Young Bull rubbing her nose constantly on glass
My yearling Bullsnake has been rubbing her nose on the glass as hard as she can constantly for the past few weeks. Her nose is now pink, and I've tried to heal it with Neosporin, but she keeps rubbing even after that. I'm running out of patience and ideas to get her to stop and I'm becoming worried [emoji20] Any tips or help would be fantastic, thanks!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...95ef39ad97.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f50504b905.jpg
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Re: Young Bull rubbing her nose constantly on glass
What are her temps like? How much and how often are you feeding her? My male was rubbing his nose quite a bit recently and he was refusing food so I'm thinking it was just hormones. Your girl seems a little young for that to be the case.
Re: Young Bull rubbing her nose constantly on glass
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EL-Ziggy
What are her temps like? How much and how often are you feeding her? My male was rubbing his nose quite a bit recently and he was refusing food so I'm thinking it was just hormones. Your girl seems a little young for that to be the case.
Her cooler side is usually 70-75°F and her hot side is around 80-90°F. I'm feeding her once a week, I just fed her a few hours ago in high hopes that she would stop rubbing, but she's continued doing it off and on since then. [emoji45]
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Re: Young Bull rubbing her nose constantly on glass
I don't let my bulls heat go over 86F. They seem to prefer cooler temps. Every 7 days is a good feeding schedule for a young bull. How much do you feed her weekly? Do you know how much your snake weighs?
good care/natural history books on Pituophis
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distaff
...and while some Pittuophis (spell?) enthusiasts are gathered on this thread:
Can anyone suggest a good care/natural history book on the genus? I can't find anything other than what is apparently an older "description" - sounds like a series of scale counts for each species.
I don't know of a good single book.
The scale counts book sounds like Olive Griffith Stull's paper from back in the 1940s. It can be downloaded as a pdf file from the web. The link is too long for here, but using the Google seach engine and searching for "Bulletin United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution Stull Pituophis " (minus the quote marks) should find it.
Useful books (may be available by interlibrary loan):
Comparative ecology of two Colubrid snakes, Masticophis t. taeniatus and Pituophis melanoleucus deserticola, in northern Utah / William S. Parker and William S. Brown. Out of print?
SNAKES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA: Keeping Them Healthy in Captivity - Vol. 1: Eastern Area / John V. Rossi & Roxanne Rossi
SNAKES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA: Keeping Them Healthy in Captivity - Vol. 2: Western Area / John V. Rossi & Roxanne Rossi
These books are rather expensive.
The Northern Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus): Its Life History, Behavior and Conservation / Joanna Burger and Robert T. Zappalorti. Can be downloaded as a pdf file from the web. Do a Google search for "Joanna Burger Robert T. Zappalorti" (minus the quotes). I haven't read this myself (yet). But some of their research papers have taught me a few things.
Handbook of snakes / Wright and Wright. USA and Canada, 2 volumes, IMO one of the two best snake books printed in the 1950s. (The other was Klauber's The Rattlesnakes.) Out of print (AFAIK).
Not recommended:
Pine snakes: a complete guide / W. P. Mara. I have a copy. IMO, this should be labeled a complete guide not. Somewhat useful if someone can guide the newbie past the mistakes.