I'm set to look at a BP on Tuesday night. It's allegedly about two years old and about two feet long. The owner, who's been keeping it in the same enclosure as another BP (yikes), says it hasn't eaten in a month and a half. It's killing prey (mice or rats, I'm not sure--he's said both), but hasn't been eating it. A domination issue, he says, with the other snake. He said he offers food once a month. Possible, of course, the snake was in shed when he last offered, but I didn't get into too much more detail. Keeping snakes together told me enough: This guy is no Steve Irwin.

I really like this snake's markings and color, based on the pix I've seen, but I'm not up for adopting a tragedy-in-the-making. Any advice on what to look for in terms of mites, etc. Wide open for any advice here. Thanks.