Thanks for your condolensces and your concerns.

We didn't take the snake in on a whim. It was well thought out, and we knew what we were getting ourselves into. This wasn't an animal we saw at a pet store and decided to rescue on our own... it was dumped on a coworker by her exboyfriend. My coworker is very afraid of snakes and couldn't take care of her properly, so we agreed to take her on. We currently have no other snakes, and she was housed under quarntine in a room separate from our iguana and they never used the same equipment.

This was a one-time only thing, the rescue. I did it because I was asked for help and couldn't refuse the challenge... and I couldn't look at that snake and refuse to help. We'd been meaning to add a bcc or a bci, anyway, and had already been doing the research. Now we'll get a chance to start over with a healthy snake.

She had a severe respiratory illness, mouthrot, was emaciated and severely dehydrated, and had multiple infected rat bites. We did the best we could for her, but it just wasn't meant to be.

I've worked with large snakes before- still do, really. There are a number of snakes that I care for in my zoo's education collection, including an eastern indigo, a couple of kingsnakes, a bp, a gopher snake, and a bcc boa. She is the reason I want a bcc... beautiful snake and great to work with.

I might not have much of a choice, though. It depends on what we can find locally. My husband would rather get a bci, so when it comes down to it, we might go that way, anyway. I just want to see what we can scare up in bcc's in the area.

Thanks again,
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~Alika~
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