Somehow this month I became a snake rescue~ well.....not really! But I did rescue 4 snakes this month~ 2 BPs and a corn from the humane society and 1 BP from the nieghbor.



This one from the neighbor is really amazing! (or probably more like something is rotten in the story!)



I moved into this house in Sept 02. At that time the nieghbor told me her teenage son had a BP. I breed rats~ so I was nice enough to just give the boy a rat anytime he asked me for one. He didn't come over often~ maybe 6-10 times in the entire 3 1/2 years we've been here. I figured he was getting rats from the petstore and only asking me when he was broke.



Well~ this month the neighbors sold thier house and the mother told me the son had moved out and would I take his BP? Well......I try not to bring strange snakes in~ but okay (I'm a sap, which is why I now have 4 rescues here). So I go fetch this snake~ and it's HUNGRY. Bit me first thing looking for a meal. I said....."Wow, this is the smallest 3 year old I have ever seen!" to which the woman told me "No, that snake is 6 years old"!!



It's a good thing I rescued it. It is dehydrated, has stuck sheds and possibly some mouth rot......but do you think this is a 6 year old BP? Or did the original BP die and the boy replaced it and never told his mother?? (This pic and weight were taken after I have fed it THREE times and soaked it once)




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Cheryl Marchek

AKA JM

The Red Dragons Den

Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons~ for you are Crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

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• Six year old rescue? - JM, Mon Apr 24 17:59:03 2006
• RE: Six year old rescue? - kaysie, Mon Apr 24 18:46:10 2006
• RE: Six year old rescue? - jnjreptiles, Tue Apr 25 12:37:48 2006