New rescue case!!

This is the snake my uncle bought from some people whom had it given to them, and they did not know how to take care of it. In fact they were scared of it. My uncle does not even like snakes, but he knew just from seeing me take care of Samson that the snake was in trouble. They had wood chips in the bottom of the tank that had water standing to the top of them, no heater, and no hide, and there were small white paracites crawling around the tank. I took it out of the tank (VERY CAUTIOUSLY)(He is a BIG fella) and gave it a bath, and cleaned its tank. My uncle loves the snake now, in fact my friend offered him $100 for it (well over what my uncle paid for it) and he does not want to part with it.
This is me with the big guy
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this is my friend with it
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That is a HUGE bp! He looks pretty good tho. Good luck with the rescue :)

That is one big boy!

looks good for not been taken care of. did u take him to the vet yet?

Wow, he sure is a big guy! He's gorgeous!

Definitely a good-sized bp! I'm glad he'll be taken better care of now. That's a shame that his conditions were so poor, but at least he's obviously been eating. How successful have you been at getting rid of the bugs?

holy cow! :shock: he's humongous! at least you know he's a good eater! i'm surprised he doesn't have belly rot from being in all that wet substrate. he looks really good all things considered. i'm glad your uncle decided to rescue him! :D

hey u guys looked so surprised at the size what bp's usually don't get that big or something. oh maybe u mean the girth beacuase that is HUUUUUUGE but the length looks normal i guess. anyway conrats on the rescue an that is a rea beauty man.

Wow he's thick!! And Gorgeous to boot! Glad your uncle has joined the "herp family" :)

He does seem girthy, which is surprising considering the conditions he was in. Are we sure he is a "he" and not a "she"? I wish my baby was that big, but we are working on it. He went stupid and wouldn't eat as much as he was supposed to for months. He simply refused. He is almost three and 1/2 feet long and he wouldn't eat more than 2 mice a week for over 6 months. The vet wanted him on medium rats, but he wouldn't eat them. Suddenly he took 5 mice in a week, then a small rat the next week, nothing the following (in shed), a mouse and a f/t small rat the next week, then a prekilled small rat this past weekend. I am still trying to get him to move up to medium rats, but we will try small rats for a few more weeks. He needs to build back muscle tone. Some one said something about sprinkling protien powder on the rats to help build him back up, has anyone heard of this?

i actually think he isnt that big... but he is big compared to roxy,but not rebel,donnas snake. :) now that thing is BIG.Ill take some pics next time

i have never heard of protein pwoder before,i think if he is eating he will be gettin all the stuff he needs,i dunno, maybe somebody who knows more about it canhelp ya out

Poor thing, living in standing water, with parasites in it? Congrats on you and your unc's rescuing the poor little (well, big) guy. :)

I dont know what sex it is, nor do i know how long it had been with those people. But it does look like someone took good care of it before. The paracites are gone as far as i know, i think they were more attracted to the dirty water than the snake.

Good to hear bigslimrich! I'm glad he/she is doing well for you guys :)

Yeah that's an awesome looking snake (stated for the thousandth time on this thread). My only question is about how old is that snake? If you can even tell, I know it's tricky (depends on food and substrate). I can't wait till my snake is that big. That would be too gnarly.

i didnt know it depends on substrate too .............

thats one big bp. he/she is beautiful.

What do you mean age depends on substrate? How so?

I really don't understand how substrate makes a difference in the size of the snake. Please explain

me either,maybe VerS will answer us

Nope. He's left the site.

ohhhh......ok padiente i guess we will never know what the heck he was talkin about ! lol

i don't think it has anything to do with substrate. maybe that's not what he meant or he typed it wrong or something.

oh well, I was hoping for some deep insite into some new hidden value of diferent substrates