Bud the Normal

I took a video of Bud and I. He kept going for that window...I didn't want him getting into the tape, though, so I had to turn the stubborn guy around so he wouldn't get himself in trouble. He was being well-behaved - for him - in the video at least.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwG1K85s66s

A short video of Bud outside from last summer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsh-Pk45ixw

Another of him outside last summer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsVlw...ature=youtu.be

And him on my hand from this winter, with the light being let in through the door. Snakes love cameras. >.>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcuv6...ature=youtu.be

I don't post many photos of Bud, since he's usually left alone, but here are some from the past month or two. :)

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Bud's stumpy, shiny butt.
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I took this photo yesterday night, while I was expanding EcoEarth to replace his old bedding. I had him on one arm because I didn't have anything to hold him in (Cloud was in my only holding bucket) and no one was there to take him. He insisted on getting back into his tub, so I let him crawl into it while I rinsed off my arms. I came back out to the goof doing this. lol The photo was taken from far away, which is why it's not the best quality.
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I haven't posted anything of Bud in a long time because I mostly leave him alone due to him being a problem eater lately.

A few months ago he broke an 8 month strike where he may have eaten once or twice before eating nothing for about 5 months after we moved into my mom's apartment. During this whole time I was attempting to feed him f/t rats, but at the end of his strike he had lost weight, going from 1400-1500 grams (I don't remember exactly as I don't have it in my records but I could probably dig it up from somewhere) back down to about 1277 grams. He still looked to be a healthy weight, just a bit on the thin side. I gave in and started feeding him live mice to get his appetite going and put some weight back on him. He ate live for 3-4 feedings before I switched him back to f/t (mice), which he took with no hesitation. From there, he went up to 1282 grams after about a month, and now he weighs 1416 grams after about 2.5-3 months. Right now I'm giving him one jumbo mouse every two weeks because they're roughly the size of a small rat on the larger end. I tried to feed once a week, but he hasn't been wanting to eat that often. If I feel that the jumbos are too small by themselves, I may start giving him 2 at a time. He's had one jumbo mouse so far, so I plan on weighing them for his next feeding (which is today) to see if I need to start doubling them up.

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Bud has been staying steady at 1380 grams for the past few months now, with maybe a 2-5 gram difference. His weights were jumping back and forth before so I don't think I was catching him empty. He's still eating regularly and has only refused two meals, but has always taken them on the second offer. With any luck, I can get him eating small rats again instead of one or two jumbo mice. He seems to take two every other feeding, but won't take two every time, so maybe two jumbo mice are right at the end of what he feels is enough food?

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Otherwise, things are good and it's starting to look like we'll be making enough room for his 6' enclosure, so I can get him out of his tub again.


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Well he's begun another strike now that I'm trying to get him back on rats. I had used mice to break him from an 8 month strike, but I guess he's become hooked. I was feeding him 1 or 2 jumbo mice every other week. The smallest was 25 grams give or take a few grams, and the largest was like 73 grams or so. Most of the Layne Labs shipment's jumbos averaged 40-60 grams. The jumbos from Big Cheese are half that size, so I'd need to feed him 5-6 of the current ones, which means the poor guy has no choice but to be switched. So far it's been 49-50 days. Gonna give it another try today or tomorrow. Holding steady at 1380-1390 grams, last I weighed him he was 1386 grams.

After so long of good feeding, it's back to this again. ;.;

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I normally don't handle him much because of how stress-prone he is, but I figured I rarely ever take photos of him, and he was already out so I could dampen his bedding, I snapped a few outside real quick.


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Nice pictures and video.
What's the temperature when you take him outside?

I like Bud, he's a good looking snake. Sorry that you are having trouble with him.

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Originally Posted by The Golem

Nice pictures and video.
What's the temperature when you take him outside?

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I take my snakes out when it's 75F at least.

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Originally Posted by Reinz

I like Bud, he's a good looking snake. Sorry that you are having trouble with him.

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Yeah I've been having a lot of trouble with him over the past three years. He's very stress prone, so he's gone off food every time I've moved and each time he's moved enclosures. I've also switched him from live to f/t, and now mice to rats. Lol


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Well he decided to eat today. I gave him a mouse first, intending to set the rat in his mouth behind the mouse so he just continues eating and eats the rat. He pulled back to keep me from doing that, but he struck and coiled the rat with mouse still visible in his mouth! I tugged on the tail a bunch so that he'd be so preoccupied with killing it maybe he wouldn't realize "Oh wait this is a rat, I'm not supposed to want to eat this." He "killed" it and ate it! So yay, a victory! I'll do this a few more times and then hopefully he'll take a rat by itself.

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