Monty's 1st Shed!

[thejenius77]

Just went in to take Monty out so I could clean out his cage & saw that he was in blue. This is his 1st shed with us, so wish us luck!!



He really worked himself into a pretzel. Lol!



Checkin his environment for himself. Lol!

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[thejenius77]

I attempted to feed Monty today even though he was in shed. I've been feeding him 2 hopper size mice because I couldn't get rats. Today I got an adult mouse & a hopper. I put the big one in first & he struck that one immediately. After he had that down, I offered the second. It took him about 20 minutes to get that one. I had to chase the mouse around with the tongs a bit to keep it in front of him & no lie, they kissed like 10 times! Ok, so they were smelling each other, but it looked like kissing. Lol! I was envisioning them becoming life long friends.

So my question is, with adult size mice, should I just feed him one? Or still offer him 2?

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[Gerardo]

I suggest you get him on rats. Also when you put a food item in there you should just leave them alone. "Chasing" the mouse could scare the mouse and a scared mouse in with your snake isnt a good thing.

[thejenius77]

Will do. Thank you! I only did that as I was on a time crunch & had to leave & wasn't going to leave it in with him unattended & had nowhere to put it. I won't do it again.

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[200xth]

I had to chase the mouse around with the tongs a bit to keep it in front of him

You don't really need to do that. Your snake comes fully equipped to hunt down rodents and kill them without assistance.

EDIT: And I did not bother reading the next post before I responded. What I posted was already said.

[Crazymonkee]

Two mice is fine if that's all you can get. If you can get rats I suggest doing so. It's easier to switch when they are young

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[thejenius77]

When I do make the switch, am I going to want to do just one rat?

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[Gerardo]

Yea ine meal is faster. Like you said sometimes you are in a hurry and dont want to wait for him to eat 2 or 3 times. 1 appropriately sized meal is fine.

[thejenius77]

Thank you very much.

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[jessica87]

Good luck, keep your humidity high Our Alana just had her 2nd shed and this time it was all one piece