My very first ball python was a rescue. I had been keeping cornsnakes for almost a year and I had a friend call me and ask me to go pick up this ball python. When she ate (I didn't have rats so she got what mice I already had in my freezer) I was thrilled because I didn't want her to deteriorate and die! Then, when I got her eating consistently, I fed her a F/T rat and she gobbled it up! She's gained about 120g in the last 2 and a half months and I couldn't be more excited! She might just be a normal, but she is by far my favorite of my entire snake collection.