Wanda's Progression Thread (Picture heavy)

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

You're not alone I was told the same many years ago ..
Truth is , I believe it to be completely incorrect advice , in hindsight .

It's not even possible to feed my 7' Snow Boa , or the Burm or even the Retic in a separate viv THEN move them afterwards ... Also I defy anyone to come and feed my collection of King snakes in separate rubs then try and get them in their own vivs :)

I feed all mine in-viv now and simply place two of three little pieces of card (or cardboard if it's easier ) on the floor of each viv .
Never , ever , had any issues .

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I agree. I only have one snake, but I've fed in the enclosure since day 1 and never had any issues. I also noticed that some substrate would get eaten as well and sometimes it would be chore for her to get a piece unstuck in her mouth.

I have since switched to paper towels as a "substrate" and I like it way better. Easier clean up and very cheap. Newspaper works just as well


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Thanks for the replies :) I can't imagine trying to do it with a big snake lol, but whilst she's smaller it's not so difficult.

I don't feed mine in his "home" either, he knows his feed tank now and he gets on feed mode when I put him in it.....I like it better that way, but I only have one BP and he won't be some 15ft snake that I have to worry about finding a place to feed so it works for me.....I worry about substrate too. And it makes me feel better that he doesn't think of his home as his feeding place


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Originally Posted by Finn0208

I don't feed mine in his "home" either, he knows his feed tank now and he gets on feed mode when I put him in it.....I like it better that way, but I only have one BP and he won't be some 15ft snake that I have to worry about finding a place to feed so it works for me.....I worry about substrate too. And it makes me feel better that he doesn't think of his home as his feeding place


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That's a good point as well! I don't worry about opening up the door on feeding day and having her strike at me because she knows she won't get fed in there. Another reason is that nearly all of my mice at the moment get nose bleeds, and Wanda is a very... aggressive eater lets say. It's a lot cheaper and easier to clean up kitchen roll and plastic rather than substrate and the viv!

On a seperate note... Wanda shed last night! I woke up this morning and on the way to the bathroom I saw a little bit of shed poking out of her hot hide... I've been really crossing my fingers hoping for a full shed (She's not yet had one with us) and I've been spritzing the viv like crazy since I noticed she was in the blue trying to keep the humidity at 70%. So when I picked it up and noticed it was a full shed (And one with no poop in it!) I was over the moon!

It's not a very good photo, but measuring this shed she is about 62cm!

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Originally Posted by Booper

That's a good point as well! I don't worry about opening up the door on feeding day and having her strike at me because she knows she won't get fed in there. Another reason is that nearly all of my mice at the moment get nose bleeds, and Wanda is a very... aggressive eater lets say. It's a lot cheaper and easier to clean up kitchen roll and plastic rather than substrate and the viv!

On a seperate note... Wanda shed last night! I woke up this morning and on the way to the bathroom I saw a little bit of shed poking out of her hot hide... I've been really crossing my fingers hoping for a full shed (She's not yet had one with us) and I've been spritzing the viv like crazy since I noticed she was in the blue trying to keep the humidity at 70%. So when I picked it up and noticed it was a full shed (And one with no poop in it!) I was over the moon!

It's not a very good photo, but measuring this shed she is about 62cm!

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...51563891_n.jpg

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That's cool, no matter the humidity mine very seldom sheds in one solid piece.....he and I work through it though and there is never any skin leftover on him....mine isn't aggressive at feeding, I just don't want him to think his home is where he eats, and contrary to what some say or believe, I can tell a difference in his demeanor when I put him in his feed tank [emoji846]


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I'm so shook, I had an experience last night that could have turned out much worse :( Since I finished my exams on Tuesday, I had some friends round for drinks. Suitably drunk, I decided to go to bed only to find Wanda had escaped! This is the second time she's done so the little mare, she somehow manages to push the glass door open and escape! Luckily my boyfriend found her wrapped around the handles of the viv, she hadn't gotten far, but I'm just wondering what would have happened if she had been on the floor and I'd have stepped on her! So nervous. I'm glad it ended the way it did!
More on topic with her updates, she finally hit 300g! She's a very small snake for her age... It worries me but her spine doesn't stick out and her stomach doesn't sink in, and we feed her a large mouse every week. I guess she is just destined to be small.

Nice that you found her .... best find something to jam in between the glass doors ;)


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Originally Posted by Zincubus

Nice that you found her .... best find something to jam in between the glass doors ;)


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We've got a lock on it now :D No more escape antics!

So, I haven't been updating this for a while as nothing has been happening lol :D But today, Wanda ate her first only rat meal since she was little! Last week I train-fed her a mice hopper and a rat pup to get one in her, and then this week I fed her what I believe to be two rat pups (Asked for fluffs which apparently are smaller than weaned rats but bigger than pups, but the ones I got were about 14g each so not too sure. Still a bit of a small meal for her...) and she ate both of them! It was a bit of a kerfuffle because usually with Wanda she strikes immediately on mice no matter if it's light or dark, but she wasn't going for the rats. So Dom had the idea to put a towel over her feeding box to stimulate night time, and I put one rat in and left her to it, five mins later it was gone! So I put the other one in and left her and she ate that one too! I knew beeps are fussy eaters, but that's just crazy :D I think I'm going to try her on a small weaner next week, but I'm not sure because it's so long! It's about twice and long as the large mice I was feeding before, but the girth is right. Will the length matter?

Last night Wanda ate a weaner rat, struck and downed it in one!! I'm so proud of my little beep, I was honestly expecting the road to getting her on rats to be so difficult, but three weeks of work and here we are :) I bought some more weaned rats today and to be honest they look tiny! I like my little local pet food shop though, the guy is very helpful and has no qualms about bringing out his stock of frozen to show to me so I can pick the ones I want. It might be a little expensive, but I bought 4 small weaned rats from 30-40g range for £5 ($6.40) which will last us the next 3-4 weeks depending if I feed every five or seven days.

Here's a little phone photo of my little Booper eating:
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