Hey guys, I work at a Petco and yesterday someone brought in a 4 year old ball python for adoption. This poor thing was in pretty bad shape. The tank had enough sheddings in it for about 6 months, not one of the sheds was complete and he still had pieces of skin left on him, I counted 12 pieces of feces before I was too disgusted and vaccumed all his bedding, he was freezing cold as the owner decided to rip off the heating pad before giving it to us, and the scales on his belly are red.

I decided to adopt this big guy and now I have a few questions:

1. He feeds on live mice but my corn snake at home feeds on frozen, I heard that BPs can be finicky eaters so is it possible for me to convert him to frozen? And how would I go about doing that?

2. I've heard and red previously that red scales on the belly are indicative of urine burn, especially in unsanitary tanks which is definitely what his tank was. The only problem now is that I can't find anything about urine burn on any sites, do any of you have advice on it or should I just keep his tank clean and let it clear up on its own?

Thanks in advance for your advice and any other pieces of information you feel like giving me!