NEED opinions & advice...

[TaylorMade]

Just to let you know where I stand at the moment the former owner in question owes me $235.85 and she is aware of this and has yet to come visit the snake or even ask about the snake in about 6 month's so I figure it is probably mine at this point.

I have a feeling a similar situation will occur, however she is pretty "attached" to them at the moment. Which I can't understand, seeing as how underweight & poorly taken care of they were. It does warm my heart knowing there are good people rescuing poor snakes out of bad situations!

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I agree with all the above advice but maybe you could have her over and explain to her what exactly she would need to keep them healthy and how to properly take care of them. I would start by showing her how you and other keepers take care of them as opposed telling her everything she did wrong. I've had a similar experience and it seems the person will either react positively and establish good husbandry with help, or realize that it may be not be financially feasible for them to keep the snakes and realize that its in the snake's best interest to go to someone with the ability to properly take care of them.

I've tried showing her.... doesn't do any good. I think she has realized she can't afford them but she can't "let go" so I'm "fostering" them for now. Eventually she will most likely forget about them.