Craigs list: poor ball python

[akaangela]

I saw an add on craiglist for a female ball python. Of course I had to ask a few questions. They wanted 100 for her. They said they had paid that for the "tank" alone. I said I didn't need the tank and they said they wouldn't go below $30, so I decided to go look at her.

When I got there I was saddened by this poor girl in a 55 gallon aquarium, no water, no hides and on pine shavings. I picked her up and she was very dehidrated and had bite marks all over her body. I couldn't leave her there. I now have her quarintted in a shoe box and have the humidity up and a bowl of water. I am not sure what to do about the bites, except keep them clean.

Here are just two of the injuries on her (sorry about the bad photos).



you can see the open, red spot just above her marking, close to her topline.



she had marks like this all up and down her body.