Rescue/Rehome of 2 BPs

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So far, so good. I helped the girl get her stuck shed off her tail down to the last 3 scales worth that just wouldn't catch the edge of the damp paper towel earlier in the week. I think I'll leave it be and see how it goes on her next shed and keep an eye on that.

I offered both of them a meal last night, both live, since I wasn't too sure on the prior owner's word in if the male ate frozen. I picked up a hopper mouse and a fuzzy rat, both primarily for the girl. If she didn't grab the hopper, I'd leave the fuzzy overnight even though she was eating mice.. safer for her. Instead she hunted and snagged the hopper in under 60 seconds and despite her weakness being handled, she had it over with very fast. Definitely had the strength for a larger size and if she doesn't regurge I will probably jump her up to small adult/weaned mice where she really should be to help her fill out more. I pulled a dumb and forgot to weigh the feeders, but ballpark, I would put the hopper around 10-11g and the fuzzy around 12-13g. The hopper was maybe 3/4ths her girth, despite how thin she is.



With how she reacted and how not-shy she was over eating, I'll pick up a live mouse and offer her a F/T first. Worst case, I swap back to live. Best case, she takes frozen and the weaned mouse can be pre-killed and offered to the boy (who was eating f/t I was told).

The boy got offered the fuzzy rat live, in part because it is harmless to him and to see what he did with a rat (i.e. if he would take rats). He took it, but took much longer to constrict it hard enough so it stopped moving; definitely a sign of one used to dead prey, I think. He also spent half the time waiting for it to be brought near him like you would offer frozen before pursuing the live rat. Pretty sad to watch how long he took, but he ate and ate a rat with gusto. Probably will thaw him a small rat pup or a bigger fuzzy since he is bordering a size up and that was also quite the small meal, maybe 2/3rds his thickness. Since he took a live rat and is supposed to have taken F/T, he should be good to go for f/t rats next time.



As of 24 hours after the meal, neither has regurged.


Also, got a few pics of the boy and his belly. Much harder to get by myself than the girl as he is shy and very prone to balling up still.


This one gets pretty close to his cloaca in the frame. I know tmit isn't the easiest to tell what part the belly is showing.



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