Picking up a new snake tomorrow

Well, I'm picking up my friends little brothers BP tomorrow night. It is a BP from petsmart and I think he has had it for 2-3 years (its in a 50gal screen top on wood chips with no humidity - one log hide - and a lamp for a heat source, just about everything is wrong). Once when I went over it had stuck shed all over it (again, it wasn't offered any humidity and we live in AZ so it is DRY here) and I felt so bad for the little guy but no one let me do anything about it because the brother was not around or he was asleep, I forget what was happening - but I told my friend to tell his brother what to do about it so hopefully at least that message was relayed to him.

His mom told my friend to ask me to take it since his brother was not taking care of it. I'm very excited to be able to provide it better living conditions, and I'm just hoping that the years of improper husbandry have not caused it to have any health problems. I'll post pictures after it gets here - I haven't seen it in about a year, so I don't know what type of condition it is in now. Hoping for the best though!

Sounds to be a very rewarding rescue, good job

Kudos to you and good luck! :D

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Originally Posted by Abby_The_Python

Sounds to be a very rewarding rescue, good job

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It should be, I felt so bad for it the first (and actually only) time I saw it.

I hope all is ok with the poor thing! Hats off to you for taking it in.

looking forward to further update with your rescue :)

I hope it was at least fed well, I hope everything goes well

Let us know how she/he is when you get her- hopefuly in better condition then you last saw...

Okay, I just picked up the snake about 2 hours ago. They had changed a couple things - they had it on 2 small heat pads instead of the bulb and it had 2 hides now (not the BEST changes, but better than last time I saw him).

The snake did have at least 3 different piles of poop I saw in the cage, and scattered bits of shed - pieces stuck to all the hides/decorations in the cage too. They had an aquarium rock structure that had a lot of small holes it could have gotten stuck in if it had grown any larger, and it had a wood structure that had exposed nails sticking out of it - both of those pieces are now in the trash.

The snake has grown in length since I last saw it, and it doesn't seem skinny at all - maybe just a little small for its age. I think its 3 years old now and its smaller than my 2 year old BP

The poops I saw in the cage looked normal, I didn't hear/see any signs of an RI, and there were no mites. The only problem was he had shed stuck to him all along his belly but I soaked him after I got him home and it all came off easily. So it doesn't look like he is in bad shape!

My sister has decided to take him, and I'm going to help her with everything for the next couple of months while I'm still living here.

Here are some pictures - I wish I would have taken some when I first got him here but I didn't think about it. He looks real nice since he just got all the stuck shed off of himself.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC09664.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC09668.jpg

Aww, he looks perdy. :gj:

He is a handsome one! Good rescue!

Congrats! And even though they didnt make the best changes, it was better than none- but she/he looks great!!

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Originally Posted by mischevious21

Congrats! And even though they didnt make the best changes, it was better than none- but she/he looks great!!

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Yeah, I was very happy to see they had switched over to heat pads instead of the bulb they were using.

My friend said his little brother was misting the cage daily - but with a 50gal screen top with no cover there really wouldn't be any point in misting - anything sprayed into that cage would have dried in under 5-10 min.

I was happy to see he was in such good shape though! I guess I don't think I really consider this a rescue since the only problem was bad husbandry and his mom just wanted someone to take it since it wasn't being cared for any more - my last rescue was/has been a big pain so I'm very happy to get off easy this time!

Hopefully my sister can take him on! She is bipolar but is becoming better at controlling herself, she has been doing a good job with her 2 cats and helps me out with my snakes sometimes so we'll see how it works out (if this was 2 years ago I wouldn't consider letting her care for the snake, but she has started to take on more responsibility and is higher functioning than she was before). If it doesn't look like she can handle the little guy I'll find him a new home or maybe even keep him for myself, he seems like a really sweet snake.

he's got a crazy cool pattern! hopefully him and your sister will be good for eachother! :)