Greetings from Africa!

Awesome set-up! And bravo for solving your power-problem! That is going to be one happy snake:)

Hiya :banana:

Yup, we get about 2-3 scheduled power cuts a week. The countries energy provider and government made a balls up by choosing not to improve infrastructure for the last 10 years, even though they were warned by experts that by doing nothing we'd run out of power by 2008:taz: Now we all have to pay!

Add to that the problem of thieves stealing power cables all over the place, this can cause power cuts for 24hours plus! and there is no schedule for that .What a shambles.:rolleye2:

Glad you like the viv, Samson was out exploring it last night which is good to see...

A quick update for y'all

I got Samson a temp regulator (ThermoControl II) to keep his warm side at 90F with a 2F either side. works well.:banana:

Also we attempted his first feed today. The place where I got him from said that he has been feeding on live mice but I want him to go the f/t route.

Anyhoo. I bought a 10 pack of frozen mice today and defrosted and warmed one up. I then and went did the so called 'Zombie Dance' at the entrance to his hide and he came out like a bullet and got that sucker. He was so quick he made me drop my forceps out of surprise:D

I'm pleased he's willing to take f/t, my missus was not too keen on putting a live rodent in his tank.

Here he is....
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Only thing I'm worried out is if he swallows some of that mulch or moss. I read it can cause problems if it gets stuck between his teeth.

What are thought from you guys on a good medium/substrate. I like to have a tank that is appealing to look at so I'm think of maybe gravel or astroturf.

Thanks

Hay all:D

Thought I'd just let you know that Samson is doing well and he says hi.

I got little surprise for Samson yesterday, and here she is...

DELILAH!
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I am not sure exactly how old she is but we guestimate about 8 months or so. I have not weighed her yet but she is quite a bit bigger than Samson who is at 5 months young.

You can see that she still has some shed on her, the guy who I bought it from maybe had his humidity a little low. Already she has managed to get almost all of the shed off now. She has those ghost shapes in her pattern which I think is great, Samson has none at all.....

I've got her housed in a big plastic container with all the usual essentials... She is used to taking live food though, and I feed f/t. It will be interesting to experience my first transition from live to f/t. Although Samson was feeding live (so I was told) but I never actually did see him eat live. So I'm not counting that one:D . Plus Delilah is older and I would guess more conditioned to live, but we will see:gj:

that's awesome! You can put her in some warm water for a half hour and let her slither through a towel to remove shed (if you didnt already know). Seems like you have the bug already! LOL