Alduin's Corner.

nice! also that's your best picture yet! and it's a tongue flicking pix too!

Thanks! Sorry I didn't respond earlier...I thought I did....

Anyway, just a quick update:

So my apartment gets pretty chilly at night. I have the snakes in my room but the temps still dip at night and seemed to make Alduin rather uncomfortable. He would roam his home rather badly both day and night. Almost as if he was trying to escape. How did I remedy this? I bought a small room heater. Why did I do this? Well I don't like heating my whole place because of the electricity bills. I already pay waay too much in the summer which is pretty much most of the year here. Lol so I don't turn on my heater in the winter/fall.

So I bought a room heater and it gets my room toasty warm for my cold-blooded roommates. I cleaned out Alduin's tub and disinfected it with a vinegar wash. (I also think that his roaming was due to the fact that it smelled like snake and he was searching for a new 'hole'. Maybe?) But he seems to be OK now. His temps are correct and not going everywhere. He took his rat for the week after having it warmed up a second time.

The one thing that was odd was that he weighed 204g before he pooped. After he pooped, he weighed 194. Can there really be a 10g difference before and after evacuating their bowels. Obviously, I don't weigh poop but I may start doing that...💩

Also I might add that their excretions smell like death. Lol then again I don't think any living beings would smell like a basket of roses.

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Here are some updated pictures of Alduin!

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11...585457b347.jpg

'Rat. It's whats for breakfast!'
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Alduin's been doing great! He's been coming out of his hide more though...but I think it may be because he is hungry. I was thinking of upping the prey size for him after a few more meals of the pups. Going to take his weight again after two days.

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I here by dub this the 'pile o curl' striking technique!
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So Alduin finally pooped so I was able to weigh him. He now weighs 356g! Phew! He's pounding down weaned rats now like a champ. Still feeding him once every 5-7 days but I am glad he is growing at a good steady pace since I got him in Oct.

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So now that I have established his new weight, I am thinking of upgrading his bin size. Along with some new bigger hides. He likes using the small ones as 'body hats'. Lol so my next paycheck and birthday gift cards will be going to my snakes this year. Moving my cornsnake into Alduins old bin and moving Alduin into a new one!

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He's a great looking snake. Good to hear he growing well and healthy. :)

he looks great, also glad to hear Alduin is doing so well. :gj:

that looks like the small Reptile Basics hide. FYI the next size up, the medium is too bid IMO for a 300-400gram snake. here's the comparison:

small
http://www.reptilebasics.com/images/products/smhide.jpg

vs.

medium
http://www.reptilebasics.com/images/products/mdhide.jpg

it's like 3-4 times the size. so what did i do?

i got these small hides from The Bean Farm taht i think are a good in-between size:
http://beanfarm.com/images/hide-boxes.jpg

also these medium Exo-Terra cave hides fit perfect. u can get them on Amazon for the price of the basic, clack hides above.
http://www.petingros.it/images/exo-t...es--1823-p.jpg


just my thoughts and what i did. anyway keep up the good work with your beautiful boy. :)

@Reinz Thank you very much for the kind words! I love my growing handsome noodle.

@Ax01Thanks very much! Yeah I remember looking at the medium sized one and thinking that it was going too big. I did have a few plastic planter bottoms but they also looked either too small or too big. I'll look into the bean farm and amazon for the new upgrades! Thanks very much again for your suggestions! Very much appreciated! 😄

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Happy 24th Birthday!!

:carrot::bday::fest::banana:

saw your bDay in the birthday announcements section. i hope u and your snakes have a good one. :)

Thank you! Taking it easy today since I am off work. 😄

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