Hi folks,
Yesterday I rescued (bought) an adult male BP. He's appx 5', haven't seen him fully extended so not sure exactly how long he is.
The owner had not fed him for 4 months, he told us a story about how once he forgot about it entirely for 10 months.... *shaking head*. The BP is skinny.. has wrinkly, loose skin and he's in a horrible shed state. He was housed in a tank, with sand substrate and judging by the lack of feeding and the amount of dead skin within the enclosure, the tank had not been cleaned in years. He had no basking light, only one hide on the warm side of the tank and the hide has a heat rock on top of it..
He came with three tanks, the one he is in which is an ugly DIY wood thing with glass inserts, one smaller glass tank and the one we're converting in to his new home which is 30"x18"x12". Still a bit too small for my liking but much better than what he has been living in. Going to have to DIY a lid, suggestions are welcome!
Bought some cypress bedding and a new 75w bulb for his basking light.. also picked up some frozen hoppers and 1 live hopper. A few hours after he arrived, we offered him the live mouse in his current enclosure. He instantly attacked and devoured it.
Misted the enclosure a couple times yesterday to bring the humidity up, he will have to stay in there until his new one is done.
The former owner.. and the pet store owner we got the live feed from both said to not feed him in his enclosure but to move him to a feeding tank. Well even I know this is BS but at the same time I do not want to get bit.. lol. I know to establish a feeding schedule and to not handle the BP on feed day, but what about handling after a feed? Is regurgitation a concern?
We are going to get some heavy duty leather gloves today in anticipation for the habitat move.. how would you recommend we move him while stressing him out the least amount possible? Put the gloves on and herd him in to a pillowcase? I don't really want to handle him just yet.. he's had a rough time.
I will attach some pictures of his current living situation.
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