Hey guys! Thanks for all the replies. Much appreciated while I get the little guy rehabilitated. Today I got him a new water bowl (prior one seemed too small) and working on getting up the humidity. Thanks again to you all. : )
One last question: the guy who gave him to me used to feed him live mice. I figure he probably won't eat the first time for me because he's still acclimating, but would it be hard to convert him from live mice to dead ones? I've heard of people doing all sorts of things (putting snake + dead mouse in bag, cutting open mice, etc., etc.) I got myself some albino mice of a pretty good size for my snake directly from the lab... made sure they were clean, know the person who bred them, and I know what "bugs" [all of them murine] are present in the facility--I work there too.) I've heard of snakes rejecting food of a color they are not familiar with, so I'm considering going out to get me some natural colored mice from the pet store (worried about bugs from other mouse breeding facilities that I might accidentally bring--that's my own hesitation. Granted I'm planning on feeding in a room where my clothes aren't stored and wearing a coat to cover my clothing on myself, I'm apprehensive about accidentally dragging in new pathogens) Do you guys have any more suggestions in the event my python rejects his food?
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