i made a dumb mistake

it was feeding nite for monty yesterday and so i went to Petco for a mouse and while i was there i realized that i needed to clean monty's habitat

so i when i got home i took him out and let him slither around abit under my brothers watchful eye while i cleaned his tank

i was going to do a full change of substrate and i had gotten everything out and vaccumed up the peices and scrubed it down when the ohone rang and i got a little carried away and when i got baack instead of putting down new substrte and then putting newspapers on top for feeding i just put the news papers in and the i let monty eat

but now he has no substrate except fro the papers and i cant handle him for another 24 hours

feeling kinda dumb again (why do i keep doing dumb stuff liek this?)

I don't mean to sound rude, but whats the mistake in that? It doesn't sound like you did anything wrong.

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Originally Posted by alexrls

instead of putting down new substrte and then putting newspapers on top for feeding i just put the news papers in and the i let monty eat

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i forgot to put new substrate in

Umm.....so ??

Whats wrong with that ?

no substrate = distresed snake and owner

Ohhhh, i get it.

Just take him out real quick and put the substrate in, its not going to kill him to be moved really quick.

One time i had to clean roxys cage but i forgot to before i fed her and i didnt notice the big piece of poo behind her hide until after i put her back.I just ook her out, put her in her container and then when i was done put her back in her cage, no harm done.

I personally find newspaper a better substrate than anything else. Its easy to clean, you dont have to worry about accidental ingestion, and i personally like the look of it. Dont worry about it at all. He'll be fine on the newspaper.

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Originally Posted by alexrls

no substrate = distresed snake and owner

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Monty won't mind the newspaper for a day or two ... I pretty sure he/she couldn't care less ... LOL ... all your snake wan't to do right now is curl up in a nice warm hide and digest that meal .... sounds like it's more your hang up than your snakes. :P

-adam

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I personally find newspaper a better substrate than anything else. Its easy to clean, you dont have to worry about accidental ingestion, and i personally like the look of it. Dont worry about it at all. He'll be fine on the newspaper.

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I agree.

Everything else just seems like a hassle.

Yup, no problem with newspaper!

That reminds me, I was curious about whether the 48 hours of no handling after feeding rule applies to BPs. I know it's true for corns, but does the same go for balls?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by guitrage

That reminds me, I was curious about whether the 48 hours of no handling after feeding rule applies to BPs. I know it's true for corns, but does the same go for balls?

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i heard the 48 h thing somewhere one this forum so i assume its about BPs (i dont have any other herps so i wouldnt have looked it up;)

but check with someone a little more expirenced(anyways i always feel its better to get more than one opionin since every herp is different [even within species] eveybody has a different way of dealing with them but if alot of peeps agree on something that probably the best way to go)

PS thanks for ur help guys GOD I LOVE THIS SITE

Yup, you don't want to upset the digestive system and cause regurgitation. So let him or her digest for a couple of days before handling.

lol, I understand your mistake, alexrls. But I too didn't see a big problem in just having newspaper only. As long as it's enough sheets that the heat doesn't come through too much. I'd just monitor the surface temps to make sure it's not too hot.

And yeah, the 48 hour rule applies to BP's aswell as most snakes I believe. I usually feed my bp on friday nights, and don't handle her until Monday night. Gives her plenty of time to digest, I think. Although sometimes I do have to handle her to do something only a day after feeding, but she doesn't seem to mind. I've yet to have a regurge on my hands. :)

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Originally Posted by guitrage

That reminds me, I was curious about whether the 48 hours of no handling after feeding rule applies to BPs. I know it's true for corns, but does the same go for balls?

Thanks

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Nice way to hijack this thread. If the topic of your question doesnt really fit in with the current topic of the thread, please either start another thread or do a quick search to see if someone has posted a recent thread on the topic you which to discuss.

Well, they were talking about taking them out after they fed to replace sbstrate (AKA handling). So, I guess thats what brought that up.