Acclimatization

Who hates Acclimatization? I do...I can't wait untill its ovvvveeerrr for my new bp. Any tips anyone wants to add to pass the time?

Have more than one snake. Larger the collection ggrows the less you think about the new arrivals.

Well I haven't thought of it that way. :) I plan on growing my collection. It's became an addiction already.

I personally think the whole Acclimatization is a bit "overrated", If you wanna mess around with your snake I don't see a problem with it. I got my first BP when I was in the 3rd grade and I deff. didn't let him acclimate as i assume not many 3rd graders would. Anyways the BP eat fine is one of the best snakes I have ever had, so really just read your BP, if hes pretty chill snake I think you can do whatever you want with him.

P.S. This is just my personal experiences with all the snakes that I have had, I am not a professional its just a hobby for me, but just thought I would share my experiences with my BP's

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Originally Posted by BbyBoa

I personally think the whole Acclimatization is a bit "overrated", If you wanna mess around with your snake I don't see a problem with it. I got my first BP when I was in the 3rd grade and I deff. didn't let him acclimate as i assume not many 3rd graders would. Anyways the BP eat fine is one of the best snakes I have ever had, so really just read your BP, if hes pretty chill snake I think you can do whatever you want with him.

P.S. This is just my personal experiences with all the snakes that I have had, I am not a professional its just a hobby for me, but just thought I would share my experiences with my BP's

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Its not overrated. When you start messing with a new snake that just came in contact to a new surrounding, it can be very stressful and cause feeding delays.

Leaving them alone just to be sure everything goes well and ensures feeding with new arrivals is a good practice.

I'm just saying I have had snakes that I let acclimate, and snakes that I haven't and there was no difference what so ever in the turn out. I might have just been lucky a bunch of times, and it is deff. always better to be safe then sorry, that is just my experiences.

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Originally Posted by BbyBoa

I personally think the whole Acclimatization is a bit "overrated", If you wanna mess around with your snake I don't see a problem with it. I got my first BP when I was in the 3rd grade and I deff. didn't let him acclimate as i assume not many 3rd graders would. Anyways the BP eat fine is one of the best snakes I have ever had, so really just read your BP, if hes pretty chill snake I think you can do whatever you want with him.

P.S. This is just my personal experiences with all the snakes that I have had, I am not a professional its just a hobby for me, but just thought I would share my experiences with my BP's

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I agree I was 19 when I got my first snake and was sad to say far to impatient for acclimation and my guy is a garbage disposal never missed a meal even in shed, and one of the calmest snakes iv ever been around

I'll add this to the conversation then. When I received him...a buddy of mine at local pet shop wanted to see him, so I brought him up there. While he was looking at him, I commented he felt a little thin. Now, he doesn't look thin, he just feels it, and he still feels like he has good muscle tone. So anyway, my buddy said the same thing. So he suggested to try and feed him, I doubted he would feed after the stress of shipping, but he ate anyway! After that I decided to look at the feeding schedule and it had been 2 weeks since he last ate (because he was in the blue). I wouldn't imagine he was too stressed out then, unless since he's a juvenile and after 2 weeks without eating it caused a big feeding reaction?

Ya man, if hes already eating like a champ, I personally wouldn't worry about the snake acclimating anymore.

I was holding mine the day I brought her home, within minutes actually.

Never had even a bit of hesitation when it comes to eating.

Alright, what about this then?...when I held him right after getting him he seemed really active (alert, and checking everything out). Except he seems to be really shy while in his terrarium. At night, while hes out and about doing his whole nocturnal thing, he will check me out for a sec after a walk in the room, and then go back into one of his hide-boxs. Should I wait for this to go away first? or could that just be his personality?

Baby snakes are naturally going to be nervous because it is instinct, but the fact that he is alert and exploring while your holding him is a very good sign. He might just need some more time to get used to the terrarium because its prob. a lot bigger then what he is used to.

I just got a new snake. He came with his tub, hide, and water bowl. The hide was way too big so I gave him a small one. He ate a very small rat for after a few days, but hasn't eaten since. He's very defensive (came from a breeder who only fed and spot cleaned once in a while) and I'd like to start working with him. He's always hiding and only cruises a little at night... I don't know, maybe it is overrated, but I don't want to bug him yet until he starts eating regularly for me.

To BbyBoa: Yeah he is in a 30 gallon terrarium at the moment and hes pretty small (only 2 months old) and the breeder I got him from uses a rack system for the babys with decently small drawers.

To Sarah: If its been over a week or two, I'd guess your snakes feeding problem might be another type of husbandry problem (wrong temps, no heat gradient, no water in his enclosure, his hide-box might be too big) There is A LOT of stuff it could be... its a game of trouble shooting, and elimination.

99% of problem snakes are due to cage size.

You have yours in a 30g now and its eating since its young and hungry. Shall see how that plays out later on when he fills out in few more months and see if feeding stays consistent.

Ive never used tanks for balls and never will since i dont have problem feeders.