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I got a free female normal today from Craigslist, and I am both happy and upset.
She's 11 years old, and 900 grams. The dude was feeding her 1 mouse a month...

I will fix that, and she will gain weight.

Pics once she is settled.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

Unfortunately she will probably never come close to full potential she had before that idiot got his hands on her. Good save though man.
Will

I dunno...with the right attention I think she will grow nicely.
I have a 3 year old female pastel that was 500 grams when I got her, and now 8 months later, she's 1720 and growing.

A few rats and she will be ok.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

I agree she should be fine. Snakes continue to grow till they die so I dont think she is done growing. Got any pics of her? I picked up an enchi look-a-like from a newspaper ad once. She throws amazing offsrping. I can't wait to breed her Hyper Striper son back and see what comes out. Good luck with your new acquire.

I just gave her a rat and she hit it before it hit the tub.
Poor girl is HUNGRY!

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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

reminds me of a het desert ghost, they look alot like that. you should get a desert ghost or het male and breed him to her and see if she is or not. Is her belly heavily speckled? If it is I would put money down that she is het.

Her belly is kinda clear, some side speckling. I'll get a shot of it once she has digested the rat she pounded down.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

Are you sure it's a female ? Could be a male.

Now you will also have to switch her from mice to rats, oh my.
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love this world, don't hate it.

I attempted to pop her and she popped female. I will have to probe to be sure...

and no switch was needed. She nailed a rat as soon as it hit the tub.
I have a feeling she will do fine.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

the worst snake(s) I ever got were free ones...
mites, not fed, sickly, died anyways....
saving them all is impossible....
if I didn't make it the way it is...I don't want to try and fix it.....I got this way throughout the years...

if they are that bad...let somone else have them....

........I'd rather buy a newborn that was just fed a couple times...then a year old ( or more) that was screwed up....
the baby will breed first....

did it....baby and an adult YB wild...baby laid first and 9
wild girl laid after 3 years and just 3 eggs....
she's in Japan.....? maybe ?..

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........JY

I got a free female off craigslist before with the same situation, the lady that owned her didnt like the fact that she had to feed the snake prey items (duh?!?!?!) so she only did 1 adult mouse every 3 weeks. Got her at 822g about a year and a half ago....switched her to rats and every 5 days... 2765g this year before breeding season started.. i think she will put on weight nicely for you.
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0.3 double het pied/carmel 1.3.2 normals, 1.3.1 pastels, 0.1 mojave, 0.1 pinstripe, 0.1 albino, 1.0 yellow belly, 1.1 het pied, 1.0 amelanistic corn, 0.1 normal corn, 2.1 miniture dachshunds, 0.1 beautiful fiance
*snakes are like oreos, no one can just have one!*

Yeah, I am not worried.

Apparently the guy was "torn up" about giving her away. He claims he didn't have time for her.
That I will never understand...
I can understand not having time for a dog, cat or even a bearded dragon...but a snake? I mean...
feed once a week, spot clean (2 minutes), make sure water is clean...and completely clean the tub every 3-4 weeks. How is that time consuming?
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

yea the people that say they dont have time for there snakes realy shouldnt have any snakes at all then, if they cant afford to take out 10-15 mins a week for the animal then they dont deserve them. good luck with her!
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0.3 double het pied/carmel 1.3.2 normals, 1.3.1 pastels, 0.1 mojave, 0.1 pinstripe, 0.1 albino, 1.0 yellow belly, 1.1 het pied, 1.0 amelanistic corn, 0.1 normal corn, 2.1 miniture dachshunds, 0.1 beautiful fiance
*snakes are like oreos, no one can just have one!*