Petco BRB...

I KNOW, I KNOW! Go ahead with the Petco comments... BUT, I let my emotions get to me and "saved" him/her. I've been wanting a BRB since the first time I saw one and decided to pull the trigger the other day. I'd watched this little noodle for about 2 months at the store with little to no humidity for it at all. I'd held it a few times as well and fell in love... Very passive but very active and looked "healthy". I picked him up this last Saturday the 26th. It looked really dry the day we brought it home so I gave it a little soak and made sure my humidity and temps were on point. We woke up the next morning to a shed! A one piece shed! I was so happy! Later that day it took a 4gram mouse! It did't strike however, it just kinda opened it's mouth and grabbed it slowly. I then took the tongs and shook the mouse just a bit and it finally constricted and ate just fine. We are so excited to see it grow and thrive! It's a gorgous snake, especially after the shed yesterday! Here are some pic's and any tips and/or suggestions are welcome. Thanks!

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By the way it was 43grams when we got it home...

Nice snake. I love my BRB. He's a bit over six feet and a really good boy.

However, you didn't save it. You perpetuated the cycle.

The snake looks good!

Back when I worked for Petsmart (Early 2000's) we didn't care snakes because (this was the reason corporate gave us) our main customer base is women ages 35-60 and they want to shop in a safe environment that doesn't include snakes or spiders....I'm not sure at what point their redid their market research and decided that their 'demographic' wanted snakes. ;)

Congrats on the new noodle.

Looks like you got lucky and got the snake before Petco had it for too long.

I can't even look at the snakes when I go to Petco or petsmart, because it breaks my heart to see them in such poor conditions most of the time.

That being said, your snake is very pretty and congrats on the feeding and complete shed. :)


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Originally Posted by KMG

Nice snake. I love my BRB. He's a bit over six feet and a really good boy.

However, you didn't save it. You perpetuated the cycle.

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Hey, I did save THIS ONE! :P (And perpetuated the cycle.) 6 Feet!!! I can't wait!!! :taz::taz::taz:

Hey man, PetCo-ShmetCo, you found a snake you loved and made it yours; more power to you!

(to say nothing of how you improved its quality of life:colbert2:)

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Originally Posted by dkatz4

Hey man, PetCo-ShmetCo, you found a snake you loved and made it yours; more power to you!

(to say nothing of how you improved its quality of life:colbert2:)

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Thank you...

Nice pickup!! Very cool snake!

Ditch the lights and cover the top of the enclosure. Even with the cypress mulch the lights and open top will dry the tank out too much for a baby BRB, they need to be at 90% humidity. If you're not seeing condensation on the glass it's too dry in there.

Use a UTH + thermostat to create a hot spot of 85-86*F under a thin layer of cypress mulch.