Rescues

soo...i am taking in two rescue BPs tomarrow. I am going to adopt them back out, but the woman is moving on Monday, and needs to get rid of them now. She has no idea of the sexes, but they are 2.5-3 and 4-4.5 years old.

They are housed together, she said she tries to sepearate them for feedings (whatever tries means), with no heat, and no hides.

I knew they were in trouble as soon as i saw the ad, "Best Offer, 1 large and 1 small bald python. MUST SELL" and yes, that is not a typo, it said bald python.

i'm guessing that 1 is a male and 1 is a female, but we'll see.

and yes, they are going to be separated and extreeemly quarintined.

i'll post some pix tomarrow

great Job!! hope they are well. and I know now they have agreat home

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Originally Posted by basuca

great Job!! hope they are well. and I know now they have agreat home

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aw thanks! i appreciate that. I intend to do everything i can for them :)

hopefully you'll be taking them to the vet right away as well. ;)

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

hopefully you'll be taking them to the vet right away as well. ;)

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agreed

did you get the snakes yet Amy?

Doing rescues is an arduous process most of the time.

Even if you get them for free, you take them to the vet, pay the vet bill, take care of any illnesses you encounter, and feed them. Then, to get someone to adopt the animal with an adoption fee which usually does not compensate for the money you have put in is difficult as well.

I have done this on several occasions, but not to actually adopt out. I usually keep them.

It is worth it to get them healthy, but to adopt out, most of the time you will be taking a loss.. Just a thought. As long as you can afford it, do it. :D

Yeah, I'll make sure that they have the best care possible.

No, they havn't arrived yet, she is coming at around 7 tonight. She is giving me two 55 gallons too. She had the snakes in one, and had the other as an extra. I think i'm going to set up a big snake display case, and i'll sell the other one. Or i'll use one of them for fishy stuff, and use my 20L for a snake set up. not sure yet.


I'll keep everybody posted though.

oh, and i was talking to her this morning, and they are very underfed. they are 3-4 years old, and one gets 1 rat a month, and the other one gets 2-3 small mice a month. poor little guys.

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Originally Posted by Amy05

Yeah, I'll make sure that they have the best care possible.

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I must have missed it - did you ever answer if you have a vet appointment scheduled for them this week? I would at the very LEAST get them in for a full wellness evaluation this week.

sorry, no i didnt answer that part, but i'm going to call the vet's office tomarrow. It is sunday, so i'm pretty sure they are closed, but i'll give them a holler tomarrrow.

Ouch; that sounds like a horrific feeding schedule.. once a month?! I am afraid to see what they look like.. definately, they need to get to a vet; there could be dehydration going on there that a bowl of water can't fix.. probably retained sheds as well.. this is pretty scary, and I hope it works out for you. You are a good person for wanting to help them, but hope that t is not too rocky of a road.
Heck; if they are females, and you have the cash and time to rehab them, you could feasably get them into peak health and make a good buck.. at any rate, I wish the best for you and them.

It's interesting to see what people decide on a feeding schedule. I picked up a female awhile back that was fed ten mice once a month....

Good luck. I hope they're both ball pythons and one of them isn't a burm. Hopefully they're not both horribly sick :(

3-4 years old and one rat a month, a burm may be dead on that schedule

We want an update! This is like watching a cliffhanger tv show. :D

lol i agree. BUT, after i rearranged my WHOLE room, took my bed out of there, moved a whole bunch of cages, emptied out my fish tank, and moved it, and redid it, to accomodate the cages that she was going to give me, she called me and told me that she sold the snakes to another lady because she offered her more money for them. ugh. ticked me off so badly, i really hope that the lady she sold them to knows how to take care of snakes, and can rehab them. It just hurts me to know that they might be in the same situation.
I tried, nothing i can do now :rolleyes: :(