Re: New to this forum, Got a BEL, Shed question
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gdawgs56
Also, so far Blue (cliche name i know haha) has been very well tempered! When i held him to move him to the enclosure the first day he wasn’t balled up at all, and slithering around exploring my arms, not fast like to escape but just seemed curious. And even amongst shed, when i took him out to check out his eyes i didn’t even get a hiss or ball at all. Just checking out my arms again haha. Super happy with him! Now just to get him to eat after he sheds to ease my mind. (i tend to worry about my babies too much haha)
That's awesome! My Monty acts the same exact way. Never an ounce of aggression towards me....not once. Isn't it great? Oh, and the name (Blue) is actually clever, IMO. A Lucy is actually what I'm shopping for right now.
Congrats! He's beautiful!
Re: New to this forum, Got a BEL, Shed question
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Originally Posted by
Shayne
That's awesome! My Monty acts the same exact way. Never an ounce of aggression towards me....not once. Isn't it great? Oh, and the name (Blue) is actually clever, IMO. A Lucy is actually what I'm shopping for right now.
Congrats! He's beautiful!
Thank you!! :) I especially like the name cuz i’m not sure if Blue is a girl or boy yet lol, and it’s a pretty gender neutral name haha.
-Jason
Re: New to this forum, Got a BEL, Shed question
Re: New to this forum, Got a BEL, Shed question
May have figured out the bad shed reason. I bought an Accurite thermometer/hygrometer and it’s reading about 20% lower humidity than my other hygrometer.
At least he has a humid box in there now and i’ll show him how to use it when i see his eyes go hazy. Honestly regretting not going with a tub setup now lol
-Jason
Re: New to this forum, Got a BEL, Shed question
How’s her weight looking to you guys? I know it’s a blurry pic (through the glass). From what you can see tho does she still look a little underweight?
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-Jason
Re: New to this forum, Got a BEL, Shed question
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Luvyna
Her spine still seems to be sticking out a bit so she seems a tad underweight to me but if you keep feeding her regularly with the right-sized prey I think she'll be fine in no time :)
Thanks for the confirmation! She’s on small rat pups (borderline fuzzy/pup) and i think they may be a tad too small.
Should i go up to a regular sized pup or should i just feed every 5 days instead of 7?
-Jason
Re: New to this forum, Got a BEL, Shed question
Can see her blue eyes better in this pic! The room was dark so her pupils weren’t adjusted to the light yet, lol.
Such a cutie!
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-Jason
Re: New to this forum, Got a BEL, Shed question
Here’s a link to the BP Husbandry section with a chart on feeding that gives some good rule of thumb guidelines on prey size and frequency.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...ing-Guidelines
I personally don’t feed more than every 7 days with a prey item roughly 10-15% of the snake’s weight. I will also feed 2 smaller prey items when my snakes are transitioning to the next size up.
