Just to back up what Connie said, it's not easy to deal with these snakes. Both the WC females we have that we are rehabilitating were with various other people before us and ended up here because they simply would not eat. Mike and I are blessed or just plain lucky in that we seem to have a good routine down that has saved the two we've worked with. That is though a VERY small sample when you consider the number of WC's in collections right now. It could have gone the other way too and we may well have lost Saoirse and Danu eventually.

We were blessed with the support of this site and the direct help of Adam Wysocki who shared so much wisdom with us during the first months with Saoirse. Because of that help, Saoirse thrived and what we learned from her, we've applied to Danu, who is also doing very well now. Part of our decision though to take on these snakes with such special concerns was to know when we couldn't do enough, when our experience might not be enough and make the right decisions for each snake. These are hard calls to make but then nothing much is easy with these WC adults, at least not in my limited experience.