Loving this site!!

Hi everyone,

I just joined this week, and am new to snakes. I've had my share of lizards in the past but never a snake. The info on this site is outstanding!

I was asked by an acquaintence if I would take his BP for him in a few weeks as his landlord was forcing him to get rid of it. He got it at a pet store so more than likely it's WC. I'm picking the snake up on 7/3. I have been researching the hell out of BP's so I can be ready for this snake.

I started at kingsnake.com and found the care sheet on BP's. Then I found a breeder of Axanthic BP's about an hour from me. He's given me the name of someone that breeds rats and mice in the area so I can feed p/k and f/t rats to this BP. I also googled a vet in the area and this breeder highly recommends him. I have the BP Manual coming to me in the mail tomorrow.

It sounds like this snake is going to be challenging as well. It's been fasting for more than 6 months and is a horrible shedder. From what this guy has described to me, the humidity and gradient temps aren't right in the tank either. I'll know alot when I pick the snake up next Saturday.

After a week or two i'll try to feed a p/k small rat to the BP. I won't be able to get the BP to the vet until the 19th of July. The vet is just that booked :) All going well with the snake adjusting i'll probably change the BP out to a Sterilite container as I don't really care for aquariums due to the humidity issue. I don't want to rush this snake into a new enclosure and stress it out. I won't be handling the snake at all for a few weeks unless I have to. Is there anything else you guy's can touch on to help me get this snake adjusted to my house smoothly? It will be in my room ( next to no foot traffic). I actually moved my reef tank out of my room and downstairs for this snake :D

I've always wanted a snake and now can get one( and help one at the same time), since this guy is in a desperate situation and my mom couldn't say no :) Sorry for the rambling! Didn't realize I typed that much!

Danielle

Congrats and welcome to the site!
This site is the BEST for advice and info from some very experienced and friendly people who only always have the animals best interests at heart.
Seems your doing your homework and taking to the vet is the right next step.
Check out our care sheets
Again, welcome

Great to hear - and welcome to the site! Good to know you're doing your homework - this is great place to get answers and we usually stay pretty active (sunny weekends aside ;))

Thanks guy's! I've been lurking on this site for the past 2 weeks just gleaning as much info as I could and reading as many care sheets as I possibly can. My mom swears i'm going to go blind infront of the computer! The people on this site looked like they were very friendly and extremely knowledgeable. Thats what attracted me to this site versus others. I'll get pics up as soon as I can once I get the snake. After I get it sexed, I'll find out if it is Alex or Alexa :lol:

I know about the sunny weekends :) I'm always at the farm where we board our horses :wink:

Danielle

I agree, great site!

Welcome! I'm here on a sunny weekend :(

welcome!
This is a great place isnt it?
Good for you for finding out as much as you can. It sounds like the snake is going into good hands. Keep us posted on his health.
A six month fast seems like it would be due to stress. Get your temps and humidity to where they should be and let him relax and get used to the place for a couple of weeks. Then try feeding.
congrats on the new addition!

Welcome aboard! Sounds like you've got all the basics pretty much figured out. There's a good chance that the snake has been fasting because the husbandry was all wrong. I'll bet when you get it into a calm, warm, moderately humid environment, the appetite will kick in nicely. I'll be looking forward to updates about his progress!

I don't have the snake yet. I'll be picking it up on July 3. I haven't seen this animal, and I hope that it not eating for 6 months is he/she protesting the environment that they are in :)

It will be going in my room ( no foot traffic really). And I might just keep the cage dark if it really stresses out. From what I understand it is a very mellow snake and should be easy to handle once it settles in.

I'll let you know what he/she looks like after I pick it up :) Thanks for the welcomes by the way!

Danielle

Welcome to the forum, Danielle! It sounds like this snake will be in very capable hands. We really like to see people doing their homework before bringing the snake home, and will definitely be happy to help answer any questions that we can as you're trying to tweak the setup or get him eating again.

And who the heck has a sunny weekend? It looks almost like a hurricane here!