about the other one.
I have a rescue here as well that at the time I acquired her had not had anything to eat in over 9 months. Played veterinarian and got her all fixed up.
Now she hits f/t rats like a bullet train.
Don't you live in a condo or apartment? Where do you keep all the snakes??
-Steven

[Bruce Whitehead]

We were in a loft, but are in a 7.5 now. So the snakes have their own room, with 3 QT areas.

It works out great now. And the snake room in an inner room, so no windows, temp flutuations, escape routes, etc.

I have fingers crossed for a few more pastel girls this season, and I have a pastel and spider female coming this month (hopefully) from another RC member.

I have a tendency to pick up several snakes at a time when I purchase if possible. Cuts down on QT if 3-4 can be QTed together.

I am always amazed with rescues, I have seldom had trouble getting them to eat, 90% of the time it is simple husbandry, but this girl was not being neglected (she got scale rot when she was in the owners mothers care for a few months).

But she is just a gem of a snake. I could not be happier with her. I have a really soft spot for pets that need a good home...

Bruce

[Haitun]

Good thing you got her in time. She sounds precious, I bet she's so happy to have you as an owner. Do you have any pictures of her?