Ok so today was the big day and I know you all are looking forward to the pics which I do have and I'll upload here in just a minute. However, there is some bad news..... he lost some of the snakes last night due to the cold . They were kept in a travel trailer outside which was insulated but with no heat as he had told me and he lost the butter, 2 spiders and a normal to the cold. Apparently, a well known breeder and seller (not going to name names but I do know of them) told him that they don't use heat and it's not needed. I asked to see the dead snakes still as I still wanted to see what kind of shape they were in before they died (I know but I really felt it needed to be done).

The rest of the snakes (13) I went through one by one checking for mites, any stuck shed, wheezing or clicking and there was amazingly none that I saw. However, the snakes were quite cold to the touch and they are currently warming up and becoming more active. He did show me that the albino female had been bitten by a rat which looks healed but I'm not sure how old the wound is. I would assume that it will take several sheds for the scars to go away. She also seemed to have a few areas where her scales were not flush up against the others. I'm assuming that may be from not enough humidity or something that can be fixed with good husbandry.

With that being said, most of them looked pretty good other than being cold and some I thought were thin. He told me that one of the normals was bred to the butter male that died and that once she warms up to not be surprised if she lays a clutch of eggs. I just couldn't walk away from them knowing that he had already lost some from the cold. The final price settled on was $1550 and I got them home as soon as possible. I gave them all clean water and checked them all over again once I got home and my boyfriend is headed to the store now to get some supplies for building their rack which should be done this weekend. I still have a long night of organizing, shopping and working on their tubs to try and make them as comfortable as possible until it is built but I'll post some pictures for you guys to let me know what you think. Needless to say none of these guys will be leaving my care for quite awhile since I wan't to make sure they're all nice and healthy before any of them leave my hands.