Went on a pick up today. Was supposed to be for one snake..got there and was told there are actually two. Oh well..
Weeell, we knew beforew we got there that the snakes had mites and hadn't been taken care of for like 3 weeks time..UGH. BUT what we found said otherwise of course. The cage looked as though it hadn't been tended in like at least 1 moth or two..UGH. Took us some time to even get the cage opened [sliding doors seemed to have vapored seemed to have vapored shut]. In the cage we found a 9-10' burmese python and also a lil boa/bci about 2 1/2'er.
YUP, BOTH were being housed together. arghhhh The cage was FILTHY, and that would be putting it nicely even. There was no water, no heat, no humidity, no substrate.....arghh Ya ever wanna just kill someone??? Couldn't begin to tell ya how much restraint it takes to NOT do such sometimes...
BOTH snakes of course were INFESTED with mites ! [ The burm is being housed AWAY from any/all reptiles under my control..colection and rescue/rehabs ..NOT even in the same building.. and there are no other reptiles in the building the burm is in either. NOT taking any chances with the degree of infestation going on with the mites it has]
We were told that the burm was a bit on the nasty side, but we found otherwise .. it never so much as even hissed at us at all. So much for bringing the gloves and hooks hehe.
BOTH snakes were not only mite infested but also severely dehydrated, under weight, starving basically, retained shed...etc. and the boa was also emaciated and lethargic..UGH.
Anyways.. One was an albino burmese python... 9-10'er
Pics on this page of it..
BURM RESCUE
The other was a BOA/BCI.. about 2 1/2'er.... Unfortunately this one died enroute home in my husband's arms [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_cry.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_cry.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_cry.gif[/img]
Pics of it are on this page....
BOA/BCI
Oh and did I mention that the burm's diet consisted of 6 turkey drum sticks like every 3 weks or so..when it was being fed ??? [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
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