Just a quick update. I went over to his place this morning to check on his setups to make sure everything was the way it's supposed to be.
I should have gone over sooner, that's all I can say. When I got there and saw the conditions these two little guys were in I can easily see why they weren't eating. No thermometer or humidity gauges, no heat source, only 1 hide for 2 snakes and no substrate on the floor of the 10 gallon aquarium they were crammed in. 1 snake had dried skin from at least 2 previous sheds stuck to him, with an eye cap over one eye to boot. Dead skin littered the cage as well as old urates and fecal matter. Mites are on both critters as well. The stench was unreal as well and the skin on both snakes are wrinkled and literally hanging off their bodies.
I simply told my buddy I was taking them home with me where they will get the care they need and can hopefully recover from the neglect they've endured since he brought them home.
I got them home, isolated both of them in seperate tanks and gave them baths and used PAM to start treating their mite infestation. On a hunch, I put a hopper mouse in each tank and they both immediately attacked them and ate them with no issues whatsoever. I'm just hoping I'm not too late in saving these guys as they are definitely are malnurished and neglected.
So now I've got two more Balls in my collection that I didn't intend on having. I'm slowly being overrun, but I couldn't leave them in that condition.
Oh, and I recommended my buddy buy a goldfish instead because he simply isn't smart enough to handle the responsibilty of reptile ownership. Living proof that you can't fix stupid.