Adopting Unknown Ball Python

Hello!

I was contacted by someone who wanted me to adopt their ball python, so I am letting everyone know that I am adopting a ball python from a stranger on Saturday. I'll post pics and updates when I receive her. I'm a little nervous. I know that unknown animals can be potentially very sick. I hope she's not. :please:

All I know is that the BP is more than three years old, the owner thinks it's female, and he feeds it 2 live mice every other week. The BP also currently lives in a 20 gallon tank.

The snake will definitely be QT because my other babies are happy, healthy, and mite-free.

Any tips on what I should do upon receiving her other than QT?

Thanks everyone!

Just QT her and look very close to make sure she seems ok maybe a vet visit if you think she needs it and besides what you should already now (letting her settle in, etc.) ohh and post pics and good luck

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Originally Posted by cdoak1017

Just QT her and look very close to make sure she seems ok maybe a vet visit if you think she needs it and besides what you should already now (letting her settle in, etc.) ohh and post pics and good luck

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Thanks! I will definitely post pics. :)

Did they say why they wanted you to adopt it?

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Originally Posted by BoiseBallz

Did they say why they wanted you to adopt it?

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They said they didn't have enough time to take it out and spend time with it anymore.

Uh, riiiiight... I'm sorry, but that is bs. If one really wants to keep their BP but doesn't have enough time to take it out and spend time with it, then one keeps their BP and doesn't take it out and spend time with it.

The real reason may be innocuous, but they aren't really being honest with you. That sets off alarm bells in my mind. Tread carefully, and hopefully everything works out.

Three years old and 2 mice every other week? That sounds like you may be taking possession of a very underweight ball python. I really hope that isn't the case, but if it is, at least the snake will be going to a better home.

So, I picked her up today, as planned. She is very thin. If she's three years old, she is tiny for her age. She also had very badly stuck shed on her face and both her eyes. Poor thing. She was very lethargic and didn't flick her tongue the whole hour and a half drive home. She came alive a bit more when I soaked her, but even then she didn't move for at least 10 minutes. I don't know how clearly the pictures show the stuck shed, but... It made me sad. :no:

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps7jghg8yn.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...psenvaotal.jpg

Also... It's not important, but he said he got her from a breeder around here. The only one I know of around here breeds yellowbellies. Anyone see yellowbelly? If not, she's my first ever normal (and I have 8 other BPs)! :)

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...psxvh9osbn.jpg

I don't think it's a yellowbelly. This is my yellowbelly girl. I could be totally wrong though!

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05...e34319e584.jpg

Good luck though :) Nice looking snake.

This looks like a pastel....but if it's a yellowbelly you've got one nice BP!
OP - looks like a normal to me. Thank you for rescuing her!!:)

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Originally Posted by hazzaram

I don't think it's a yellowbelly. This is my yellowbelly girl. I could be totally wrong though!

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05...e34319e584.jpg

Good luck though :) Nice looking snake.

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I posted a thread on her when I first got her with many pics and it was told to me by all the experts here that she is a yb :) I had no idea. I was such a noob at the time I thought she was a normal haha

Thanks for the responses! :) What a beautiful BP you have!

I'll keep updating on her progress!

She ate that right up! Phew! I was worried she may not take t F/T rats.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...pskwmjbxyd.jpg

3 year old ball python... 737 grams?? Crazy!

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...psulilhki6.jpg

I'll definitely be fattening her up. :gj:

Poor skinny thing! Good on you for taking her in. Glad she ate for you. :)

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Originally Posted by KitaCat

Poor skinny thing! Good on you for taking her in. Glad she ate for you. :)

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Thank you! :) She ate again today very enthusiastically! For a 3 year old who has only ever eaten live mice, she took to F/T very easily!

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Originally Posted by AllieKin

Thank you! :) She ate again today very enthusiastically! For a 3 year old who has only ever eaten live mice, she took to F/T very easily!

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Probably because she was starving....fatten that girl up and post some more pics!:D

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Originally Posted by Viol8r

Probably because she was starving....fatten that girl up and post some more pics!:D

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I will! :D

One of her eyes may be permanently damaged. I'm not sure yet. Any advice on how to treat eyes that appear to have been chronically covered in many layers of eye caps? I have soaked her multiple times, which she actually seems to enjoy, and today I put her inside a wet t-shirt and she tried to poke her way out of it. I don't want to stress her out by doing that too much, though. Is there a possibility that I could damage the eye further?

I just want to give that eye the best chance of becoming fully functional again.

AllieKin,

Check your private messages.

Also, when I went back to look at the pics on the first page to see the eye caps, I noticed an area where his skull meets his face that may be a wound. It may just be the picture, or you may have already noticed it, but just wanted to bring it to your attention, just in case. I have a pic of what I am talking about circled in my gallery. Just click on my avatar to see it.

Very Nice. Good luck.:salute:

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Originally Posted by Albert Clark

Very Nice. Good luck.:salute:

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Thank you very much. :)

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Originally Posted by BoiseBallz

AllieKin,

Check your private messages.

Also, when I went back to look at the pics on the first page to see the eye caps, I noticed an area where his skull meets his face that may be a wound. It may just be the picture, or you may have already noticed it, but just wanted to bring it to your attention, just in case. I have a pic of what I am talking about circled in my gallery. Just click on my avatar to see it.

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PM sent!