WHITE scales? Tumors? ripped cloaca??? Before I adopt her, what do you think?

[Bogertophis]

...when I got there, there was a heat lamp on top of a 30 gallon tank, with no way to measure temps or humidity, and a blanket for substrate, a tiny water bowl and no hides. I got them to get a bigger water bowl, a box to hide in and an analog gauge for temp and humidity, and get that stupid lamp off the mesh top and higher up so they didn't fry this poor girl. looks to be working so far, that's about the best they can do for her right now.....

any thoughts? we made a deal for next week that I would drive her an hour away to the nearest reptile specialist vet to see whats wrong with her and get those lumps checked out, and their facility will pay for it. (yay, no vet bills for me!) then I can take her home with her tank once she gets a clean bill of health or is all healed up from possible surgery. that should line up with the time frame my new 5 shelf rack system and tubs will get here. she will stay in her tank for her quarantine period or at least 60 days (longer if she takes a while to heal from possible surgery or meds) so maybe 90 days. then she can join everyone else....

A few thoughts: this snake does have issues, & hopefully nothing seriously wrong. to you for wanting to help & adopt. My concern is that she (?) is not in the best care (at the shelter still) if she has surgery at the vet's; successful recovery would be better in the hands of experienced snake keepers, which they obviously are not, even though they've done their best to be of help for the time being. Maybe the vet would be willing to go to bat for the idea of someone such as yourself taking her home immediately after whatever treatment they deem necessary...I think she'll be far better off that way...not staying at the shelter. -Not so sure this is a "she"...