New rescue!!!! need advice please

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So, yesterday I had a friend call me out of the blue who said their cousin just left for the Navy and left his snake with his mom. They couldn't get too much information out of her but she wasn't up for keeping a snake by herself, since her son was always there to take care of it prior to him leaving. All she was able to tell me was that it hadn't eaten in almost a year (literally not once since they got it from a breeder at an expo) *HUGE GASP*, it's never really been handled and *her* name is sugar.
I had the day off so I went over to see what they had going on and it was worse than I thought. This calico bp was in a hugeeeee (think 55+ gal aquarium) with a red heat lamp, uth with no tstat, on repti carpet with a water bowl and a big log in there for climbing. No tstat, no hides, constant light, no gradient, terrible humidity for almost a whole year. I am honestly amazed that this baby is still alive. I told her I'll take Her after i run to the nearest reptile store to get necessary equipment.

Shes now set up in a quarantine tank as far away from my other ball as possible and husbandry is on point.
But after she settles for a while, how can I get her eating again? Apparently the "breeder" has been of no help and just told them to feed her rats, no indication how he was feeding or size or anything.. I was thinking of offering a small pre-killed rat and seeing if she will go for it in about a week, if she wont take that I was going to try an asf the week following. She is just so skinny and if it has been that long, there's still a good possibility she might continue to refuse, right?


BTW, I have an appointment set up to get her checked out at the vet this week, and I'm going to ask them to do some blood tests, unfortunately I doubt that I can get a fecal sample for them until after I get her eating.

Sorry for the crazy long scattered post, I just can't deal with the fact that so many people go out and get these animals that they have no idea how to care for and just end up not doing any research at all and endangering these animals lives just because they are pretty or cool. (I rescued a Chinchilla a week and a half ago from a similar situation.. extremely underweight, has ringworm and had a nasty eye infection, being treated and already improving).

Any and all advice is appreciated, I'll also post pictures I took of her yesterday a little later.