OK, so boss said no to keeping her at the clinic due to several employees who "fear" snakes....so, I'll be taking her home. She (just a guess) is about 5.3 ft and 830 grams, very skinny, incomplete shed (thankfully head and eyes are clear). She is covered in scars around her face and head, so I'm guessing she was fed live, and the tank she came in is full of poo and urine and mold from the water bowl. No sign of mites or infection, mouth is surprisingly clear. Have a vet visit this weekend.

She is calm but defiantly seems hunger driven towards movement, that tank looks like a 55 short? too big to be a 40gal breeder and too small for a 75 gal and has locking lid. Also heat is unregulated heat mat and 150 watt red bulb - both are going in the trash. I've got a spare dome lamp and ceramic bulb on a dimmer - running out to get a thermostat and new hides/substrate.



Hopefully she is hungry enough to eat f/t, but she's so skinny I'm not going to try and wait her out at this point. **But here's my concern - with my ball I waited 2 weeks for him to adjust before feeding, and while not in immanent danger of dying of starvation - I would like to try and get food into her. Should I wait though? I'm going to be changing a lot today (bedding, giving new hides, new water bowl, new everything) and I don't want to add regurge to the list of things to worry about.