Pre shed of Xena

I very much appreciate the comments and of course I'd like tips, tricks and any help offered. I wouldn't be on this forum if I didn't. :D

A little background on her. Being a snake noob I got her at our local PetCo. :colbert: Don't start on that, please. I did ask them questions and the store is actually one of the better ones from what I've read and from what I see in the store.

They were feeding 1 FT pinky a week on a regular feed day. I started by letting her settle in and then fed her a bit random. She is taking 3 FT pinkies now. 3 because I have some on hand, I think she should have fuzzies or maybe hoppers.

She is very docile and seems to like being held ALOT. She will butt her head at Mara when she is returned to her tank, implying she wants to stay out. Our children like to come up and pet her and hold her for a bit. Xena has only struck at me one time and that was just after a feeding and was more of a tap with her head.

I do plan on putting some back ground around the tank after the 1st of the month. I'll be changing the water dish, I don't care much for this one in this tank anyway. And adding another hide. I'll remove the half log. There is and under tank heat pad and a temp sensor in the tank under the green mat that is going to a ReptiTemp 500R.

I am planning on getting other BP's, hopefully some morphs or het's and breeding way down the road. But I have alot to learn yet.

I also have 1.2 mice, not even sure if they are trying to breed. Not really worried about it other than finding quality food until they are popping out snake snacks. If they don't they are interesting to watch until Xena is big enough for full size mice.

I'll probably get some rats just to try breeding. I have a big cage to put them in. If successful I can always build a rack system.
::: Points to self::: Joe-Handyman.

Well, enough of this insomniacal (is that even a word?) rambling.

Milo

Ok I can't figure out how to edit at the moment so....I will be feeding on a regular schedule after reading some other posts about it.


Side note: The internet goes great with insomnia. Especially since cable just has infomercials.

Update:

Xena has shed. I gave her a couple soaks in the tub and the towel rub help alot.
She looks like there may be some on her head and eyecaps. I tried the wet q-tip but no joy. She was dehydrated and this last soak helped and the dimple in her eye went away. I'll be monitoring that.

I changed the setup on her tank gonna put up some dark paper til I can get some of the pretty picture background since she probably doesn't care too much which is up. I put a different water dish in and have it partly on the heat to help keep it more humid.

Now that she is done shedding her color is just amazing, crisp bright colors and demarcation between the colors.