Re: Problems at the pet store.. with snakes..SOLVED!
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wolfy-hound
Good for you! Sounds like a great feeding day. You can also make cards up with the info about what day they were fed last. It will make sure no one can misremember when they were or were not fed, and notes like "likes tan mice" can be put on them. It will look even more professional, and probably help out anyone that has to feed or care for them when you aren't around.
That's a good idea! Hopefully I can remember which one it was that liked the tan mice.. I think it was the orangish one(tell me the Morph again?) When I put the white mouse in there it didn't want it. It was sort of interesting that snakes have preference over their meals.
Re: Problems at the pet store.. with snakes..SOLVED!
I agree with Wolfy - I was going to suggest sheets of paper that show each day if they were cleaned, offered/accepted food, or if any problems came up. I used to work at Petco and they have these kind of sheets for every animal in the quarantine room. It also showed dates when they were taken to the vet, medicine or vet recommendations, and records of when medicine was given. I'm not sure how it worked with snakes, I wasn't the one who fed them, but the girl who did I think had one particular day each week that she'd feed all the snakes.
You could print out a real simple page and make a bunch of copies of it for the store.
Re: Problems at the pet store.. with snakes..SOLVED!
I fed again on Friday. Our corns were in shed though so only two had appetites. The other two didn't want to think about eating. I'm glad they're shedding. It sounds like they're getting back to being healthy. The Ball pythons took their mice like champs with no problems. The Columbian Red Tail is finicky and takes a while to eat. Our Amazon is fine, and our others are good as well.
One baby corn wouldn't eat so I'm dealing with that issue as I didn't notise shedding, or anything else.
I have learned a heck of a lot about snake keeping but I wish our managers would care more about the reptiles. *sigh*
I wrote a notebook with feeding charts and different information. It worked out well. My co-worker said we could alternate feeding but I told her it was fine that I fed them. It's not difficult.
