Adopt It?

So we have this snake that hasn't been eating.
Like I was aware that before we sold it it hadn't eaten in like...maybe a week or two?
And the customer ended up returning the snake because they couldn't get it to eat during their two (i think?) week stint that the snake was with them. 
And my coworkers couldn't get it to eat last week.
So I tried to feed it on Saturday and managed to get him to like...strike the dead pinkie and curl up around it...but ended up startling him and so he didn't actually eat the mouse >.< foo.
And my coworker tried on Sunday to get him to eat....

but no dice.

So we ended up taking him to the vet today.
Because for a young snake not to eat in over a month...that's not a good thing.
And the vet was like "Well he appears fine. We force fed him for you, but we don't see anything wrong with him." 

So it's like...just a stubborn snake that won't eat.

And like...the managers and I are feeling a slight pressure.
Because one of my coworkers is dead set about adopting the snake.
Because he hasn't been eating.

Tried to adopt the snake on Friday I think.
Before the vp manager stepped in and was like "wait wait wait we can't just adopt out this snake to you." 
Because the manager hadn't heard anything about the snake not eating or anything from me before that point.
-The closest they knew was that the snake had been isolated in the New Arrivals room because there wasn't room in ISO to do so but I couldn't keep the snake in New Arrivals because there was no way to plug in a heat lamp to keep him warm in there so I put him back on the floor where he would have access to heat in the cages. 

And then for like the two days after my coworker tried to adopt the snake they were like "Did you take it to the vet yet? How about now? What about now?" 

*exhales*

Like.
It's highly doubtful you'll get the snake adopted out that early.
Like we'll have to give it at least another two or three weeks before considering it.
Especially because this particular ball python is over $100 and any animals that cost over that we need to get district manager approval to adopt out before we can adopt the animal.
And unless we're following the procedures set out to try to get the snake to eat...we can't really provide a good reason for the snake to be adopted.

In any case.

Because the vet had force fed the snake. We were trying to decide where to put him until we could get him to eat.
As ISO is the logical choice. As he'll be less likely to get disturbed back there.
But at the same time....my iso room is still full. I don't have room to place another tank in there currently thanks to us having a large chinchilla cage and then another large cage with a mama guinea pig and her babies in it. 

So our current solution is to keep the snake on the floor. But to remove the tag on the cage and put a reserved sign there. And then tell all my coworkers to NOT TOUCH THE SNAKE. Don't open the cage. Don't let customers or coworkers handle it. 
And the idea is to give the snake a week of not being handled before we attempt to feed it again.

*exhales*

Some days I wish we didn't carry the balls because they can be such a difficult snake to get to eat the dead mice. 
I mean. We've had less problems since we've managed to increase the humidity in their cages....but still we occasionally still get in that stubborn snake that won't eat....

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi