New Rescuer here! Hi everyone!

[Dragonfire]

Just wanted to say hi to you all. My name is Allison, and I am taking in snake rescues in Seattle. I just took in my 9th and 10th snakes yesterday, so you can probably tell I'm a little new to rescuing, just a few months now. But I love snakes, I've owned them for years, and I can't stand to keep seeing them abused and sick going without care.
That's about it, just wanted to introduce myself.
Can I ask for advice here too, sor should I take that to the forums?
One of my rescues yesterday was a Rough Scale Boa, The guy said he ate a live fuzzy about 5 months ago and hasn't eaten anything since. He tried rat, gerbil, and several other types of fuzzies, but it didn't work. My first instinct was to force feed, but when I saw this snake, he doesn't seem lethargic or too thin. Any opinions?

Thanks!
Allison

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[jpaulson]

Hi Dragonfire, and welcome!!

If the snake is not too thin, I would hold off on force feeding it. Maybe she just needs a little settling down, and good ol' fashioned TLC!!
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[GldDrgn]

Best of luck with her Dragonfire.
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[XzyluM]

Welcome to the site.
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[JonnyB]

hi allison welcom to the site these people are very helpful good luck with you rescue [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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[savannah_babe]

welcome to rtb/reptilehaven!!!!! hope to see more of you around, and good luck with your rescues..its not definatly not easy. see you around [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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[Ed_r]

Welcome. If it hasn't eaten in 5 months and doesn't seem to be too thin. I would say the temps were too low and it ispossibly in brumation. As I recall they require some high temps around 90 on the hot side. Plus if you just got it in , it still may need to settle in. Also what are you keeping it on(substrate)?
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[Dragonfire]

I was not impressed with this guys care for his snakes at all. He called me saying he also did rescues but had more than he could handle, so I took agreed to take a 9 ft burm with a respitory problem and this little rough scale boa. The burm was housed inside one of those glass display cases with a red tail boa (on newspaper that looked filthy) and the boa was in with a Dumerils and a Ball python in a little 10 or 15 gallon tank.
Those were his only snakes. He had 5 and I took two. I think he's one of those people who starts rescues to get pets, not willing to take and care for sick animals.

So right now I have it in my snake room, which the whole room is set to 85. He's in a 1 1/2' x 1 1/2' x 3' tall cage which I filled about 1/2 way up with some carefresh cardboad type bedding and he's burrowed down in that, I haven't seen him come back up for the last couple days. but I figure he's setting himself up in his new space and I don't want to dig him out and torment him any further. I figured I'll catch him coming up for food one of these nights and try feeding him again.
Do you think I should try to check on him before that?

Thanks
Allison

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[Blackwidow_woman]

[img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img] Hey Dragonfire, welcome to RTB and lots of luck with the rescues ya took in.. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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[Reptscue]

>>So right now I have it in my snake room......


I hope you don't have any of your own personal snakes in this room. You really need to quarantine the new rescued babies.

Good luck with them!
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[SteveP]

Welcome to the tribe dragonfire...snakes 'R' us!!! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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[Stormyva]

Welcome to RTB/RH!
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[BWSmith]

I read the first post and skimmed through the rest (long day, sorry). But for the boa. i would make sure that the current husbandry is optimal and try feeding him. The probem may have been a problem with the former owner's husbandry.
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