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I was moved to pity as I walked by a table at this past weekend's Columbia SC show where the seller was trying to get someone to purchase his male 3' Vendventer stock Lousiana Pine... for 200$. It was Sunday and no one wanted it, the snake was dog tame and in shed, so didn't look so good. Well, frankly, I felt bad for the man, and that poor beast looking up at me under the plexi glass with those slightly bluish down cast eyes... I felt a lump in my throat, and then felt a dent in my wallet immmediatly after... for no reason I could think of except that I seemed to be in a daze... my friend also felt a dent in his wallet as he loaned me the 40$ I was lacking to purchase the snake... and well... this guy shed yesturday... and I took these pics today. Can you all blame me for having all this PITY? Where was the COMPASSION? Thank goodness I was there to administer my compassion for this animal.

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He's a nice animal. I think you made out here. It is a good thing when somebody is lucky because of you.
I have three snakes in my collection which are there because I took pity on them. One is a California king who is the nicest little guy, never musks and has become quite trusting, and a sedate little Pacific gopher who is also very gentle. These are cat rescues, and I felt that putting them back in the wild would just be feeding another cat down the road. The third snake is my most recent, a tiny little pyro who only weighed 10 grams when I got her this March 2, and she was hatched last August, but since I have had her she has gained another 5.3 grams because I like to feed them often, and she likes to eat! At her former owner's she was only fed every ten days. Like your pine, she was in blue as well and didn't look so hot, but is beautiful now.

You are to be commended for your act of charity. Great looking snake and very cool story to go along w/ him.

reako45

You did the right thing ...and what a nice yellow 'un at that!