I posted yesterday about a bp i was going to look at. 12 years old and 4.5 feet long...in the hopes I might add a breeding size female for next year.

Well when i got there the snake was in a huge reptile basics enclosure...big enough for a full grown boa. It has the heat panel and no thermostat. i go to take it out and it is SKINNY. I mean....really skinny. I guess he was feeding a mouse every 2 weeks or so? She was so hungry she tried to EAT ME! I saw her eyeing me up and took a slow and premeditated taste.

So here I am bleeding my butt off and i've decided I've gotta rescue the snake no matter what the sex. We struck a deal for $100 and I got a Reptile Basics enclosure with lights and heat panel, Reptile basics pedestal and some other gear that will be perfect for when my boa gets larger.

I go to sex the snake as soon as I get home and there goes two sperm plugs.....damn I can still fatten him up and find him a good home.

I put him in his new tub and sure enough he looks like he is hunting tonight. So after one of the scariest days of this 12 yo pythons life there is no way he is gonna eat right? Wrong - I dangled a live rat for less than 2 seconds before it got snatched and it was down in probably 5 mins. Gonna let the poor guy be for a week and have another go.

What would you think a 4.5 foot ball should weigh?