I adopted a burmese today that is in pretty bad condition.

I'm not sure of the sex (waiting until its in better condition before having it probed).



It is almost two years old, but only barely 4 feet long. The owner said that they were feeding it a mouse a month to keep it from "growing too fast". Pixil, my burmese baby, is only about 6 months old and already a little larger than this new one. You can see its backbone clearly.



It's shedding (going to be a rough one I can tell). I put it in the bathtub for a soak, because it is very dehydrated. It pooped in the bathtub, but only a poo the size of a quarter, and when i picked it up with a paper towel I noticed that it was as hard as a rock.



I treated it for mites.



It has a wound on its face, which I am assuming is a prey defensive attack wound, because the owner fed it live prey when he decided to feed it. I don't understand that, because it took frozen/thawed perfectly, so there is no excuse for feeding live.



The owner was keeping it in a ten gallon aquarium.



I have him in a 55 gallon quarentine tank for now (my father is building me a double-cage (huge cage with a divider) for my upcoming birthday).

He was VERY aggressive while in cage, but calmed down considerably after being fed. He loved the bathtub soaking.



I just don't understand it... why get a burmese if you don't want it to grow large?



To the experienced: What are your favorite methods for treating prey bite wounds?



Here is a picture of this snake. It doesn't do a great job of showing how thin it really is, but it's the best my camera can do.


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~Sara~

4 Leopard Geckos

3 ball pythons

1.0 Black-lined plated lizard (Lizzy Butt)

0.1 Burmese Python (Pixil)

7 Rats

1.1 Gerbils

1.1 Dogs (Ozzie and Mandy)

0.1 Cat (Isis)

0.0.1 Synodontis Catfish (Big Spotty Fish)

0.1 Convict Cichlid

0.0.1 blood parrot cichlid

0.0.1 African Featherfin Catfish

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