Arrrrrg!!!!

I am not really interested in breeding in a serious way so female or not it makes no difference one of these days I'll check now she is getting bigger. I am very pleased that she is bigger hatchling weight...

WOW!

You'd never believe that was the same pitiful little baby. Now, don't you feel better about getting her ?

Sure it was a no-win situation, but for her life is great, and we can always hope that horrible place will be banned from selling animals of any kind.

Gale

That snake... makes me so sad! Four months old, and she looks like my month-old pastel... :(

I'm glad you rescued her. And I'm so happy to hear that you managed to get the store under investigation. You shouldn't feel bad about giving your money to them - hopefully because of your experience they won't be so easily selling unhealthy animals.

I know everyone says they don't support the pet stores, but you did a good thing. For such a malnourished and mistreated snake she is a beauty. I think everyone is confident that she is in 98753286324635637457869875 times better hands now that she's gone. If nothing else she'll make an amazing pet! :gj:

Good on you. I hate to see the animals at the pet stores. The problem with alot of them and their reptiles especially is that they buy the cheapest stock they can and try to sell them for a crazy markup without feeding them. Most of the cages dont have good heat. There used to be a pet store here locally and the owner used to call me weekly looking for my normals id produce in clutches. I wouldnt sell him a thing. He then had the nerve to ask me to put a morph in his shop to help him sell snakes. I was like wth your nuts. Now heres where it gets sad. He had one of the largest retics in private collection. It was a 32 ft retic. She was basically the shop snake that drew a crowd especially when it was time for her to feed on pigs. I told a good friend of mine about the snake and he begged me to get a deal done with the owner to buy her. So after a back and fourth over money a deal was reached. We prepared a shipping crate that was a 10 foot by 4 ft by 4 ft wooden box. We installed 3 stansfield 5 ft heat pads for heat during her 7 hour trip to new york. It took 10 guys to wtestle this beast into her shipping box. The temp in the box was about 88 degrees for transport and was probablly the warmest she had ben in years. After she arrived in new york she was showing signs of resp. After about 6 months of treatments and her going from getting better to getting worse she died. I was devistated. I was so emotionally invested in this animal and she was amazing. I am glad to report that pet shop went belly up about a year later. The vets said this animal had been dealing with the issue for along time but because of her size she was able to fight it along time. You may have only rescued one but you rescued one and for that you should feel good. 2 thumbs up from this part of the world