Despite romeo still being out on his ownI have somewhat redeemed myself by helping out another normal bp which required some much needed rescuing. The local pet store keeps a wide variety of animals from retics and burmese, to milks and corns, is a very nice facillity. With so many animals to take care of, however, it is understandable from a business standpoint that inexpensive animals like bps who have health problems are of minimal concern. The store had over 40 bps in 3 separate enclosures. One enclosure in particular had the smallest little guy i have ever seen. They said he was having trouble feeding and right away i knew i needed to do something. The reassured me that he had no parasites, just was refusing live and frozen food. When I asked about force feeding the employee said it probably wasn't even worth it, hinting to me that they were just about to give up.
I knew that with proper husbandry this animal could feel more safe and secure in a matter of days and be ready to eat. I took him home with me saturday and put him in my new bin setup, with proper hides and temp/humidity gradients. i brought home a little hopper mouse today and after staring at it for a few minutes he made his strike and had a picture perfect constriction. It took him a little while to figure out how he was going to start swallowing it, but once he got his grip, it was a good meal from there.
I have been keeping a close eye on all of his habits and it seems this guy may be on his way to living a long healthy life!
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