Yea I cleaned the cage and put the on newspapers (I'm out of snake bedding) and I treated it with a mite spray just to be safe.

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Yeah as far the the tick is concerned, if he lived in the woods or anywhere near them, ticks are pretty common and can find there way into the house. I would make sure there aren't any mites that show up in the tank after a couple days. If so i would pick up a can of PAM (Provent-A-Mite).

I see the female is soaking, pure sign of low humidity. I would make sure to mist their tank very often with some nice warm water, but their skin looks pretty good and shiny, so they look good overall. A few scars isn't anything to worry about, those scars are minimal to the rescues i have had, especially the male i have right now, hes burned down about half of his spine.

The best thing you can do is keep feeding them a lot to plump them up and they will get a good bit larger with the correct feeding schedule. I don't see them being 4-5 years, but being under fed DEFINITELY stunts growth. My first BP was a 3 year old female and only weighed 1095 grams. Well over a year later she has packed on over 500 grams and is approaching 1600 grams and breedable weight!!!

Good job, rescues make you feel all fuzzy and warm inside when you she them get fatter and nice and plump!
He didn't live near any woods but I'm not too concerned as long as there's no more. She actually wasn't soaking it's a house that the top lifts off of. (It was the only way she would hold still for a picture). And I'm planning to start them on something small first and also switch them to f/t mice. I'll post new pictures when I get them all plumped up. Thanks for all the advice!