Saturday night i got a call from my friend .. he told me he went my a friend of a friends house and saw a BP that didn't quite look right 1.5-2 years old (only about 500 grams).. the guy that had him had been trying to find a good home for him for quite sometime.. My friend called me up (he knew i had been looking). We figured that there was no way he was going to live much longer under the previous owner. No sign of mites or and other health issues at this point except the malnourishment ..

Well i found out last night he is a VERY good eater.. I didn't have time to find a place to get Frozen Thawed mice so i just went to our local feeders supply to get a couple feeder mice.. I could not wait any longer to feed him .. Supposedly it had been as long as 3 weeks since his last feeding.. i was told to feed him about once a week .. i used a large Rubbermaid storage bin to feed him. I dropped one mouse in at a time.. The first one landed in the container and was hit and coiled around in less than 5 seconds.. once he had devoured that one.. I dropped the second mouse in.. It didn't even get a chance to hit the ground.. He struck it in mid air..

I don't think I'm going to have problems with his appetite.. .. at least not right now..

I figure even if i only keep him until i can nurse him back into good health he is better off than where he was.. Honestly i could see having him for years and years to come..

He is very sweet after i feed him i gave him about 30-45 mins to relax in his tank then i took him out and let him coil around me for about 3 hours until i fell asleep.. i woke up about 2 hours later to find him still coiled around me staring me right in the face.. I woke up with a huge grin on my face..

there is a bi-monthly reptile show on June 4th here i hope to find a good source for Frozen Thawed Mice there and possibly a better cage..

Here is a really bad pic of him.. ain't he cute ??