What's your snake frustration?

When the days my pickier girls want to eat, I accidentally heat the water too much and cook the rat.

That I know what I want to get next, but all my money for the next year should really go to racks and an incubator instead. Despite this, my Paypal BillMeLater account refuses to stop taunting me by raising my available limit by $1000.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

That i don't have enough money to buy all the snakes i want haha

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THIS!!! So far my two haven't caused me any problems but I want so many more lol.

We really need a Ball Python Keeper Anonymous here apparently to help with our addictions :P

My normal likes to play Martha Stewart at night and rearrange his hides, almost every morning I have to put them back lol.

The duct tape I use with my thermostat does not like to stay on and will fall off >:( and usually when I don't realize it, so I check on Tali and HOLY MOLEY it's 100 degrees. ugh. Its gotten better (I figured out I have to gradually turn it up not just set it at 95... so put it at 80, then up to 85, then 90, etc. THEN it works), but it freaks me out D: It'll stay consistent for a LONG time, and then the duct tape will fall and I'll have to start over. What else works beside duct tape??

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Originally Posted by TheSnakeGuy

Main frustration: Throwing away a perfectly good rat because either my snakes aren't hungry or just being stubborn about want live food. That's like ordering a hamburger for yourself and just tossing it in the trash.

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This is the one reason I love my boa, if my balls skip a meal I give it to her. I have my boa on a feeding schedule were she eats the day after my balls, if they skip a meal, the rat goes to her. Have never had to toss a rat since getting my boa.

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Originally Posted by sunshinenorcas

The duct tape I use with my thermostat does not like to stay on and will fall off >:( and usually when I don't realize it, so I check on Tali and HOLY MOLEY it's 100 degrees. ugh. Its gotten better (I figured out I have to gradually turn it up not just set it at 95... so put it at 80, then up to 85, then 90, etc. THEN it works), but it freaks me out D: It'll stay consistent for a LONG time, and then the duct tape will fall and I'll have to start over. What else works beside duct tape??

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I've found electrical tape is working great on mine, and if that gives you hassle: Electrical tape with Duct Tape on the ends of the Electrical Tape!

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Originally Posted by sunshinenorcas

The duct tape I use with my thermostat does not like to stay on and will fall off >:( and usually when I don't realize it, so I check on Tali and HOLY MOLEY it's 100 degrees. ugh. Its gotten better (I figured out I have to gradually turn it up not just set it at 95... so put it at 80, then up to 85, then 90, etc. THEN it works), but it freaks me out D: It'll stay consistent for a LONG time, and then the duct tape will fall and I'll have to start over. What else works beside duct tape??

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Foil tape, just make sure not to put it on the probe directly.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/aluminum-foil-tape

My frustration is my baby corn who just won't eat!!!

Centex - my girl used to be like that. I just gave her a live pinkie, smallest I could get, put her in a shoebox w/ breathing holes, and put her in a cabinet. It was pitch black, and she had no problem eating after about 4 hours. Had to do that for the first three times, now she doesn't care less