New baby BP mommy

No light with UTH. Lights take humidity out.. which is bad.

Newspaper ink causes no trouble for me and my 21 snakes.

Liquid vitamins? Crazy. Cat food? No, quality dog food. I use Nutro brand Lite variety for my ratties.

Killing - easiest is C02 chamber. Search the forums for it.

K, will add the acurite thingy an some velcro to my list, that at least looks simple enough to figure out.


I'm in FL btw, everything is close shopping wise.

I'm having a hard time restraining myself from check on him. The hot rock things got me freaked out even wrapped in a towel, but it'll have to do. Don't want him getting cold tonight. Can't wait to get it out of there tomorrow.

He's gotta have a good name too... so much to do. I was thinking of Fluffy but thought it might be undignified when he get's bigger ;)

You can do better than Fluffy.

It's so fun naming snakes!

Here, I'll show off my snakie names.. and maybe they'll give you ideas!

Bodacious
Meatball
Habanera
Lotus
Fred
George
Skittle
Demeter
Diva
Bellatrix
Gretchen
Beauregard
Harry
Rusalka
Lurch
Julinar

Think that's all.. got a few unnamed ones yet.

Oh dear, I forgot Donovan and Helaku!

Ok, I think I'll have a good start on things anyway. I'll think about whether I want to be wackin or gassin in a couple days.


He's got two very tiny little spots on his back that look like... patchy scales? like maybe a scar that healed over. I was thinking that they might have been a rodant bite but I can't imigne that he'd be ready to eat anything big enough to bite him yet. It's not big or lifted or anything so I'm not to worried.

Thank you all so much for your help and ideas, I'm sure this place will prove invaluable to me in just a short while. I'll keep you updated and try to get a picture of him up soon :)

Lira

The rough scales may be part of a bad previous shed. Probably will disappear with the next shed.

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Originally Posted by Shelby

The rough scales may be part of a bad previous shed. Probably will disappear with the next shed.

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I have some similar rough spots on Mr. Bojangles. I didn't think of the fact that they might be from an old shed, and I'm glad to hear that this is likely the case and that they will not cause him any problems and will come off easily :) Whew!

Must be very stressful getting that baby dumped in your lap like that. I'd suggest a sit down, go over the caresheet and do a search on this forum for questions about husbandry, housing, etc. that others have asked (a literal TON of good suggestions to be found there). Make yourself a priority list of what the snake needs now, what can be dealt with in a day or two, what needs to be done next week. Then what items each thing on your list needs to accomplish it.

Something like:

NOW:

Housing....small sterlite/rubbermaid...WalMart...$8.00 or less
Temp/Humidity Monitoring.....Acu-Rite...WalMart....$12.00 + batteries
Substrate....papertowels...anywhere....$1.00 or less
Hides...anything small and dark with an entrance cut into the top or side....dollar store....$2.00 for two of them
Water Dish...low, heavy, small...dollar store....$1.00
Heating...underbelly is best...research to see what is easiest and fastest for you to get...cost depends on choice really

so basically $24.00 plus heating choice

You could also add in a soldering wand for putting holes into the tub...got a small simple one myself from Wally Word for about $8.00 (use in well ventilated area...melted plastic reeks!)

So it's pretty basic, doesn't have to cost a ton of cash and most everything is easily found (stay outta pet stores ack they are pricey!)

IN A COUPLE OF DAYS:

Appropriate food is a week away or so anyways as the snake needs time to settle in. Once you are set you've got a few days to find a source for that and decide what the right prey type or size is for this little snake.

NEXT WEEK:

At some point find a decent herp vet just in case you need one at some point but unless this is a sick little snake that can wait a bit.

I'm a huge list maker (can you tell) but it does help me see what to prioritize and helps drop my stress to have it all written out.

Hope this helped a bit.


~~Jo~~

Lira,


Sounds like everyone has given you good advice on the husbandry aspect and you're also looking for a name, so I thought I'd provide you a few links to help in the search for the perfect name.

Reptile Names You can even expand your search with this list.

More Snake Names Lots of cute choices here too!

Tons of Names If you don't put any search criteria in, it will return over 28,000 names. You're bound to find one! LOL

My guy is Kashmire.

Thanks, the list did help.


After visiting 4 pet stores and 2 Walmart's today I'm pretty happy with his set up, at least for now. I also found out my baby is a wee bit bigger then I first guessed. I got him to strech out for a second today next to a tape measure and he's actually closer to 22-23 inches long! Holy crap he looked like such a little guy all curled up.

I got a 50qt rubbermaid (10'H x 26L x 15H) with holes drilled in the top and stuck one of those Repti-Threm (mini) UTH on the bottom. The UTH was easy to find, the rheostat was what sent me on the scavenger hunt. I really wanted to get a thermostat but couldn't find one anywhere so had to go with the rheostat (set on low) for now.

I got the accu-rite thing for 10 bucks :) and it was very easy to figure out and set up. I forgot the velcro so I just set it in the corner on the cool side and ran the probe wire up, out and back in and down and attached it right on top of where the heat pad is. Then i covered it with paper towel and put a hide on top.

A half coconut shell hide is proping up the accu-rite on the cool side (I had to splurge on *something* decrative). I also got a ceramic water dish that is low and heavy enough that he can't tip it over, and its square so it fits in the corner, only a buck :) Finishing touch was a stick baked in the oven to kill anything on it.

Right now the accu-rite is reading 77 ambiant air temp on the cool side, the probe is reading 89 on top of the UTH, and the humidity is 65% (it went up to 70 when he was crawling back and forth through his water dish while checking things out). I'm amazed at how senstive the gage is.

Well, so far so good. He seems very happy, checked out all possible escape routs, twisted around the stick a few times, drank some water then crawled though it, checked out both hides then curled up in his coconut.

I also found a place I can get various sized furry food items in a few days.

My batteries are dead on my camera so I'll try and get some pic's up tomorrow. He's so beatuiful, I'm not at all unhappy with this unexpected addition to my family. Now I can relax a bit and settle on a name.

Thanks again for all of your help!

Lira