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Do to a recent chain of events today I came to aquire four snakes. Three adult corns and what should be an adult ball.
All four snakes were housed together in a 40gallon breeder and fed sporadicly.

Now, when I got there the owner took me back to meet these guys. He'd just fed them today.
We talked for a bit and such and honestly this guy isn't a bad guy. Just misinformed and short on money. I promised to keep him updated with photos and such and brought them home. Luckily he will not be getting more snakes.
The corns aren't in too bad of shape believe it or not. I believe the colors are Anery, Albino and Normal though it's been awhile since I was 'into' corns.
The ball is the worst of the lot. It's almost flat it's so thin. And for being four years old is bearly the size of my yearlings.
SO, they are all in quarantine (seperatly now). Suprisingly they do all honestly seem healthy except for being underfed. I'll have them checked out this week and post pictures after they settle a bit.
I was told that the albino corn laid eggs two years in a row but they never hatched. She didnt lay the last two years though, can't blame her with that diet and environment.

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Originally Posted by Entropy

Do to a recent chain of events today I came to aquire four snakes. Three adult corns and what should be an adult ball.
All four snakes were housed together in a 40gallon breeder and fed sporadicly.

Now, when I got there the owner took me back to meet these guys. He'd just fed them today.
We talked for a bit and such and honestly this guy isn't a bad guy. Just misinformed and short on money. I promised to keep him updated with photos and such and brought them home. Luckily he will not be getting more snakes.
The corns aren't in too bad of shape believe it or not. I believe the colors are Anery, Albino and Normal though it's been awhile since I was 'into' corns.
The ball is the worst of the lot. It's almost flat it's so thin. And for being four years old is bearly the size of my yearlings.
SO, they are all in quarantine (seperatly now). Suprisingly they do all honestly seem healthy except for being underfed. I'll have them checked out this week and post pictures after they settle a bit.
I was told that the albino corn laid eggs two years in a row but they never hatched. She didnt lay the last two years though, can't blame her with that diet and environment.

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Wow! I am glad they are in your hands now :) .

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Wow! I am glad they are in your hands now :) .

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Seriously! Start watching for eggs from that amel.:rolleyes: Get some pictures up!! :D

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Wow! I am glad they are in your hands now :) .

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ditto!

Well they have done well over night. Enjoying their heat and hides. No regurges, even after having eaten and been moved all in the same night.
They are mite free and the ball has two small places of retained shed but that's it.

But this ball...he's not even a triangle, he's just like a scaley ruler. However he is alert and evidently still has a good feeding response. I'll see what my vet has to say Monday though I'm rather confident they'll be relatively problem free other then the malnutrition.

The old owner did get rather emotional over these guys. He's an older gentleman and life hasn't been fair recently and he'd realized he hadn't been fair to these snakes and wanted them in an experienced home. Too bad more keepers that can't properly care for their snakes don't make decisions like this. True, it should have happened sooner but what's done is done. He wanted no money for them, just a healthy environment.

Edited to add: I'll be keeping an eye on the female corn for eggs. For her sake I really hope she doesn't drop any.

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Wow! I am glad they are in your hands now :) .

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DOUBLE ditto! :sunny:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Wow! I am glad they are in your hands now :) .

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Tripple ditto.

Seriously this smilie is for you.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...8/yourrock.gif

Okay, because he somehow managed to dump his water the BP got his substrate changed and I weighed him. With three adult mice in him (what the owner fed last night) this four year old guy (or girl, not sexed yet) weighs in at a tad over 600 grams.

I'm glad as well that you have them now. Best of luck with them and keep us up to date on 'em. :)

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Okay, because he somehow managed to dump his water the BP got his substrate changed and I weighed him. With three adult mice in him (what the owner fed last night) this four year old guy (or girl, not sexed yet) weighs in at a tad over 600 grams.

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:eek: just over 600grams :( .

three adult mice? that's one heck of a huge meal for a snake that thin. hope he fairs well with that meal.

i would like to thank you... for your kindness and caring. the 'snake gods and goddess' appreciate you!

Ditto X 4! You ROCK

Aleesha, the amount of mice certainly wasn't my choice. He already had them fed by the time I talked to him. However, glad to report still no regurges or vomits.

Keep heart though. Our Saoirse came to us having not eaten in a reported 8 month period (could have been much longer), adult female at just barely over 600 grams. She's done very well and slowly regained her health so anything is possible with the right care. I'm sure this one will do well for you though I'd definitely be getting a fecal float done to make sure there are no internal parasites sucking up that precious nutrition. Take a pic now so some day when this is a lovely healthy snake again you can appreciate how far he and you have come. Those snakes are truly blessed that you've taken them on and will do right by them.

Well, they all got clean bills of health which I must admit shocked me. The Amel corn and the ball (I probed him male while he was out) he agreed were very underweight, after looking over the Anery and the normal corns those two are actually just slightly underweight.
No worms, no RI's, no retained eyecaps.
All in all these guys are pretty lucky. I got photos of them all which I'll add later. The two healthy corns are speedy so getting pictures wasn't easy. The Amel and the ball were much more out of it.
After their day of excitement I put them back in their tubs and covered everything with dark fabric so even if I have to run in there for something they aren't super disturbed.
Thanks for the good thoughts for these guys.

Here are the photos.

Normal
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/IMG_0285.jpg
Anery
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/IMG_0286.jpg
Amel
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/IMG_0289.jpg
Ball
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/IMG_0290.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/IMG_0292.jpg

Wow, that's a very pretty BP! I'll bet it fattens up beautifully for ya! They all look really nice, and I'm glad they'll have a chance to thrive in your care!

I am so happy to read that their health is good. Glad that you were able to rescue them, and that their owner was wise enough to let go.. awesome!