This woman was giving away a ball python, so I went to look at it.

I get there, and this poor snake is in bad shape. Not HORRIBLE...but bad nonetheless.

It's 8 months old.
About a foot.
Dehydrated, stuck shed, thin.
It was in a 10 gallon tank, newspaper bottom, with only a heat rock, a TINY water dish, and one of those "reptile rocks" for decoration.
No hide...nothing.

I went to pick it up and she was like "he should be good, I fed him two weeks ago, so he should be all set for a while..."

I bit my tongue and said "I'll take him. Thanks, bye" and left as fast as possible.

He's in a 28 qt. Sterilite at the moment, in quarentine. I'm going to give him/her a few days and try feeding. I soaked him as I set up his cage today.
I'll post pics later.

I don't understand what is so hard about RESEARCHING animals. She said she got it from a friend for free...
A: If you don't want it, don't take it.
B: Ever heard of the internet? Even IF you don't have a computer, the library has them...or at the very least, Petco has care sheets. IT'S NOT HARD!!!

Ok...I vented.
Thanks for listening all.

-KOS
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

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