So how often do you find yourself coming home to a snake you never saw befor resting on your counter in a tub of water? thats what I found today when I got home. a very skinny, very dehydrated, ~2ft long ball python. HIs eyes are clear and his mouth is very clean and has good color. But I did find 2 little stab wounds on his belly about 2 or so inchs above his anus. They look clean and as though they were over a week old. His backbone is showing so it makes me think that whoever has him befor losing im in an army recurting office 2 weeks before, has not been treating him very well. The owner never came forward to look for his snake, nor did he leave a name or number of were to contack him at if the snake was recovered.
after letting the little guy drink his fill and rest in the water for about 1/2hr we took him out and placed him in a feeding cage that we use to use on our red tail. We gave him a fuzzy mouse and he ignors it. it took moving the fuzzy with tongs untill he would even tast it with his tonge. The really bad thing is that the vet who deals with reptiles is not in tonight so I have to wait untill later tomorrow afternoon to get this guy into a vet. we had a friend who sold us our red tail look at him, and he really does not think the little guy will survive.
does anyone have any suggestions on what we can do to help this little guy threw untill we can get him to the vet?

also another question, our red tail is about 3 feet, if this little guy does live what are the chances of being able to keep him with the red tail? there is a size of a foot or so and right now I would deffently say no because he has not been cheaked for parasites and the like and he is so skinny our red tail would probably flatten him. but Im not sure how red tails get along with other snakes because well, we never played to get another snake.

thank you for the help ahead of time!

Missina
http://www.missina.cjb.net/