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You are correct! Hehe her personality is shining through so much right now! She got out of her hide at about 10 last night and did this adorable little 'cobra' thing where she almost stood up. And she just looked around like that. She slithered around for a while and she is using the humid part of her cage right now underneath a log [on the cooler side] I suppose to help with her shedding! She got so brave since she ate lol. She uses all hides equally. Even though they aren't the same [still working on this.]

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They don’t like brightly lit rooms incidentally.. what’s the room like ??

I’ve got 7 Royals in a fairly dimly lit room and they’re all out climbing in the evenings.. that said if I put the BIG light on for some reason they will all have disappeared out of sight within 30 seconds


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I pretty much always turn my light off. I only have it on at morning when I'm getting ready for school

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Oh no.. I'm going to have to buy another that I'm not attached to. Oops. Why is this one so dang cute

Good luck with that...pretty much all rat pups are cute, IMO. I had pet rats long before I ever got into snakes, & raised a whole family of them. But I doubt you can raise that one to be healthy from this stage, so it might be kinder to get "un-attached". Not only that, but having a pet rat that your snake will smell on you may get you bitten. ;)

As far as your snake not liking lights, mostly that's just directly overhead. Don't worry about your normal room lighting, day or night. But any lights used on their cage should be dim though, & preferably red or black bulbs. BPs are basically nocturnal snakes- they don't want to be under a bright "basking" light the way many lizards are kept.

I know, the only sad part is that now I know how to because the breeder who bred those too gave me advice and told me how to raise it RIP

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I know, the only sad part is that now I know how to because the breeder who bred those too gave me advice and told me how to raise it RIP

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Mice are cute too, at least the fancy colorful ones I raise are...but they don't make great pets, fortunately. Rats do make good pets, but if you're going to keep snakes that eat them, you'll have to find a way to accept that. I love animals, but I'm not a vegetarian or vegan. There are many things I'd never consume, & I do insist on humane sources for what I do consume.

It was hard for me at first, the first time I had to kill a mouse: I had gotten a fuzzy for the snake someone gave me...my very first snake. But it wouldn't eat the fuzzy...:( Meanwhile, because it was so hard to get the right size from local pet stores for this snake, I had also bought a pair of mice to breed. They were absolutely useless in terms of breeding, as it turned out- no idea why? They were generic albino mice (something I've steered clear of ever since, assuming they're very inbred). Anyway, I naively thought these mice might at least take care of this rejected fuzzy for the time being- but as soon as I put the fuzzy in with them, they savagely attacked it! So it fell to me to put it out of it's misery- that was many years ago, I've gotten a lot tougher since then. I'll never enjoy euthanizing mice, but I'm capable...same for rats. It's like being a farmer or rancher, I guess. You don't get too chummy with "dinner". ;)

That's very true. Sadly I know I can do it, she will be gone next week lol.

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That's very true. Sadly I know I can do it, she will be gone next week lol.

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Sas will thank you. That's what I focus on, the best food to make my snakes the healthiest they can be. Snake-keeping forces us to "take sides".

Update! She is doing great and gaining weight, I'd say she's back to how she should be! She is growing, and I now have her on F/T fuzzy rats! She is doing great!

Very happy to hear it. Not likely she is all the way back though...a snake can be full of food & appear more robust than they really are. And quite a few "inflate"

somewhat when they're stressed, so that makes them look better too. It takes a while- not just a couple weeks- for them to regain weight that's not just food,

water or air. But a snake that's eating is the best start there is, & it's great she likes fuzzy rats. :gj: Keep it going! :snake: