Just rescued this guy from an idiot friend of mine.

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His spine is very visible low in weight just brought him home today I offered him a small mice gobbled it right up. Poor guy drank half his bowl of water.

Nice. Good rescue. Now go smack your friend for me..:O

Hopefully that friend doesn't get more snakes. That poor guy is in horrible condition! Does he have a stuck shed on top of everything?

Good for u.... That is a very nice looking snake... Look at all that blushing... Beautiful

Good for you man.

Let see... To do list: 1) Kick friend's butt 2) Ensure proper hubandry 3) kick friend's butt 4) feed that little one AAALLL the foods 5) Kick friend's butt and chew him out, just for me.....

Poor little fellow. TY for giving him a better home.

Wow!! That's a beautiful rescue! Thanks for stepping up. :)

His color looks so dull. :tears:
Good for you, keep us posted. Progression thread!

Nice job on the rescue and recovery front mate. How is his temperament at this stage? :gj: Make sure you get a good baseline weight on him.

Thanks for rescuing him. He's got a better life ahead of him now.

Although unhealthy, he's gorgeous. Thank God you rescued him before it was too late.

Is he a lighter morph or just pale from neglect?

Snake is doing much better. But still needs a lil bit more time to get back to normal..

Well since he hasn't been fed in a while when ever he hears something around his tub he's looking for what's coming in.. poor guy. I've fed him a mice a day for 4 days straight this past weekend fed him a rat pup. Just waiting for him to poop. So that I can feed him again.

You gotta start dropping those feedings off. That is power feeding levels. Which can be detrimental eventually. Maybe every 4 days, an appropriately sized feeder. And you don't gotta wait for him to poop to feed :rofl: They'll do it when they're ready. Some go like once a month.

Aw poor guy:( good thing you rescued him, those colors have some serious potential.


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Originally Posted by eddietorres1978

Well since he hasn't been fed in a while when ever he hears something around his tub he's looking for what's coming in.. poor guy. I've fed him a mice a day for 4 days straight this past weekend fed him a rat pup. Just waiting for him to poop. So that I can feed him again.

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You don't need to feed him daily, but you don't need to wait for him to poop to feed him either.

Pick a schedule. Every 5 days or every 7 days, and just feed him on that schedule. You feed him consistently, he'll gain weight and get healthy.

It's just that since he hasn't been fed in over 3 months. He told me he was throwing up what he was eating so I gave him 1 small mice he kept it down. Didn't wanna over do it. But now just feeding him every Saturday.

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It's just that since he hasn't been fed in over 3 months. He told me he was throwing up what he was eating so I gave him 1 small mice he kept it down. Didn't wanna over do it. But now just feeding him every Saturday.

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For future reference, like with a starving person, too much too fast can kill them. Just be careful mate :snake:

Yea I no.. poor guy...

He's a beautiful snake, under the neglect. :( Gorgeous blushing... Pastel, maybe?

Either way, good on you for taking him in and nursing him back to health. Would love to see some updated pictures once he's in better shape!

Will do when I get him healthy again. Will post up pics again.

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07...e97e1b08ba.jpg Been about 2 months since I rescued him from my idiot friend... he's gained some weight and he got his color back...

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http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07...e97e1b08ba.jpg Been about 2 months since I rescued him from my idiot friend... he's gained some weight and he got his color back...

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Will be 2 months on July 25..

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07...888f56a8fd.jpg this was him on may 25 when I rescued him..

WOW looks like a totally different snake. :gj:

vast improvement.


good work. :gj:

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WOW looks like a totally different snake. :gj:

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I had my friend come see it... he was amazed how much different it looked...

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I had my friend come see it... he was amazed how much different it looked...

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I had my friend come see it... he was amazed how much different it looked...

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You actually trust this jerk not to put up a fight on getting it back? :mad:
I would have dropped him as a friend, and if he ever asked, I would have told him it died.

I guess I'm just old and jaded.

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You actually trust this jerk not to put up a fight on getting it back? :mad:
I would have dropped him as a friend, and if he ever asked, I would have told him it died.

I guess I'm just old and jaded.

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Lol. That snake is mine now. I would turn no animal or reptile over to him...ever...

I have a 4 year old special that looks like that and won't eat I have tryed all sizes of mice rats and asf rats is thier anything else I can do because I am worried about him and payed quite a bit but I don't care about the money j just want my snake to be up to healthy weight

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BTW looks like very nice pastel

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Your friend obviously wasn't caring for him very well, and I understand you wanting to get him back up to weight, but feeding him every day is no good either. Hopefully you get lined out on how to properly care for the snake yourself, and there are a lot of knowledgeable people here who will help you :D

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Your friend obviously wasn't caring for him very well, and I understand you wanting to get him back up to weight, but feeding him every day is no good either. Hopefully you get lined out on how to properly care for the snake yourself, and there are a lot of knowledgeable people here who will help you :D

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I have a 4 year old special that looks like that and won't eat I have tryed all sizes of mice rats and asf rats is thier anything else I can do because I am worried about him and payed quite a bit but I don't care about the money j just want my snake to be up to healthy weight

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Just seen ur message has your snake eaten yet.. ball pythons are finicky eaters.. I had a 2 yrs old ball python stopped feeding I had to make her a hide box to make her feel comfortable. Didn't bother her for a week before I fed her. But she only took a large mouse. She did not want a rat.

Yea he still hasn't eating and I have tryed everything from small rats asf and mice of all sizes I was thinking it may have been because of the breeding season but he should have gone back on food if that was the case but I'm going to try your hide box idea and he is always left alone as I'm trying not to stress him out anymore then he maybe

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I am new here and new to bps. What kind is that? Patterning name? Very very beautiful.

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08...d51e51729d.jpg updated been like 4 months on a feeding schedule feeds once every 2weeks small rat.

happy 2 see she's doing great and looking great!

Doesn't even look like the same animal!
So nice to see a good turn-around.

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Originally Posted by distaff

You actually trust this jerk not to put up a fight on getting it back? :mad:
I would have dropped him as a friend, and if he ever asked, I would have told him it died.

I guess I'm just old and jaded.

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Yeah its not like the guy would have recognized it. I'm blown away by how different it looks! So much better. I love happy rescue story endings.