Bro-in-law's bp went "home"....

The snake that brought me to this forum just left. My bro-in-law finally made it over to pick him up. Hopefully, he was actually listening to some of the tips I gave him, coz I'm gonna be really pissed if I find out the snake died before too long. I put a lot of time and effort into getting it housed more appropriately, the temps & humidity right, etc... for him to take crappy care like he was before.

Anyway, I just wanted to say something, because as I'm sure you guys realize, most others don't share the concern for a snake :)

That sucks. Do you plan to get another snake now?

I still have the one in my avatar. I got him when I found out they were going to take the other back.

Hopefully he was listening to you.

Good thing you got that guy from Heather. Hopefully it'll help ease the pain from losing the other.

On a side note. My girl I got from her I pm'd you about. Just refused a meal. That's no fun. Is your guy still eating for you?

It is too bad you couldn't keep him. I really do hope your BIL has learned and will take proper care of the snake from now on.

Your snake is beautiful and I'm sure you'll enjoy him.

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Originally Posted by 2kdime

On a side note. My girl I got from her I pm'd you about. Just refused a meal. That's no fun. Is your guy still eating for you?

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Man, that sucks.... I can't imagine a snake having a better eating response than the one I got from her. I think I'm gonna go with mice for him (the local pet stores are very unreliable for small rats), and he took 3 of them on wednesday, no problem.

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Originally Posted by kc261

It is too bad you couldn't keep him. I really do hope your BIL has learned and will take proper care of the snake from now on.

Your snake is beautiful and I'm sure you'll enjoy him.

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I like this snake very much :) He's friendly as could be.

In the back of my head, I'm really hoping that since they can't have the snake it a big, fancy tank, and there's more work to it than they thought, they'll decide it's too much trouble and he'll make his way back here.

Oh, when they first brought the snake over, I was warned that it always peed on him when he picked it up. I handled that snake probably 40 or 50 times, and never once did that happen. When they came to get it today, I put the snake in a pillowcase and handed it to him so I could go get the insulated box. Not 10 seconds later, he's yelling about needing a new pillowcase.

Guess why? :D

Is that what you tried the last feedings? Mice?

She was hesitant last time but ate. Long story.
This time I knew shed be finiky like last time so I got some ASF's. Wanted nothing to do with it.

I tried a regular rat real quick and still nothing. So she's gonna have to wait a week.

First time was a small rat. Second time (a few days ago) was 3 mice. I had the mice here, and the pet stores were out of rats, so I tried them, and he was quite agreeable.

Dang. Lucky!!!

My girl has absolutely zero interest right now in food. They scare her!!

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Originally Posted by ChrisBowsman

First time was a small rat. Second time (a few days ago) was 3 mice. I had the mice here, and the pet stores were out of rats, so I tried them, and he was quite agreeable.

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Hmmm.... the smaller bp, the one that just went home, seemed kind of apprehensive when he'd fed recently. He'd get nose to nose with the mouse, go back in his hide, and keep doing that.

Several times, I pulled the mouse, but the last few, I decided to see what happened if I left it for longer, and he always ended up eating if I gave him maybe 10 minutes.

I might try that. I always gave her long enough. She just sees it and when it gets close she curls up. Real tight into the corner hiding her head.

Thanks for the replies man

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Originally Posted by ChrisBowsman

Hmmm.... the smaller bp, the one that just went home, seemed kind of apprehensive when he'd fed recently. He'd get nose to nose with the mouse, go back in his hide, and keep doing that.

Several times, I pulled the mouse, but the last few, I decided to see what happened if I left it for longer, and he always ended up eating if I gave him maybe 10 minutes.

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No problem, good luck with the feeding.

Holy bump for some potential good news....

We were out having dinner with most of the family the other night, and my bro-in-law mentioned that he may decide to sell his snake. I asked how much he wanted, and why, and he said his wife (my wife's sis) has too many animals as it is. He also mentioned something about it being too much work (I did lay a bunch of info on him when he picked it up last saturday).

Anyway, as we were leaving, he said if I wanted it, let him know, and I said that I did and to figure out how much he wanted. He never gave me a price, so I'm guessing he's either going to just give it back, or won't ask too much. If he gives me a high price, I'll bring up that I did feed it for several months, etc....

Bottom line, I'm hoping it makes it's way back. Wish me luck :)

That's AWESOME news! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you... :gj:

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Originally Posted by ChrisBowsman

Hmmm.... the smaller bp, the one that just went home, seemed kind of apprehensive when he'd fed recently. He'd get nose to nose with the mouse, go back in his hide, and keep doing that.

Several times, I pulled the mouse, but the last few, I decided to see what happened if I left it for longer, and he always ended up eating if I gave him maybe 10 minutes.

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Mine wouldn't eat his first meal for the first 5 minutes. As soon as I turned the lights off, he ate it immediatly. Maybe he was just uncomfortable.

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Originally Posted by Skoalbasher

Mine wouldn't eat his first meal for the first 5 minutes. As soon as I turned the lights off, he ate it immediatly. Maybe he was just uncomfortable.

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I learned the same thing with the lights early on with him. He'd fed just fine in the same enclosure, but he started shedding very soon after that. I'm guessing it had something to do with that.

I just got off the phone with my bro-in-law, and I'm getting the snake back for certain! We haven't worked out a price yet or anything, but he said he'd bring it over and we'd take care of all that later. I can understand him not wanting to just give it away, as they paid the rip-off pet store price (~ $80), but he said he wouldn't ask me anything near that. I'm thinking I may offer somewhere around $50.

So, I'm gonna go out and buy another identical tub setup to what I have for the other snake, and get to work building them a small rack.

Now, if I can convince my wife to let me start breeding mice :rofl:

Congratulations on getting him back! You must be ecstatic. :)

I'm really excited about getting him back. After all the trouble of trying to get his glass enclosures to work, I'm looking forward to tossing him into a tub and watching him thrive.

Hey, where in Ohio are you?