help :(

hehe.... she seems alot happier now that the ticks are out... poor thing.

Liam,


I was out for a couple of days. I just wanted to say congratulations on doing the right thing. Also, your snake may live thirty years, so you will have her a long time!!!

Monty is a good name for a snake (boy or girl). But you could call her Marta.

Best wishes,

ty... im keeping monty.... from monty python :P woohooo british comedy.. hehe. she is at this minite in her bath, look around :)

Kudos for saving the BP he didn't deserve to die!! I am new myself and only have had my BP for a little over a month but I will give u what I have learned and has helped me to do very well! First, when u first get your snake like someone else stated give it about two weeks to get acclimated to its new environment. During that time it will get used to its new home and all surroundings. After it gets used to u being around try to handle your BP at least once for a few minutes everyday til it trusts u more. If you ever notice milky looking eyes leave your snake alone it most likely is in its shedding stage and snakes can confuse your hand for prey and strike at you! As far as it not eating don't worry they do it all the time but only try to feed it once a week pick a day like I do my feeding every tuesday on my off day! It is best to feed your snake prekilled mice sold in stores because they are parasite and disease free lab raised mice. But some BP's are picky and you may have to experiment to find out if it will eat dead or alive prey or both! Try dead first tho if you can and if it doesn't eat that next week try a live one! Important though, do not feed your snake in its aquarium or home area, either get a seperate enclosure or in the tub.(With live prey using the tub let them fell like they are hunting like natural)

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Important though, do not feed your snake in its aquarium or home area, either get a seperate enclosure or in the tub.(With live prey using the tub let them fell like they are hunting like natural)

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I would recommend feeding the snake in its "home" area over a separate feeding tub. Moving them to another area to eat could cause the snake to stress out and therefor not eat because of it.

Oh One more thing about the heating rock, they say u shouldn't use those because if too hot your snake can touch it and burn itself. use heat sources that can heat from outside ur cage! A heating pad is good under the substrate but beware too hot temperatures as BP's are known to burrow under the substrate when hiding sometimes! a heat lamp is fine to use just get a thermometer and hygrometer for the humidity and u will do great! Oh and love the name monty from the comedian my favorite is The Quest for The Holy Grail!! LOL Good Luck

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That is tru in some cases but for most it is recommended to feed in separate area. I started out feeding in home and my snake would strike at me whenever i put my hand in cuz that was where he hunted but since I've stopped and only let him hunt in the tub he has since stopped striking at me all together! But I'd say it all depends on your snake. If you can cool If not try a different location to feed!

My snake eats more in the separate feeding area than when in its "home" so using what the books recommended worked best for me, but having a snake you just have to experiment to find out what ur snake likes/tolerates the best!

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That is tru in some cases but for most it is recommended to feed in separate area. I started out feeding in home and my snake would strike at me whenever i put my hand in cuz that was where he hunted but since I've stopped and only let him hunt in the tub he has since stopped striking at me all together! But I'd say it all depends on your snake. If you can cool If not try a different location to feed!

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Who recommends to feed in a separate container, ive always been told to go ahead and feed in the "home" enclosure. The snake striking at your hand probably has nothing to do with food, most likely you startled him and he was defensive. When I used tanks I used to use a feeding box and couldnt get a constant feeding response from my snakes, since ive moved to tubs and feed IN their "home" enclosure, I rarely have snakes that miss meals (they still miss meals but not nearly as many as the feeding box method) and they have rarely struck at me. I dont see the need to feed in a separate enclosure, they will eat just fine in their "home". If your afraid of them ingesting substrate then just lay some newspaper down before you feed.:)

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If your afraid of them ingesting substrate then just lay some newspaper down before you feed.:)

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I normally use bamboo tongs to lower the f/t mouse into the tub. If my BP doesn't attack it immediatly, I have a spot with a flat rock which I put the mouse on. The main reason is sometimes he does not eat it, and it is much easier to retrieve it and clean the rock, then have substrate clinging to it.