Questzalcoatl is stunning!! I sure hope he no longer suffers pain from his jaw injury.
I have a ball python, and he was in pretty much the same state when I got him. All rolled up, scared and skinny, and it took a very long time to get him to feel better. The joy was great when he finally started to eat, and shed later on. I had to help him the first time he shed his skin, but he really enjoyed it, and crawled all over me.
However, he did bite my father a few times when I just got him, and he never got to like him very much. But he's great with me, and my mother as well.
It's so horrible when people mistreat a poor animal, and people seem to think a snake doesn't have feelings...well, they do!