blood rescue... can you tell me what it is?

[Mike Cavanaugh]

I recently acquired this young blood rescue. She was in pretty bad shape when I got her... 2 layers of dead skin and a Respiratory Infection.... and I was told that it had never eaten since purchased.

Well, after lots of soaking and a couple immediate sheds, she nailed a rat today, and the RI is definitely getting better.

Anywhoo... this is my first Blood, and I just realized that I don't even know what specificly it is! She doesn't like to stay still for photos, so sorry for the crappy pictures.

Can you tell me what kind of blood she is? Where is the best care sheet for this kind? I plan to keep her as a pet forever, but just out of curiosity, what would a healthy hatching like this normally cost? Please tell me whatever you can!

If you need any other specific pics to identify, let me know what you need and I will try my best tomorrow.





Thanks,

[2kdime]

Mike, I can help more when I get home from work tonight if you have any more questions.

But thats a Red Blood Python. Quality captive bred animals from knockout parents can run you upwards of 1000 bucks, while farmed Ch animals can be had for as cheap as 80 bucks.

Hot side temp, if you even provide one can be around 84 to 86. Hot spots arent necessary and I only provide one for my adults, at the 84-86.

Cool side/ambient temps should be ~80-82.

Humidity needs to be 60-70% and right before they shed their skin, I just dump the water bowl and soak the cage and it works every time.

Fresh water EVERY OTHER DAY.

Don't worry about any hides, just give them a nice layer of newspaper that they can get under and hide. This mimics their natural behavior in the wild of hiding under fallen leaf litter.

Little stuff like, watching how much you feed them is important, a fat blood is an unhealthy one. And water bowls big enough for them to soak in are absolutely unnecessary. Just the fresh water every other day is all thats needed.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

good info, thanks. Feel free to tell me anything else I need to know, or point me to the best care sheet.

seems like a really cool snake so far... here is a quick newbee quesiton... how does one determine if a blood is fatter then it should be?

[littleindiangirl]

Here is an image from BC's caresheet.