Snakewoman
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I bought a coastal from a pet shop in July last year, the previous owner has neglected the snake, and gave it to the pet shop as it was knocking on death's door. He was very thin, and had burns on him, I'm assuming from a ceramic heater that wasn't covered. The pet shop didn't hold out much hope for him, they had seen snakes in better condition than this one that didn't live, but he pulled through. When he was well enough, he was brought out into the shop with the rest of the snakes and a wildlife park had shown some interest in taking him and using him as a display snake around children. It had been 3 weeks and the shop didn't hear from the park, but didn't have the snake for sale yet.
I asked about it since I hadn't seen it in the shop before. They told me the story, and let me hold him. I really liked him, and they decided to sell him to me for $200. He was my first big snake, and I felt so sorry for him, weighing only 2.1 kilos at 7 feet long. The sex of the snake hadn't been determined when I got him, and since I'd heard him being referred to as a female I called him Xena... it was only a couple of months ago I found out it was male. His name is now Samson. He now weighs 3.4 kilos, eats very well and looks much better. Here is a couple of pics of him, the first is when he was going into his shed cycle 6 months ago, and the other was taken a couple of weeks ago:
I asked about it since I hadn't seen it in the shop before. They told me the story, and let me hold him. I really liked him, and they decided to sell him to me for $200. He was my first big snake, and I felt so sorry for him, weighing only 2.1 kilos at 7 feet long. The sex of the snake hadn't been determined when I got him, and since I'd heard him being referred to as a female I called him Xena... it was only a couple of months ago I found out it was male. His name is now Samson. He now weighs 3.4 kilos, eats very well and looks much better. Here is a couple of pics of him, the first is when he was going into his shed cycle 6 months ago, and the other was taken a couple of weeks ago: