I got an Internship at a Refuge! (HUGE DUW)

[NotAnotherHonda]

thanks! i just got back in town from jacksonville today, and im gonna try and find time to go out there tomorrow and see how messed up the pond got in the 2 weeks i have been gone. wish it luck! haha

[NotAnotherHonda]

i forgot my camera again, so i had to use my camera phone! grrrr

i used some cypress mulch for the rest of the border (boss wanted me to use it), but i only get mulch that is recycled or uses only scrap wood. (did you know that most cypress mulch comes from cypress trees that are torn down SOLELY for mulch?) pay a lil extra and get the stuff that only uses byproduct wood.

anyways, here are some crapppppppy pics. sorry


filled in the pond too!!!!!




beautiful, huh?!?!

turtles should be going in this week, after i get the waterfall taken care of!!!

[NotAnotherHonda]

well today was just another day, kinda

i completed the pond, officially, i think. made the waterfall-its not 110% done yet (still need to hide the top of the hose), but i wanna make sure everythings cool with the boss before i do all that.
we have visitors already, and the turtles havent been in yet!


to recap:


before-


after


before


after- not exactly the same shot, but close


the waterfall-im just gonna make it trickle so the turtles can chill on the rocks.




buried the hose (which was put into a 1.5" pvc pipe to prevents gnawing/biting through


another view




aside from that, we have a HUGGGGGE mite infestation. we are treating them with "CVS Bedding Spray", but a friend of mine who i got my snake from (Susan at SSNAKES.com) gave me a can of provent-a-mite. hopefully itll work better. here is a pic of an albino burmese that keeps getting worse. what should i ask to do? soak him (in that solution that starts with B. Bactynine or something?) every snake we have now has mites, no matter how much we spray there tanks. this is another reason i wanna make a rack- these things are THRIVING in the wooden/screen setups we have





and here is me feeding Delilah


take care guys. let me know what i can do about the mites. we dont have space to quarantine them anywhere.

[tmlowe5704]

When you spray the PAM, spray the whole enclosure, not just the snake. While you are at it, if the snakes are in a room by themselves, spray the whole room. A snake I got off KS had mites and I did not catch it for a few days and by then the mites had spread a good bit. I sprayed PAM through each enclosure and on the wood that makes up the rack and in the surrounding area on the floor.

[NotAnotherHonda]

the directions say to do a "one second spray" for every square foot of the enclosure. it says to NOT spray the snake or water-even take them out before you spray the tank. i only sprayed in 1 spot for 1-2 seconds, as per the instructions and the breeder i received the can from.

[tmlowe5704]

the directions say to do a "one second spray" for every square foot of the enclosure. it says to NOT spray the snake or water-even take them out before you spray the tank. i only sprayed in 1 spot for 1-2 seconds, as per the instructions and the breeder i received the can from.

sorry, i didn't read before I posted. I didn't mean to physically spray the snake. I meant to spray more of the enclosure than just the bedding.

[8b8ll]

Awesome man!! Wish I could be down there with you helping. Keep up the good work and keep posting pictures!!


Mike

[Holbeird]

Good luck with the mites!

[Cl@!r3]

You are doing amazing! All of that work you put in you will get back 10 fold I promise! That's a great thing you did and the animals will appreciate it. Keep up the awsome-ness!

[NotAnotherHonda]

thanks alot guys. i really appreciate that!!!