Well I suppose it was just a matter of time. But it really caught me off-guard and scared the living daylights out of me.
I"m not a real big fan of the term "rescue" but I suppose you could call this one a double rescue. The Craig's List ad said five year old female BP and cage $200.00. I brought my own pillow case, and when I saw the 4'X10' screen cage in the kitchen next to the dryer, I thought, oh my, I'm going to need a bigger sack!!! So the boyfriend opens the cage door and steps in and comes out with a tiny little BP. I asked if he was joking and he says no, why? (blink blink) Then his girlfriend comes in with the two little kids and says yup we got her five years ago at PetCo (hence the double rescue reference). I told her that I had a seven month old fermale BP at home that was quite a bit larger than her FIVE YEAR OLD bp! Really??? she says. How big do they Get? She said she had fed the snake a mouse almost every month just like the pet store told her to do. When I questioned her she admitted that she had missed months regularly.
Then she grabs the snake by the head to show me the scar where the cat "got " her, and the snake doesn't even flinch. Of course she still had her eyecaps on from what looked like every shed she ever had. I don't think the snake had ever actually seen anything before. The girl goes on to tell me how the kids like to play catch with the snake and dress her up in Barbie Doll clothes!!!!
So fast forward about five rats, a great shed (eyecaps and all), and about a month later. I reach in to take her out and BANG. WOW, I had no idea how frightning that could be. Heck a month ago this poor snake was a frisbie. I did everything wrong. I pulled away VERY quickly, and said a dirty word, and closed her enclosure. Then she just sat there looking at me as if to say "go ahead stupid, try it again.
Well I feel like a prize idiot now for offering advice to others about this same topic when it turns out I have no idea what the hell I'm talking about.
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