Did I end up getting a female pastel from the tampa show?

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Originally Posted by elevatethis

Hey, it's *Instant Expert* over here! Do a search, geeze...;)

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damn:( is overnight giving too much credit? :P LOL seriously though, when you've had 2 BP's for a few months, that does not give you the experience/knowledge to go spew your "knowledge" or conlcusions about the species as a whole, on a message board ;)

If its working for you Rapture and your snakes accept this as the way they are fed, then by all means go for it.
I also clean out there homes on feed day, but I clean in the morning/afternoon and feed at night.

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Originally Posted by jessie_k_pythons

so now your saying I;m wrong for stunning my rats or buying f/t or for even (got forbid) pk them so my snakes dont get bit..

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Who said it was wrong to buy F/T? And who said it was okay to PK by cracking them against your wall?

Well I will claim no expertese, Thats why I am here.
I am trying to learn. I have read up alot on ball pythons and owned a few but I won't sit here and claim anything. I just want to keep learning and I invite any constructive critisism.

So far everyone seems pretty quick to come with it so I appreciate the helpful information. But like I said I was told by someone about the feeding inside the cage and i went by it. I given the information by an untrustful source and I went by it. The sad thing was it was a reptile store owner who gave it to me.

As far as feeding goes. I will go ahead and start feeding my snakes live rodents.
The only reason again that i fed stunned was because I was given information by a petstore owner and again I went by it. I guess I should just stick to
ball-pythons.net

Can't knock me for trying to learn and asking questions.

Only TRYING to do the right thing. I just need to be more cautious in who I ask.
But thats why I like coming on here because I can get multiple answers from different people who have the experience.

So guess what i really should be saying is thank you for the people correcting me in what i'm doing wrong. (I just want to do the right things for my snakes)

If I hadn't started this account on here I wouldn't have known alot that I do now.


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Originally Posted by Rapture

Also, I feed both in the snakes' enclosures and out. I usually like to clean enclosures on the same day I feed (unless they made a big mess in there before feeding day), so I introduce live prey into their enclosure, wait for the snake to strike and constrict, and then move them to another area so I can clean their enclosure while they are eating. When they are finished, I put them back in their clean enclosure. Any thoughts on this?

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If it's working for you, ROCK ON! ... I've picked up pairs of snakes locked up and moved them to clean their cage ... put them back in and they just keep going ... I think it has more to do with your animals trust in you than anything else ... something that works with a snake that you've had for 5+ years, might not work on a new arrival.

ROCK ON!

-adam

You're right, now that I think of it, I only "disturb" the snakes that I know really won't be disturbed by it at all... I subconsciously treat them all differently depending on their individual behavior. There are only about 2 that I have that I think my interference may bother, and I naturally just don't interrupt them.

So pardon me for sounding stupid for asking this but i'm going to...


SO under extreme supervision Its fine to throw in a live rat in my tank with all the branches, hides and other obstructions?

Less stressful on the snake and rat?

do a search here on live feeding or proper ways to feed live. there is plenty of info to dig up!


vaughn