Will the bedding in her cage hurt her?

Feeding her a dry f/t should take care of that problem of stuck substrate. I thaw mine wrapped nicely inside a paper towel so it absorbs the moisture as it thaws. Immediately before I feed, I hold the f/t with a pair of tongs and take the hair drier to it for about 60 seconds. It warms it a little warmer than room temperature, it's totally dry by that point, and the substrate doesn't stick.

It is completely not necessary to feed in a separate container it stresses the snake. If the snake is already snappy you are more than likely gonna get bit if it's in feed mode.
I would keep her on the coconut husk. We humans tend to over think stuff and worry way to much. Nobody puts newspaper down for wild snakes to eat.
I am in NO WAY saying don't care for or worry about our pets but we tend to overdo it.

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Alright, thanks for the input as far as feeding her in a different cage. I was worried the stress level would pick up its glad to know I was worried for the right reasons.

She's approx 34" I haven't been able to get a very accurate measure of her yet but she stretched well past the extended length of my arm. I don't have a scale and I wont be getting one until at least Oct. 6 because of the fact I'm more interested in taking her to the vet (she'll get weighed there I believe.) I have been trying to give her plenty of time to adjust, especially since I moved her to the new cage after a week of having her. I had thought either way she would of needed to be moved seeing as she had just shed in her cage a couple days before and there ware several pieces of shedding and urate in it indicating that it hadn't been cleaned in a while (once I asked it had been about 2 months since they changed the bedding.)

Once she was in her new cage I gave her a day to settle in and then fed her the f/t mouse which she took, I thought it was a good sign meaning that she's happy and comfortable. Am I wrong? :(

I'f I need to I can put her in the previous tank but she didn't seem happy and stayed in her hide 2-3 nights before she came out and even then she went right back in for another few nights. I say nights because she simply refuses to come out during the day. She's been very active and wandering a lot since I moved her into the new one.

Sorry if I over did the details I'm stressing the fact that I may have just bought a new tank for no reason. The heat and humidity haven't been a problem yet but my house stays at 80 degrees year round and I watch the humidity like a hawk 'cause I know utah is one heck of a dry state.

The vet will definitely weigh her. Or you need a new vet. I think that with one day to settle in the fact that she took her meal with no issue is a great thing- you are on the money there.

Details are crucial! I think it is very important to mention all pertinent information as well as the other stuff you notice but think may be unrelated. Providing a complete picture will help ensure you get the information you need. I think the new cage will be fine, continue to make sure the husbandry is as it should be and Luna will be fine.

Well decided not to take her to the vet so not a big deal, found out she's almost 4 and a half inches around her belly shich is a lot bigger than I though! and then I couldn't get an accurate length but it was at least thirty, so the weighing can wait until a month or so down the line. I'm so glad I got to hold her today though :)

I was very eager to hold her when I first got her but I made my self wait, it was well worth it because she slithered all over flicking her tongue, she even got around my legs and then her tongue hit my foot, oh my heck it tickled but I'm happy she was relaxed. at that point I had to put her away though cuz I had seen one of her spurs and freaked out thinking it was a sliver, after noticing the other I wanted to do research in which I found a more detailed pic of a snake vent then I had yet seen.

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Originally Posted by Neal

NO do not feed in a separate tank, the lady who told you that was an idiot. How big is your BP also because a 40 gallon tank may be way to big, especially with maintaining the right temps and humidity.

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I actually feed my snake in a seperate container. I do understand that it is bit stressful for them but it has been eating very nicely for me and I might have talked about this long ago lol. I just wanted to throw him and let him know some do feed in seperate container.

As an amateur, I can't argue much but I do like the fact when I feed my snake in seperate cage it prevents from eating substrates( I use coconut husk so it wouldn't be threat to my snake but I just dont like the fact they can consume them) and f/t from get covered with substrate or guts splashing all over the place haha

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

Once upon a time I used to use aspen too, not anymore ...

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Paper towels only here, no wood bedding, no nasty coconut bedding, nothing but paper towels for hatchlings to 3000+ gram females.