Rescued

So I get a message on facebook about a month ago from someone i went to highschool that i havent seen in quite a few years. Said she has seen some of my pics and sees i have some snakes. She asks if i would be interested in her AZ mountain king snake.

Come to find out her and her sons father have separated and he left the snake there. She wants nothing to do with it, hasnt feed it, cleaned its cage or water bowl.

I get over there tonight. the poor guy has no heat source on him at all. is in a 75 gallon tank w 2 hides, dirty bedding and dirty water bowl.

Well got him home, got some heating on him, gona let him get use to his new shack and get him on a feeding cycle starting this weekend.

Will post up pics this wknd.

is a 30 gallon tank sufficient for a adult? 85-90 degrees ok?

Good for you for rescuing the poor guy!! :gj: AZ Mountain Kings are nice!! I wonder how long he was in that condition :(

Anyway, yup, a 30 gal is definitely a good size for an adult, and 85-90 hot spot is perfect with an ambient temp of around 70. Can't wait to see pics!!

Oh poor baby! At least he'll get proper care with you!

I think a AZ MT kingsnake is my next snake...I just <3 their colors! Can't wait to see pics!!

aww,poor snake :( shows how pets' needs can get ignored when people are dealing with drama...I'm glad it ended up with you :D

Just surprised the GF with him/her and she looks at me and says "thought you werent getting anymore for a while"

My response was just "Honey....he needed a good home"

She melted and said he was cute.

Congrats and POST SOME PICS!!!:gj::gj:

Everything sounds good with the King. Need some pics though.

Im gona get him fed and relaxed for a few days, probably snap a pic or two this wknd and get them up :)

Good for you! I suspect that he had gone without water fr a couple of weeks:gj:.

Well ive had him in his enclosure for a few days. Ive tried feeding him live mice and he is not wanting to have anything to do with it. I have him in a seperate tub for feeding. hes calm to the handling. Should i try F/T? Unsure what the next step to do to help him.

were they feeding him live mice? if he always had f/t before he might not know what to do with a live one.

From what she informed me was he was on live feed. Her brother was taking care of him up until a few months ago. bedding was never cleaned, never handled, and stopped eating. Said hasnt ate in 2-3 months.

Hmmm, that's not good. I would wait another few days and try again, then maybe try f/t. Usually kings will eat anything in sight, and he should definitely be hungry after 2-3 months. Hopefully he's not sick.

Well we have success ! Our King has finally ate! Third time was a charm. I have had a few attempts on live mice, so most recent i got a F/T and gave it a shot and he ate like a champ! In addition he shed Friday. Wasnt the best shed but came off well.

Try F/T, they are also lizard eaters so if he doesn't take the F/T try scenting it with a lizard. Oops, didn't see the rest of this. Glad it's eating. Pics please.

Try to keep the temps no higher than 85. Colubrids dont do all that well with high temps and can cause regurges when its that high.

If you can keep the room at 82-83 than you wouldnt need any heat source on the tank other than room temp.

Current temps are ranging around 82 in his enclosure, i was keeping pretty close eye on him for the first week.

Sounds like you gave him a great home! :) Glad he started eating and shed alright.

Hes been doing great! Hes had steady meals, regular cleaned enclosure, steady temps. Quite the happy lil guy. I was originally planning on rehoming him once he got back to good health but my 8 year old wont let me lol.

Glad to hear he's doing good :) Now.. where are the photos?

ahh the danger of rescues.... I got two a year ago that were in awful shape I had planned on getting them fixed up and re-homed but at one point I stopped calling them one and two and gave them names now they are homed with me...

LOL, i hear ya on that. Were redoing the kids room and moving "The King" in there. All my BPs are housed in a rack and this lucky guy has his own mansion lol