Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
Props to you for taking in the critter but he should have never been put into your rack, anything new goes into QT well away from your established, healthy critters. I'm guessing your brother's snake got the RI from being too cold for too long and he was sick when you brought him home, he just didn't show symptoms for a while. That snake needs to stay in QT for at least 90 days after he stops showing symptoms. Hopefully the antibiotics work.


Does your mother understand just how large retics can get?
That's what I'm thinking about the RI as well. As for it being in my rack, the only reason I was okay with putting it in there is because the snakes have all seemed fine, and the idea was to keep it warm. Had no clue it was sick at all otherwise I would've just bought heat lamps and brought the tank out of his room. Also, my mother now knows how big a retic can get. Earlier today I took her on a trip to a friend's house, and let her watch us get out his 12 ft male, and had her watch me feed it a rabbit. She regrets it now. She said he told her it wouldn't get much bigger than a BP. She's agreed not to get him anything else without my permission.