New rescued female

My friend who manages a reptile store, received a collection of snakes from someone, all of them were underweight. He knew I was looking for some females, so here is an adult female BP from the collection. As you can see she could use some weight, she is eating F/T rats with gusto for me, so I am sure she'll be putting on weight soon. She is about 1400 grams, should be more for her length. It is infuriating how people can treat their snakes this way. :( She is a sweetheart.


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ah she's so pretty! with proper care and husbandry... she'll be doing great in no time ;)

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

ah she's so pretty! with proper care and husbandry... she'll be doing great in no time ;)

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... and love :sunny:

Very pretty - congrats. You've brought in a lot of new snakes recently - quarantine must be a lot of fun! :D

Yup! Alot of washing hands . I have snakes in every room in my house!

LOL been there, done that....welcome to Quarantine Room #1 (QR 1 aka the master bedroom), Quarantine Room #2 (QR 2 aka my laundry room), etc. Also fun but definitely worth it to do the work to protect your collection. Congrats on the new girl, she's gorgeous!

Wow, I seriously love tht pattern; looks like a light, slightly granite pattern. Congrats on rescuing her and giving her a better life that she deserves!
It is so insane that a perfectly fine eater like her, would be allowed by a former owner to be underweight.

She is a really good eater, poor thing was so hungry when I got her. I am feeding her smaller sized prey than I am sure she can handle, but more often than once a week. So far she has eaten 3 F/T rat pups for me in less than a week, one about every 2 days. I'll work her up to bigger prey when she is a bit more settled. Interesting you mentioned the pattern, I too thought, though I am not saying she is a granite, she had a slight more speckling than I have seen in most normals . Love that Granite Ed is selling!

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She is a really good eater, poor thing was so hungry when I got her. I am feeding her smaller sized prey than I am sure she can handle, but more often than once a week. So far she has eaten 3 F/T rat pups for me in less than a week, one about every 2 days. I'll work her up to bigger prey when she is a bit more settled. Interesting you mentioned the pattern, I too thought, though I am not saying she is a granite, she had a slight more speckling than I have seen in most normals . Love that Granite Ed is selling!

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You're not giving her body much chance to rest between meals - it's really better to feed her once a week, and keep the meals small - she'll put on the weight. Digestion is a very stressful process on their bodies.

I do feed all my other snakes once a week. I have never delt with feeding a snake before that was underweight, so I wasn't sure what was best. I did know that smaller was better. I guess I felt badly that she was so thin and seemed so hungry. I'll wait a week before feeding her again, thanks for the help! :P