My Weekend Rescue...

Over the weekend I rescued this beautiful 2500+ gram male... :)

I gladly paid for him and his tank and if you saw the conditions he was in you would understand the reason I say "rescued". When I responded to the guys Ad he told me it was a female so I thought "hey great price for a adult female, I'll check it out". When I arrived to see the animal I saw the owner had him in a freakin storage unit! with only 1 heatrock for a heat source! the heatrock was a very very small zoomed that was only slightly warm to the touch... He had a half log for a hide and 2 single pieces of paper towel for substrate. I'm suprised this animal is even alive! The last few days before I picked him up it had been in the high 30's and low 40's! After seeing that he had been in these conditions I didn't care about it's sex. I just knew I had to take care of it.

Since he's been in my posession I have throroughly cleaned his Tank inside and out, Gave him a fresh bed of aspen throughout the tank, scrubbed his water bowl clean and gave him a couple more appropriate hideboxes. I threw out the heatrock and gave him a nice UTH and his Temps and Humidity are now dead on. I also popped him to see hemipenes and sperm plugs.

I've got him in another room away from my animals for now as he is in quarantine. I have a person interested in him but I want to keep an eye on him to make sure he is Ok. No signs of a RI so far but like I said I'm keepin an eye on him.

Here he is on the trunk of my Taurus to show somewhat of a size comparison.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...largemale1.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...largemale2.jpg

Thanks for looking! :)

Good job! ... You should name him Taurus! ;) :D

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Good job! ... You should name him Taurus! ;) :D

-adam

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I agree on both things here :cool:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

I agree on both things here :cool:

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Great minds think alike! ;) :sweeet:

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Good job! ... You should name him Taurus! ;) :D

-adam

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LOL Yeah that might work. :)

I just want to keep him for a little while and ensure that he's healthy before I sell him to anybody. My friend wants him but I just want to make sure I don't sell him a problem...;)

Going to feed him in a week and see how he eats. From the look of him though he seems to be a good eater. BUt of course I gotta make sure.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Great minds think alike! ;) :sweeet:

-adam

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:rockon:

Wow congrats and kudos to your for rescuing him. Chimera was rescued by Jen before I took him. Rescue snakes remind me of pound dogs because they always seem to have a unique personality. He's a big gorgeous boy and I hope things go well!

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Originally Posted by djslurp1200

LOL Yeah that might work. :)

I just want to keep him for a little while and ensure that he's healthy before I sell him to anybody. My friend wants him but I just want to make sure I don't sell him a problem...;)

Going to feed him in a week and see how he eats. From the look of him though he seems to be a good eater. BUt of course I gotta make sure.

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Now thats a real reptile lover in my book :rockon: !

That deserves a pat on the back...maybe 2 :)

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Originally Posted by HadesBP18

Wow congrats and kudos to your for rescuing him. Chimera was rescued by Jen before I took him. Rescue snakes remind me of pound dogs because they always seem to have a unique personality. He's a big gorgeous boy and I hope things go well!

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Thanks! yeah, I just had to take him home. I felt so bad for the poor thing. He seems alot happier and less stressed in his new enviorment. He is a big boy! I was suprised it was a male, but he's beautiful none the less! I'm hoping things go well too!