New member of the family comming soon!!

Well people.....I sent Chris and my daughter to the pet store to get Monty a meal. They came back with the mice and a horror story of a baby phython that the store had sitting in the front window of thier store with the only heating it had was a heat rock, a big NO NO for ball pythons. Chris held it and said it was very cold and had burns on it's belly and was also told that it had not eaten in over a month. The store worker admitted to the fact that no one there new anything about ball pythons, or snakes for that matter. Chris did say that the corns they had there looked in good shape.

Well, to make a long story short........They are on thier way back as I type to rescue this young'n. I wont say purchace due to the fact that I am doing it to save it's life. I was not quite ready to add to my collection as of yet, but I wont let this poor thing die in those conditions. The owner decided to let it go for half what they were asking, so Im going to take the chance and see if I can get it back in shape.

I told Chris that once he rescue's the BP he is to tell the shop keeper there to NEVER have a BP in his shop until he learns how to take care of them properly. I no not have ink in my printer right now or I would have sent a care sheet with them to give to the store. But I will get one to the store ASAP. This is a new store and they had better learn how to take propper care of thier critters or this old fart will be stirring some doo doo.

I will get some quick pic's of the new one to post and then he will be quarantined and pretty much left alone until he recovers. Cant afford a vet bill right now and the nearest vet capable of taking care of it is over 2 hours away. So i will do what I can. Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.

Guess I jumped the gun.....

Just got a phone call from my daughter. She said now the pet owner wants $40 more than what we agreed on earlier. I cant afford that so I wont be getting the new addition.

Now it's time to start flinging some doo doo. Maybe the animal authority would like to check up on them.....

I think it's time to do some mafia style beat downs to the owner, for sure.

So how is that match made in heaven....errr bp.net, doin?

Definitly go to the local animal rights authority with this...i'm sick of hearing about incompetent pet shops killing off these poor snakes.

Poor thing! I am glad you will be rescuing him and that the shop owner decided to take advantage of the opportunity y'all were giving him. If the burns aren't too bad, daily applications of neosporin (not the one with the lidocaine or other topical pain reliever), newspaper or paper towel substrate, and 2 or 3 sheds should get him healed. He may also shed more often trying to get rid of the burns, so don't be surprised if he does a couple of shed cycles right in a row. If he doesn't do that, it either means the burns aren't too bad or they're very bad.

Urgh ... I started that post when there were no replies yet but got called away to actually perform the job I am paid to do. How irritating. ;)

What a roller coaster ride......Pretend my second post never happend.

Im was sitting here waiting for the young'ns to get home and to tell me the story of what happend. Well, here walks in Chris with the BP. He went back to the pet shop and (as he put it) kissed her @$$.

So now Im open to help again. The BP has very dry skin. Decided to go ahead a give him a soak. He is a natural. He loves the warm water. Within minutes he was moving all over the place. He has some pretty long burns on his belly.

Will be posting a few pic's in a little bit.

woooohoooooo! So many twists and turns! Better then Nancy Drew!

I'm glad you saved it from certain doom. I think you should drop off the care sheet with them anyway, just to be sure this doesn't repeat itself.

How much did the shop end up going down to?

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woooohoooooo! So many twists and turns! Better then Nancy Drew!

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LMAO! Too funny! I didn't even know boys knew who Nancy Drew was! :P

Ironhead...I'm glad it worked out in the end, for the sake of the snake. :D Marla had some really good suggestions, and I'm sure Rusty may have some good advice to add if Marla missed anything. Good luck with it! I'll be watching for updates!

hahahahaha, godfather reads nancy drew.

This is crazier than the Boxcar Children book 23 ! LOL Yeah maybe throw a cup of pediolyte in for the next soak to add some electrolytes. Not sure what to do for the burns - hopefully you won't have to make that vet trip but as you know be on the look-out for internal parasites if this bugger doesn't eat relatively soon. I'm sure once you get him a real set-up and some decent hydration he'll come around.

Thank God you got the poor little critter.
I am about ready to put the beat down on the petco by my house where I got Ozzy.
10bps in one small cage no way to record temp or humidity.
A beautiful albino burm that is dehydrated and sold customer will pick up Sat.
Almost want to wait up there Sat to tell new owner how bad it is dehydrated
especially sine he plunked down 2 bills for the little guy.
I was wondering who you contact about those types of things????

there is really nothing that can be done about it. since reptiles are imported in such large quanities, the "officials" would could care less about them.

But if you feel antsy you can give the local humane society a call - if they don't deal with it they can give you the number of people that do.

Wizill That is sad :(
Yeah I was gonna give them a try Jonah

One more suggestion, Carl: too much soaking will actually dry out his skin more than the burns already have, so if he's not dehydrated I'd try to avoid the soaking. Other than that, just making sure he's in a secure clean enclosure with good heat gradient and paper towel for substrate and making sure to apply the neosporin daily and not bother him otherwise ought to get you through. One of my boys got a burn a while back and it was much better after a single shed and pretty much undetectable after two.

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He went back to the pet shop and (as he put it) kissed her @$$.

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For some reason, he has always had an unmistakable knack for kissing @$$ ... LOL. I'm glad you guys were able to get guy out of there. Good luck with him/her.

oh but to note Wizill is probably right - they usually don't care about snakes or reptiles and only go if there are kittens or dogs.

The burn runs prety much the entire length of his body. He is unable to bend about a 3 inch section of his body. When being held, he stays rellatively stiff except for around the head and neck region. His eyes were dented, but after the soaks have popped back out.

The Neosporin that I have has Bacitracin, Neomycin, Polymyxin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Cocoa butter and other common crud. Is this ok to use?

that should work ironhead.

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hahahahaha, godfather reads nancy drew.

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now will......alot of guys just thought she was the Hardy boys sidekick....you knew she had her own books!!! jk

way to go on the rescue!! good luck getting him/her well!!

oh, and Nancy Drew has new books coming out....FYI

ROTF LOL rding that is classic.