Posted by: night917 at Wed Aug 8 21:56:45 2007 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ]
Ok here it goes guys and girls...
This is a snake(BP) my third cousin i see like once every blue moon bought. I wish i could of been there to help her find a good one or assist in set up but i was never told. She just called me tonight.
My best guess is the unknown sex ball python is 3-4 months old. She was told from this pet store it was, and i quote what she told me "Hand fed". So worse case it was force fed or better case assisted. Either way its not good.
Now here is the bad part. According to her it hasn't eaten in 1-1.5 months. Which at this age is bad in my eyes. I've had balls fast for 10 months but never this young. I've housed balls and other more exotic snakes for over 7 years now.
It seems free weak and lacking energy. Probably also stressed but idk. I just got him/her tonight. I have a plan of care but i want to see what you all think. I've only rescued one snake before but it wasn't this young.
The snake cage set-up she told me about seemed fine for a young ball python and shouldn't be the cause of stress.
Thoughts or comments?? I've given you all the information I could get out of her so you know as much as I do without a picture. But my camera is broken.
Thanks
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