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    Rescued BP - is it Pastel?

    He's been under my care for a couple of days, it was found in someone's backyard in 50 degree weather. When I picked him up, there was no movement and he was barely hanging on.

    I brought him home, and placed him in a tub. Slowly raising temps on one side to 85 degrees and the other side 70 degrees.

    He seems to be coming back slowly, still a bit sluggish though.

    I'll be honest, I'm not very familiar with BP's, hence why I have joined this online community.

    Here are three photos, I hope I am able to receive some input.

    He's certainly brighter/lighter than others I have seen.






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    Re: Rescued BP - is it Pastel?

    Doesn't look like a Pastel, but it does look like a really light normal. It could be another morph, but most likely it is a very light normal, very beautiful too.

    And holy crap, that is a huge scar in its back.

    EDIT: It kind of looks like a Fire to me, but I could be wrong LOL..

    You don't normally find BP morphs slithering around the outdoors. Especially in the United States LOL.

    http://www.constrictors.com/images/F...FireBall30.jpg
    There's my reference LOL.. Google searched: Fire ball python

    ^.^
    Last edited by CoolioTiffany; 11-20-2009 at 08:12 PM.
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    Re: Rescued BP - is it Pastel?

    Quote Originally Posted by revxus View Post
    He's been under my care for a couple of days, it was found in someone's backyard in 50 degree weather. When I picked him up, there was no movement and he was barely hanging on.

    I brought him home, and placed him in a tub. Slowly raising temps on one side to 85 degrees and the other side 70 degrees.

    He seems to be coming back slowly, still a bit sluggish though.

    I'll be honest, I'm not very familiar with BP's, hence why I have joined this online community.

    Here are three photos, I hope I am able to receive some input.

    He's certainly brighter/lighter than others I have seen.





    What color are his eyes?
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    Re: Rescued BP - is it Pastel?

    He's beautiful! He reminds me of Desert Ghosts. Definitely a unique snake.

    Poor fellow, though--stuck outside in 50-degree weather! I'm glad you found him!
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    Re: Rescued BP - is it Pastel?

    It's a light colored normal. It has horrible rodent scars, but they are healed up well. Keep him warm and well fed and he will still make a great pet.

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    Re: Rescued BP - is it Pastel?

    Quote Originally Posted by SiscoReptiles View Post
    It's a light colored normal. It has horrible rodent scars, but they are healed up well. Keep him warm and well fed and he will still make a great pet.

    Rick
    Yeah, I probably will wait a couple weeks to feed him, that way he can settle in and start actin' like a Ball again. I noticed however, it may have a RI. When it flicks his tongue out, it looks like the end tips are stuck together. I've only seen that a few times, as he refrains from using much of that organ right now.

    BTW, I'll take a close-up pic of its eyes and post it soon enough.
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    Re: Rescued BP - is it Pastel?

    Quote Originally Posted by revxus View Post
    Yeah, I probably will wait a couple weeks to feed him, that way he can settle in and start actin' like a Ball again. I noticed however, it may have a RI. When it flicks his tongue out, it looks like the end tips are stuck together. I've only seen that a few times, as he refrains from using much of that organ right now.

    BTW, I'll take a close-up pic of its eyes and post it soon enough.
    You might want to have a vet give him a look over
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    Re: Rescued BP - is it Pastel?

    Your temps are too cold in his cage. I would raise the warm side to about 90 and the cool side to a little over 80.
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    Re: Rescued BP - is it Pastel?

    If your lucky he may just be dehydrated. Give him a bowl of fresh water and slowly get the temps up to 90/91 hot side and about 83/85 cool side. Humidity pretty hight too. About 65% at least.

    If he does have an RI raising the temp and humidity will help until you can get him to a vet. Id definately get him to a vet though. Poor thing is underweight too. Id try giving a mouse in a week or 2. Dont try feeding him too much too fast though.

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    Re: Rescued BP - is it Pastel?

    Put some neosporin on those scales of him!

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