Same, when I heard that they'd at least tried and called Snake Discovery, I was like "They did the right thing."

I wonder how they knew to call Snake Discovery, when they didn't think of googling 'boa constrictor care and feeding'

@@octochan I think they said in the beginning that the landlord didn’t know what type of snake he is. And I assume since they are local it may have been easy for them to find out about snake discovery by google or word of mouth.

No way. Landlord should have phoned animal services. Instead, he more or less perpetuated the abuse and neglect by not intervening

@@Stegosoreness some areas don't have good animal services or are so underfunded that they just can't do anything. that could have even been why they knew to contact snake discovery.

Reptiles are extreemly hardy. Thats the denefit of simpler bodies, cold blood and limited mental capability. Especially the cold blood helps, a this way they can reduce their metabolism to a degree that would kill a warm blooded creature. All these do come with downsides though. Obvious ones.

For real... I ended taking in a very neglected bearded dragon who not only had a massive cyst in-between her eye and nose, but she was egg bound to such an extent her reproductive tract ruptured and she had free floating eggs in her body cavity. The vet and I were gobsmacked and wondered how this poor girl didn't die of sepsis. Thankfully after surgery, she recovered and she lived another 3 full years of beardie goodness. We had no idea how old she was, but we suspected she was an older beardie, much like this boa in the video.

A former neighbor of mine had a habit of renting out rooms in his place to essentially have his tenants take care of the place so he didn't have to do anything and could just sit around and be lazy while also getting paid at the same time. His first tenant was actually a really cool guy, we talked a lot. I noticed when stepping out of my house one day that there was a horrible rotting smell coming from their house and went over to make sure everything was okay. It was so bad that if no one answered the door, I would have called the police to do a wellness check to make sure no one had died inside the house. The cool tenant answered the door though and told me that the owner had a pet snake that he had apparently starved to death and the smell was the snake. It was a small snake too (he showed me a video he sent to the owner) so it was hard to imagine it smelling that badly. Taking care of the owner's pets in his room was the one thing his tenants didn't do. I think he had 3 more snakes that died after that, before he eventually moved away. I could always tell when another one had died because of the smell. The cool tenant did try taking care of them after the first one died, but he didn't really know how to take care of snakes. We tried to get his pets taken away from him after it became obvious he was neglecting them, but nothing was ever done about it as far as I'm aware. After watching so many Snake Discovery videos, it's astonishing to think that he actually neglected them to the point of death, seeing how much they can bounce back from. To this day, I have never smelled anything that smells as bad as a dead snake.

​​​@@spectralumbra1568thankfully, I've not smelled that smell yet... my oldest snake is about 6 years old. BUT one of my boas, purchased from a shady Mom n Pop pet shop, regurgitated a 2-week old meal (if their records were accurate) in our car on the way home! OMFG it was awful. Our conclusion to this is, his in-store temps, humidity and uvb were SERIOUSLY lacking, and thank GOD he regurged that meal! It wasn't digested and we're still amazed he kept it down so long, and didn't d1e because of it! But... Maxwell, possibly an IMG, is now doing VERY well, over a year later. We took it VERY slow, gave him a proper setup (and plenty of water) and waited 2 weeks to feed him. Now he CRUSHES his meals, keeps them down, sheds well, and is the sweetest snake! He's never regurged since. Sucks that we gave THAT business our money, but we're glad we did. God only knows what might've happened! That store is now under new management, thankfully... but before, we used to seriously contemplate rescuing some of their animals (even thought about buying a frilly to have it euthanized). The boa looked perfect though, so that adventure was a complete surprise. No regrets though, he's beautiful 💕

@@Sarcasmic That's crazy that she lived. I remember seeing a fish that was suspected to have dropsy, you could tell she had ballooned up and squeezing her would release fluid out of her. Eventually she had to be put down, and the owner did an autopsy and said that she was egg bound and her reproductive tract had ruptured as well.

Yea that’s crazy

There is a reason snakes have existed as long as they have in basically the same 'form'. Unless they catch a disease, they're pretty ridiculously hard to kill. (To a point, of course, but they'll survive to an insane point... sometimes with literally no sign something ever even happened.)

boy has a collapsed lung so he's always going to be a bit concave

Please tell me that they got thoroughly schooled and told that they don't always need help with their shed

Aww

It's hard to be spicy when you have literally no energy. Poor snake.

I honestly do believe that some animals are aware when they are being helped and I feel like Christian knew he was in a better place with the Snake Discovery team :)

Poor guy was probably too weak to be defensive, luckily these hoomans were very nice to him

ugh same! i did the whole hand to mouth shocked face, never seen such a thing but could of only imagined the kind of malnutrition/starving that would of left so much damage or stunting

I had to double check if it was real, didn’t know a snake’s stomach could do that, but holy cow, poor thing.. :(

​@DazombieAlien The reason it _can_ do that is because a snakes ribs go along it's back instead of their front, it's also why you can see his heart beating However it is, as said in the video, _incredibly_ unhealthy and can be a result of a collapsed lung

That is a gentle, loving snake. I am glad he is going home with someone who knows how to care for him. Christian will live the rest of his years in a loving home. Thank goodness, kind people exist. The landlord for trying his best and when realizing the tenant wasn't coming to get him, reaching out to you all who he knew could help Christian best. I love his battle wounds. They tell a story and show how much of a transformation he made and the strength to do it. He is like the Terminator! ❤🎉

Same, my mouth dropped from shock

Longest comment (gives imaginary credit)

Yes, I’m sooo happy you rescued him, no animal or human deserves to suffer . He didn’t even have water ! I’m so glad he’s going to be happy in his forever home now ❤️

Rats are awesome pets!

He's such a handsome grandpa snake! Really lovely colouring. I gasped and covered my mouth when you showed that hollow!

God only knows what it took to leave him abandoned. So happy the landlords finally called them & didn't just drop him at a pound.

Yeah, I wonder if he had previous owners before he was abandoned or if he'd only had the one owner

​@@SharkSnoot This was my thought.

Its like kids...idk why people would have them and not care of them...such a sad world. Lucky there ARE people who care.

Ik right 8 can nearly leave my cat to go to school every day 😢

I used to think this way but I've come to take a step back and try to understand other people's circumstances. Like we don't know if the pet owner got cancer and didn't tell anyone, or if they're going through depression and lost the will to care. I want to give people the benefit of the doubt so I don't lose hope in humanity. I'm so glad that Christian got the help he needed.❤

@@JaNeLLeJuSTiNeI agree, and honestly with this one he clearly was loved at one point and handled a lot.

yea

Agreed, I couldn’t believe it

Honestly she was probably relieved when they started shedding her skin and petting her. Plus the low energy from not eating 😢 im glad she’s getting help

​@@Rug4he's a male.

@@lcoq19it doesn’t matter…… they’re a snake.

@@ienjoymethit doesnt matter, i dont consider you human.

It’s like he was trying to convince them to give him some snacks! Like he was going “what do you mean I’m looking better, look how thin I am”

😂😂

He is like what do you mean doing better I need food.

I mean...that's a super charitable take. They did the bare minimum they could so an angry former tenant wouldn't flip out and sue, very likely tossed a live mouse in there with him (you can't tell me a person that put a reptile under a non-heated lamp bought frozen mice and it explains the scarring perfectly) and only called a rescue when they thought he was dead and weren't willing to touch a snake to check. Like...this is not what a society that cares about animals does, this was literally less effort than throwing him in the trash.

​@@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013 I know a great number of people who would take any excuse to kill a snake, especially a large one like a boa. The fact that the landlord tried to provide food and heat does matter. As snake lovers, we take for granted the amount of husbandry knowledge and sympathy the average person has for a snake.

Hes so pretty

😢

I actually have a very old hognose who is blind from cataracts. Her vet said it just happens to extremely old snakes sometimes. Because she’s entirely blind, she’s very nervous so I don’t change her enclosure at all anymore and do much less enrichment and mostly do cleanings that involve picking and scooping instead of redoing the enclosure entirely. But she’s still eating and likes to explore as long as things are exactly the same.

I don’t know how people can treat animals that way. How can people look into their widdle eyes and NOT see another being who can feel and suffer? Thank you so much for the hard work you do!

Same here. I was crying for the poor baby. So skinny😭

I flinched and looked away. I’m not squeamish, and I love animal bones, but seeing a LIVE ANIMAL with their rib cage fully exposed (and there being a huge ident where you can put your whole god damn finger in it) is so, yuck

My heart broke

The soggy pop tart 😂

At least the people there tried to feed it and help it. It’s really sad

I was trying to hold in my tears but when I saw the heart beating through his skin I started crying

I was holding back tears when I saw that snake 😢

Or he was just so lethargic and exhausted that he couldn't care. :(

@@Madison-iw8ix That is true... but regardless the amount of care that Emily and Ed showed to this beautiful boy shows a lot of what they are all about.

I'm in the uk , earlier this year someone abandoned their poor beardie by the side of the road. How cruel😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

There was the abandonment, but also people who were not equipped to care for him properly after he was abandoned, which cause additional neglect.

How anyone could do this to ANY animal is beyond belief!

I don’t think they intentionally neglected it, they just didn’t have the materials or knowledge to care for it

@Lokitellus no, they didn't, but they had no idea of how to care for him, and they didn't seem to research how to care for him. The live rat that scarred his face might have been from them. They knew he ate rats but didn't know about frozen thawed.

it makes him unique 😊 and just knowing his backstory, how could you not love the not so little guy!

😮❤

I had a friend that moved in to an apartment where he discovered an abandon python. He became a loving owner of the surpris pet. He was furious with the former owner.

Maybe they should start a shorts series so they can share a little bit of information on every case like this. Maybe hosted by someone else? Maybe an employee of theirs?

I believe like kidneys, snakes only need one lung. Iirc. So with how risky anesthesia is with reptiles anyway, and his likely old age, it's prob just not worth it to fix rn.

@@kyrab7914 Thanks for your reply. I know you responded 4 months ago, but somehow I missed it until now. My apologies. It's good to know that he will manage just fine the way he is. He doesn't seem to be in any distress, but not being any sort of an expert on snakes, I'm not sure I'd recognize distress in a snake if I saw it. I still don't understand how the original owner, or anyone for that manner, could let that happen to an animal in their "care". To me, the only option if you can no longer care for an animal is to re-home it. Christian is a gorgeous snake, and I'm sure it would not be at all hard to find a good home for him, no matter his age. I'm glad that they were able to give a home to him with someone they know and trust. With all that he's been through, he deserves at least that much. Thanks again for responding, and for helping me to understand what the issue is with his lung. New knowledge is always a good thing, and it makes my day to learn something new. So, you've made my day!

Damn!

I don't particularly want a snake or any other reptile. But I couldn't have left it either. Luckily there's channels like this to help out in caring for them.

Amazing how friendly he is.

It's more like he didn't have the energy to resist 💀

It's more like he didn't have the energy to resist 💀

Prayers for you and your sweet kitty ❤ I hope you are alright and kitty is comfortable

I’m so sorry. I send as much love as I can virtually

Sending hugs and healing. You sound like a loving, caring person, and I am sorry, you are going through this. ❤

There’s actually a new underground drug that’s been released that can help with fip, maybe that might be worth looking into 💕

​@@daisymay6505I was actually gonna mention this, but wasn't sure it would do any good at this point. Glad someone else knew and got there before me

They have a zoo? I’ll totally visit?

Holy! 10 bucks

@@EquinesWithAddiright?

The problem is snakes of this size can live easily for 50+ years. Taking care of anything for that amount of time is going to be hard.

This was so sad (I cried), but also so happy that the poor baby is now in very good hands. ❤

Makes me wonder if it's possible to treat a collapsed lung in a snake.