I'm New here :)

Hi, My son told me to come to this site, He is a member here but he just reads the forums. Now I am no way a snake lover and when he takes his snake out i just leave the room...lol But i am a animal lover and i let him have one as long as the tank is secured and it is trust me...lol

Anyway's My son has had King Tech ( the snakes Name ) Since the end of April. King Tech eats live mice and does rather well with them, He started King Tech with 1 mouse every 8 days, But 3 weeks ago King Tech still seemed hungry so my son increased the mouse to 2 mice every 8 days. So far so good on the feeding He never refuses a meal. He feed's King Tech in a medium size tub btw. Here is King Tech eating:

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King Tech Has been through two shed's since my son has had it, the first shed went really good, The skin Came off in one piece, But the second shed was not good at all and My son had to soak him to get the rest of the skin off.

The only problem we have is the humidity during shedding. We could use ideas on that though.

King Tech's tank is a 55 gal tank and set up really nice for it.
Here is a picture of it's tank:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...3/f39d303c.jpg

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http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...c/f39d3049.jpg

So I am sure we will be posting more often if we have questions.
BTW for a snake site your very informative :)

~LadyBones~

ha ha my moms the same way she loves animals and even appreciates the beauty of a snake bt when its feeding time or if the tank is open and Monty is out and about shes outa there!

ps ur pics arent showin` up could just be em though

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ps ur pics arent showin` up could just be em though

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Shoot!

Anyone know how to fix them?


I might be skeered of snakes but i do like lizards and own a brown anole :)

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Shoot!

Anyone know how to fix them?

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I went to the image properties and copied and pasted the image URLs into my browser... some worked and some said "Forbidden." I have no idea what the problem is but maybe people can see them if they copy and paste.

As for humidity, you could try covering most of the screen top (assuming that's what you're using) with duct tape or contact paper, that helped me when I was using a glass tank. You could also make a humid hide out of a cheap rubbermaid container filled with moist bed-a-beast, or something similar.

Cute snake, you'll learn to love him ;) My mom got used to my snake and thinks she's cute now. Oh, and welcome to the site! You'll find a ton of info here! :)

I know how to copy but where do I paste.

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Right into your browser.

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BTW for a snake site your very informative :)

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We do the best we can :D All thanks should go to Admins, Mods, and experienced keepers who share their wealth of knowledge :winner:

Welcome to the site. I am sure you will like it here :D

A belated welcome to you - looks like it was a busy weekend for all!


Glad you like what you've seen so far.

Here is the pictures i was trying to show, i changed my picture host. Just click on image to see full size :)

King Tech Eating a live mouse...eewww...lol
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here is King techs home:
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Looks like a happy ball python.
Glad you decideed to stop on by!

Very nice looking setup and a happily munching BP.

Is that substrate or some kind of carpet-type stuff? Dig the background as well.

You might want to try getting the humidity up and lower the cool end temps a tad as well (i see the acu-rites and i go into autopilot temp-checker lol sorry).

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Very nice looking setup and a happily munching BP.

Is that substrate or some kind of carpet-type stuff? Dig the background as well.

You might want to try getting the humidity up and lower the cool end temps a tad as well (i see the acu-rites and i go into autopilot temp-checker lol sorry).

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My son had both lights on at the same time he was taking the pictures, it's usually cooler on the side with the water...lol

My son and i are arguing about the humidity in the tank, he say's the humidity should be higher only when it's shedding, i think it should be higher all the time. I mist my anoles all the time to keep humidity in the tank but i have no snake knowledge because i don't like them....lol

Gotcha - wsant trying to give you a hard time.

Lights are harsh on humidity. I had to pretty much ditch them and cover most of the screen lid with ConTac paper when I was using glass tanks. If you maintain good humidity sheds shouldnt give you much of a problem at all - shoot for somewhere in the 50-60% range. If you can maintain that you may not need to bump the humidity for sheds - it's been some time since I have had to do anything extra for the sheds to go well. I resisted the dark temptation of tupperware for some time but the ease of maintenance in all aspects (mostly maintaining consistent moisture and temps) made up for losing the clarity of glass.

I'm not overtly advocating that - in fact the number of enclosures and necessary maintenance routines probably did as much as anything else to get me to switch.

Welcome to the forum. This place is truely a great resource and it's busy enough that most questions that arise get answered pretty quickly.

I love the tail hanging out pic. Those are always kinda funny to me LOL.

I'm a mom too and though I adore our snake I'm having trouble with a son that wants a *shudder* big spider. Kudo's to you for accepting a pet that isn't totally to your liking (I'm trying to get to that place...but...a great big spider! aackkkk!)

~~Joanna~~

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I'm a mom too and though I adore our snake I'm having trouble with a son that wants a *shudder* big spider. Kudo's to you for accepting a pet that isn't totally to your liking (I'm trying to get to that place...but...a great big spider! aackkkk!)

~~Joanna~~

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Oh he wants a great big spider too and i hate them worse then snakes! I put my foot down on that one...lol I told him go ahead and get it, but it won't last in this house i will definetly do something to it say like i do to the mini spiders around here ;)

Oh let 'em get a nice cuddly Rosehair at least - they are even lower maintenance pets than snakes and all they ask is some weekly crickets and a chance to do the happy dance!

I'll defer to Schlyne on arachnid info anyday, I've only got 10 or so - but they are pretty addictive.

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Oh let 'em get a nice cuddly Rosehair at least - they are even lower maintenance pets than snakes and all they ask is some weekly crickets and a chance to do the happy dance!

I'll defer to Schlyne on arachnid info anyday, I've only got 10 or so - but they are pretty addictive.

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Hey now....He read's these threads and he don't need any help from the peanut gallery :D

NO SPIDERS!!!!! ;)

On the last pic if that 32% is Humidity Is'nt that kind of low?

I'm with her on that one...NO SPIDERS! We live in the freakin forest as it is and I have an ongoing war with the spiders that have decided my house is more comfy than the whole dang outside!

I'm sure they make wonderful pets but even pet loving me has a limit LOL.

~~Joanna~~

ha ha.... I dont really care for spiders either...If someone else wants to keep one that is perfectly fine.

BALL PYTHONS ARE FREAKIN' AWESOME so thats all I care to keep....ha...for now :)

Very true and I should actually apologize to those in the forum that love their spider buddy's. We have friends and family who think we are totally wierd to love our snakes, rats and fish as much as they love their dogs and cats so I wasn't being very fair in my earlier post.

Actually, my point is really that I don't want a pet in the house that I can't personally handle comfortably as almost all "kid's pets" end up being mom or dad's responsibility (at least part time). Although we encourage our kid's to be responsible pet owners it's just common sense that I would have to pick up the slack if they are busy with school and activities and boy oh boy a spider would stretch my limits LOL.


~~Jo~~