New to the forum & snakes!

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,

We didn't get to see him when it had just happened - he was handed into the pet shop I worked in at the time when the owners couldn't get him to eat.

You can see some close ups of the scars in this post.

The owner of the shop force fed him for two years until the shop closed down and I volunteered to take him home. I got lucky in that the change of scenery and a really small, totally dark, tank kicked his feeding response into life.

He can still go through fussy periods (at the moment he will only eat one F/T mouse per week - after he first refused rats he was eating three mice at a time. ) but he seems to be one of the strange ones that can be re-started a little by changing prey until he gets bored of that.

At the moment I am trying not to get him on chicks or gerbils so am just offering the mice and occasionally an F/T rat when I'm feeding one of the others at the same time.


dr del

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Geez that sucks man.

Well it's awesome that you took him in, and a little funny he has those feeding issues. :P

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Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead

I would check out the stickies in the husbandry forum on setting up that snake...

A few problems...

Log hides do not offer the security they need. Two identical snug hides on each side of the enclosure.

I would just put down paper if I had the option of carefresh... sheets of brown paper, paper towel, or newspaper is sufficient.

No exposed lamps... she will wrap around it at some point.

Also you need to measure your temps at the ground level and provide a temp gradient of 80-90 degrees.

Those are in detail in the husbandry forum.

It may be worth starting a thread in that forum, show the pic and ask just that question. :)

Bruce

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I use blank newsprint...

Any way welcome to the forum and you really should go post your husbandry and cage pictures in the BP husbandry section.

Mike

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,



I made these with pliers and fixed them in place with corner blocks.

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That's very cool! Looks a bit complicated for me, though... I'm not a very handy person. :oops: I'm going back to the store tomorrow or Wed for food, so I'll talk to somebody there and see what they recommend.

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Originally Posted by hoax

I use blank newsprint...

Any way welcome to the forum and you really should go post your husbandry and cage pictures in the BP husbandry section.

Mike

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Thanks! I looked for that forum, and only found the "advanced husbandry" one - is that where I should post? Also, doesn't husbandry refer to breeding, or is that just a general term? Sorry for the stupid questions, LOL.

Edit: Never mind, I found the correct forum!