Re: Separating My pythons..
ok.. I'm a lil upset my male won't eat. I only had a week.. but he's do to feed. He was do yesterday. I waved a warm mouse in front of his face for a good 35mins... nothing! Tried again about 30mins later.. nothing. Could this be because he still adjusting? My female I only have two weeks.. and she took to both feedings! I emailed the breeder and he said.. well we were feeding them rat pups. I said well this is a big mouse.. could the snake tell the difference? I'm a little concerned because when I did buy the snake from the breeder they mentioned nothing about rat pups.. they told me they were feeding him normal size mice. Should I give him another few days? He has such a great friendly personality. I really hope he feeds! Also how do you guys go about defrosting your frozen mice as sanitary as possible?
Normal size font.. is this better? ;)
Re: Separating My pythons..
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Originally Posted by gLoBaL mInD
Normal size font.. is this better? ;)
i think he meant use the same font and color as we all use instead of the reddish color.
Re: Separating My pythons..
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Originally Posted by Ginevive
You can definately use the zoo-med type heatpads, but please go out and get a rheostat for them.
rheostats...is that what they're called to control temps from a heat pad? where can i find them?
Re: Separating My pythons..
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Originally Posted by gLoBaL mInD
ok.. I'm a lil upset my male won't eat. I only had a week.. but he's do to feed. He was do yesterday. I waved a warm mouse in front of his face for a good 35mins... nothing! Tried again about 30mins later.. nothing. Could this be because he still adjusting? My female I only have two weeks.. and she took to both feedings! I emailed the breeder and he said.. well we were feeding them rat pups. I said well this is a big mouse.. could the snake tell the difference? I'm a little concerned because when I did buy the snake from the breeder they mentioned nothing about rat pups.. they told me they were feeding him normal size mice. Should I give him another few days? He has such a great friendly personality. I really hope he feeds! Also how do you guys go about defrosting your frozen mice as sanitary as possible?
Normal size font.. is this better? ;)
I wouldn't worry about it one bit. Give them some time to settle into their new homes. If you do not have success next week, you can try to toss some loosely crumpled newspaper in the enclosure to help him feel more secure. If you are offering f/t, you can leave it in the enclosure overnight. (but I'd wait and offer food next week) You're going to have to watch and gauge his reaction. Sometimes waving the food around freaks them out. I have one that I have to quietly sneak the f/t mouse into her hide and leave it. She usually takes it then, but she's still my pickiest eater. You'll find out what works best for your boy.
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Originally Posted by Snakeman
rheostats...is that what they're called to control temps from a heat pad? where can i find them?
Rheostat is just a fancy word for dimmer (typically lamp dimmers work well), and temps will fluxuate a bit when using them. I prefer thermostats myself. :D
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well i found them at a nearby target while searching through their site...the cheapest one was $29.99.
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Originally Posted by Snakeman
well i found them at a nearby target while searching through their site...the cheapest one was $29.99.
Go to a hardware store. They are only like $7. it does not need to be anything fancy looking. The one you found was probably meant to go on a wall in a room
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http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS...glm.0&MID=9876
i found these in the home depot site...any of these look helpful?
edit-whoops the link doesnt take you to the thermostats section.i'll see if i can find a way to show them on here.
edit-looks like the links will take you to the main page so i cant post them on here.
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You need a thermostat with a probe. Stick with one made for these applications and you won't be let down.
Re: Separating My pythons..
yeah i know.i havent found any thermostats with probes.all i find are thermostats that are over $20 and can be set by pressing "^" or "down".i never thought finding these thermostats would be so difficult.not even walmart carries thermostats, and for digital thermometers i keep getting thermometers for babies and nothing for accurite thermometers for checking temp and humidity levels.
