Just For Fun: What Were Your Newbie Mistakes?

1. Received snake as a gift
2. Also received a 'snake kit'
3. Both were purchased from a kid at Petco
4. Frantically researching online because I had no idea what I was in for and getting too much information and then spending $150 on crap I didn't really need
5. Ran heat lamps only for the first 2 months because I couldn't afford a thermostat
6. Attempted to feed in a separate container because my local herp shop insisted this was the only way. Yea, he didn't even think about eating till I stopped that.
7. Starting out with too small food. Petco had been feeding fuzzy mice. I started with multiple hoppers for a month or so, and then moved up to large adult mice.
8. Using the reptibark that came with my snake kit. I know some people like it, but I HATED it and switched it out within like 4 days.


Thankfully, Simon's no worse for the wear and is a happy, fat snake now.

FINDING OUT THE HARD WAY SNAKES HAVE BELLYBUTTONS

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And thinking a heat lamp is a necessary tool.