Re: BP Handling and feeding
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Originally Posted by
Daybreaker
Refreezing can cause the feeder to fall apart due to freezing, thawing, heating, refreezing etc. as the skin becomes weak - I just toss them and start with a "fresh" feeder next time. If the feeder is left overnight then of course toss it, be kinda gross to refreeze a feeder that's started decaying for several hours.
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Re: BP Handling and feeding
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Originally Posted by
Kaorte
I think your 20g setup looks pretty good! If the snake doesn't eat for you consistently though, I would move to a 10g. A temperature gradient basically means that there are multiple temps for the animal to choose from. Most people try to keep the ambient temperature of the air around 75-80* over the whole enclosure. Providing a "hot spot" of 90* is fine, they don't need the air to be 90* as long as they have that spot.
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He's still very new to the home, so I hear sometimes they will be very picky about eating. Sometimes up to a couple months?
My ambient temp ranges from 87-81 from left to right(hot to cold) and the substrate goes from 90-80(hot to cold), is that too hot? Maybe I should get the small lamp instead of the big one so it aims the heat more central on the hot spot?
Re: BP Handling and feeding
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Originally Posted by
Seth702
I discovered i had to wait till he was in a hide and offer it at the entrance to the hide before he would strike.
X100!
Balls are ambush predators, like scaly little trap door spiders. This should really be the second thing tried once you know your husbandry is good.