Hi! I'm new to this site and a returning herp enthusiast to the world. A brief background. I was huge into the herp world about 20 years ago. Back when everyone was still feeding iguanas lettuce. Spent years trying to educate people of the right way to care for all kinds of lizards and snakes. Did reptile education at schools, was on local TV networks and newspapers, ran a herp newsletter, co-authored a book about Jackson's chameleons. I captured, froze and fed thawed mice to my snakes way before it was a norm (didn't even know anyone else who did it), and was a member of the Seattle herp society.
I finally got tired of the fight... Tired of the hundreds of rescues... Tired of watching them die in the hands of uneducated owners. I couldn't teach them all. But I had tried. I gave up and walked away with only a tattoo of a Burmese python on my arm to remember all those years with.
So, all these years later, a coworker asked if I wanted a snake. A rescue. I immediately said no because we don't have a local pet store for mice. Imagine my surprise when I looked online and found frozen mice galore! Lol I agreed to take the constrictor without knowing the species but was fairly certain from the description that she was a ball.
Sasha arrived late at night at the end of my shift. A two foot bp quite underweight and covered with chunks of unshed skin. To my amazement she ate a prekilled mouse only hours after her move! She is sweet and still hungry... waiting on 50 frozen mice to arrive to feed her again. Got her a house and larger water dish. Is in a room kept at 85 degrees until her heat lamp arrives. Shedding off the rest of her skin now. Good humidity.
My question is, how often should I offer food to get her weight back up? The level of knowledge out there is soooo much better than it used to be and I am never afraid to admit I still have a lot to learn.
Thank you all in advance and I look forward to poking my head back into a world I used to love so much and I have chosen this forum to do it in. [emoji4]
PS Would a photo of Sasha help?
