awwww im so happy to hear that he got saved. it sounds like since you got him hes doing great!!! me and my husband just got a ball python from one of his friends that got chewed by a rat because the guys girlfriend left the rat in there when he wasnt hungry so his tail was all chewed up and like the one you helped his housing conditions were horrible the one we called joey had soaking wet newspaper and a very small cage he is 5 years old and it was always cold in there with no heating pad or heat lamp so we got him a 20 gallon and some nice clean bedding new water dish and nice lil hide box were about to move him to a 40 gallon and see if he likes that better. at first he was very jumpy with ppl but now he is doing better and is more use to being handled and isnt as jumpy anymore. HORRAY FOR PPL THAT HELP THE HELPLESS!!!!