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Currently I have three snakes that eat once a week. So, as always I pulled the three out (two corns and a sand boa). I tossed Buffy the female bloodred a mouse then went to tend to the female sand boa. Few minutes later I peeked at the girl because sometimes she likes her mice (f/t) to wiggle. This is what I found......

so I took out her mouse and tossed in a rock.

Buffy has such nasty scars which are very visible when she is about to shed. The worse are the ones on her back that I can only imagine are horrible burns from having a heat lamp to close. She is so much prettier after a shed.

How/where did you acquire it?, as you mentioned "you assumed the burns were from a heat lamp"?..........glad to see you're taking good care of it now!!.....good job!..................Doug
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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

some dude that had no clue about snakes owned her and a male normal motley. He fed them a mouse once every three to four weeks. The cage he kept them in was built out of window screen. Their heat source was a heating pad (kind you buy at the drug store) and a large heat lamp. He kept them on dirt with a boat load of fake vines and plants. It took us hours to clean everything, bits of sheds and poop stuck everywhere. The smell was horrible. We gave up and just tossed everything.

Both snakes were underweight with Spike (the male) more so then Buffy. They have many scars from being fed live. From what I understand, he got them in a trade for tattoo work. Hes had them since they were a few months old.

After all they have been through, these two snakes are so calm. My 4yr old daughter handles them.

Wow!!,......those must be some pretty "cheesy" tattoos!!!!LOL.......I'm glad you have them now, they are MUCH better off .......thanks for the info.............................Doug
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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!