Well to me 12 feet is a big snake! lol It was really educational and I really enjoyed it. Made me really want one even more! The circumstances behind why I got to handle it kind of annoys me. I person that I know called me and ask if I could come do a preliminary health check on some snakes he just bought while he waited to get them into the vet. Of course wanting to see his new additions I shagged tail over there. His first snake is a nice sized female burm at 11 feet. He has her in a 150 gal long fish tank and I've been trying to convince him to get a real enclosure. I like the guy and his hearts in the right place but man sometimes you have to say no. He answered a CL ad for a large retic. He shows up to look at it and ask questions and ends up coming back with it, a 7 foot burm, a 5 foot rtb, a 3 foot ball, and 2 baby corn snakes all in pillow cases except the retic which was and is still in a 75 gal tote. I don't know what to really do about his situation. I've already offered some temporary caging until he can get appropriate sized but hes just like ehhh I aint got time today to come get it. I cant load it up and deliver it by myself or I would. Its driving me nuts that they are crammed in totes and no where to stretch out. any way back to the health check. the burm and rtb looked healthy. clean mouths, no mites, and couldn't hear anything in the lungs with my stethoscope. the corns also checked out good. the ball seemed ok but its color looks off like one that's not getting quality rats and also looked a little thin. The retic wouldn't hold still long enough to get my scope on it but seemed active and alert like other healthy tics I've seen. clean mouth and no mites either. I got a good look in its mouth when I took her out of the tub. lol gawwd I want one! gotta get my caging together and find a nice dwarf boy and a girl sd! maybe some anerys! any way thanks for reading my ramblings and here are the only 2 pics I was able to snap s/he kept me pretty busy. lol