That's the first time my wife has ever held a snake by the way! She did pretty good!
11-26-2011, 06:15 PM
Valentine Pirate
Nice spider! You'll have to get some pics of her in the terrarium once she's all settled :D
11-26-2011, 08:28 PM
Gomojoe
Here she is in the branch! I got black foam board to put on the sides that I'm putting on tomorrow. There are 3 hides now and I think I'm going to add one or two of the cheap black hides. Also I think I am going to go down to about a 1/2" of substrate so I don't have to run the flex watt so high to get the proper surface temps. Currently I have my herpestat II set to 115 and 110 to get 90 and 80 on the surface and that is with only an inch of substrate.
my .02 cents on the tank i just started out with a tank the snake did very well at feeding and stress how ever the humidity was too difficult to keep up along with the temps my poor baby had his first shed bad i switched him the temp steadied then the humidity did too
11-27-2011, 05:23 PM
babyknees
Re: BP for my son!
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Originally Posted by Gomojoe
So here is the girl we just picked up for him! Just weighed in at 152g. First image is a little washed out.
Grats on the snake, it's a beauty. Personally I think you should be ok with that setup. Through a couple people at an expo repeatedly telling me "oh, it'll be fine, it'll be fine" and my rush to grab a setup I wound up with a 48"x16"x16" monster of a tank (all my research and everything was completely forgotten as I got rushed), and my little hatchling (about 70 grams) got tossed in the tank after I set it up that day. Well maybe I just got extremely lucky or something because he's loved it since day one, and is now pushing 300 grams and now hides all day and I need put everything back in place every morning as he apparently has raging parties or something at night :). He's never missed a meal, and will gladly take an extra when its available.
Now I made a lot of mistakes that I'll never do again, but at least this one ended happily....i.e. I've now got a small tub all setup for a snake I won't get for a couple more weeks.
Good luck goin that first week without touchin your first snake....it's tough.
BTW, has anyone mentuined about a "wobble" to look out for? Others on here can explain it much better than me, but it's something that some Spiders get (don't worry, at this point6 I don't think it's any big deal to worry about)
11-30-2011, 10:03 PM
Gomojoe
So far so good! She just gobbled down a 24g rat pup. Amazing the size they can eat! My son loves her so I think this was definitely a good investment!
I think your setup looks fine for that size snake. Its bigger than a hatchling so as long as the tank is cluttered up and she has several hides, she should do fine. You'd mentioned using less substrate and that's a good idea. Using less will actually help prevent overheating. It sound counter-productive, I know, but too much substrate can cause a buildup of heat over time and create a too-warm temp zone. Using less allows the heat to filter through the substrate better and provide the proper temps long-term. 1/2 an inch is just about perfect. :gj:
