She gave me an early xmas present :)

[Andariel]

Well when i got home tonight my room had a strange aroma to it. I thought it was just the mouse (since i've never kept mice i wasn't 100% sure what tehy smelled like in captivity)... but after a couple hours i'm like "yuck, the mouse has GOT to go". So i checked the mouse tank but it didnt' stink, so i was like huh?... walked over to Andariels crib and man i was like u stink girl. Upon closer inspection I noticed a rather smelly pile of snake poo. Man that stinks! lol.

Couple questions tho. It was about the consistancy of toothpaste (maybe a HAIR more runny but not much). Is this normal or is there a chance she has internal parasites?

Also do u think this might be why she hasn't eaten? Because she had to leave a present?

-Chris

[Andariel]

BTW, I let her swim around the tub for about 20 minutes while i cleaned her tank and cut a second piece of Astroturf for her substrate. I'm seriously thinkin of gettin reptibark next friday when i get paid, for atleast 1/2 of her tank so she can pick what she likes more.

[Hoomi]

One distinct advantage of using newspaper as the substrate. When the snake "pollutes" it, it's no big deal to trash it and put down a new layer.

One caveat on that is to use newspaper that is at least several days old, to give it a chance to air out from the printing process some.

[emroul]

Is your girl a CBB, andariel? If your not sure, and she hasn't gone to the vet with you yet, I would suggest it. Because you can never be too safe, you know?

I wouldn't say it is anything to worry about, but I didn't see it and smell it, lol. The choice is yours.

[Wizill]

Andariel, don't change your substrate so soon. I'm sure your snake is still getting used to astroturf.

[BallKingdom]

Whoa, what an awsome present. Sure beats a dvd player

Try feeding her now, who knows, you might get lucky.

[Andariel]

I stuck with the astroturf for now, tho i had to cut anothe rpiece to fit today, cause the one i made about 1am wasn't quite exact enough, it was a lil to small.

Imma try to feed her in a bit.

-Chris