New Here, I'm Dudeist-mom and we got our 1st bp yesterday.

hi all! im 'the dude' at least thats what i call myself within the walls of my house where all things lebowski abide. i'm a 46 year old california housewife and mom, living easy just outside of weird l.a.
anyway, never mind about that.
im a corn snake person, have had corns the last 30 years but this is my first ball. i've turned many down because i didnt want to feed anything as large as rats, and frankly, being naive about bp's i thought they were nippy and perhaps just not 'dude' enough for me.
then i met elbow.( everything is lebowski related in my word, my dog is lebowski, and the name is 'el-bow' also a lebowski reference. i do not, however smoke pot and get in trouble with the police in malibu)
now i havent seen elbow eat yet but the guy who gave him to me has had him 5 years and says he will gladly take frozen or live mice, so we'll see in a couple of weeks.
he isnt any special kind of morph, but i think he's gorgeous, handled him only briefly once yesterday and will leave him alone for a while to watch us and settle in.
took him out of a 20 gall with one hide log and little else and put him in a 60 inch long but a BIG thick branch, a larger hide, a large water dish, etc.
do these guys climb? or is he more likely to be happy having ground level hides?
i put in a substrate which i cant remember the name of now, its dark and moist and says its good for bp's, but im worried i wont see feces on it. anyway, this morning he is complelty buried himself under it and even upended the rather heavy branch. do you think im doing ok? im a newbie so any info would be awesome!
dudeist-mom OUT!

The dude abides,

I'd probably have recommended leaving him in the 20 with his old hides until he had settled in and started eating for you - they really aren't that fond of large spacesd as a rule.

Have a read through our caresheet and see if it helps any.

I wo0uld also remove the heavy branch unless oytu can find a way of preventing him from knocking it down on top of himself - they are rotten climbers when they get bigger anyway and fall off almost constantly.

And :welcome: to the site.


dr del

Welcome to BP.net :salute: Del answered your questions very well but if you happen to have any more questions please feel free to ask!!

Welcome to BP.net :colbert2:

Hello, and :welcome: to BP.net...

+1 everyone. I must add that we demand pictures...please? :D

:welcome: to BP.net. :colbert2:

You didn't mention heat sources? And we always love pictures!

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