If this post is not a joke, then I hope the best for the snakes, and two questions:

1. 1.1 Hypo what?
2. I'm very interested in what drove your friend to pour whiskey into a snake tub.

I've read alot of stuff here, some outrageous, but true or not this tops it all so far.
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Antaresia maculosa
Antaresia childreni
"Pythons the size of kingsnakes and with slower metabolisms"

Mark G