They're Here!!!

[ChroniclesofYarnia]

They were a little cold when they arrived, but they are here safe and sound. They both seemed a little freaked, so we spent about 2 minutes touching them and then into their enclosures they went. Sophie immediately started poking around, and we got to see her YAWN! Slytherin started relaxing after about 10 minutes, but still wouldn't unball. I'll check on him in a bit.

Here are some pics. I can see this is going to take some skills, since I took a million pictures and only got a few that were good.



Sophie on top



SOPHIE!



The best shot I got of Slytherin. He was not too happy, so I didn't harass him.



I am checking the temps, and managed to squeeze one off of Sophie. She seems so friendly!



Anyone got ideas for the wires?

I'm going to go stare at my snakes some more.

[JLC]

Yaayyyy!! Happy ending to a rollercoaster of a day!!

They look GREAT!!

As for the wires...I used to try and tuck mine under the paper, but they never seemed to stay there. Finally what I did was to solder a hole in the bottom corner beside where the unit would stand...and another hole at the bottom corner closest to the warm-side hide...run the probe OUTside the tub and back in the other hole...this way at least most of the loose wire is outside the tub.

[Royalherper]

Yaayyyy!! Happy ending to a rollercoaster of a day!!

They look GREAT!!

As for the wires...I used to try and tuck mine under the paper, but they never seemed to stay there. Finally what I did was to solder a hole in the bottom corner beside where the unit would stand...and another hole at the bottom corner closest to the warm-side hide...run the probe OUTside the tub and back in the other hole...this way at least most of the loose wire is outside the tub.

Smart thinking!

[frankykeno]

Oh they got there safe! I wasn't able to be online much today (rat colony cleaning and reorganizing day...what fun! LOL) and I've been hoping they got there finally. They're darling babies!

Robin (rabernet) taught me to use the macro setting and move the camera physically close, rather than try to zoom in. I get way better pics of our snakes now. If your camera has a macro setting you might want to give that a try.

You can also just feed the probe cord out one side and back in the other but Judy's idea is a great one that I'll have to try myself. Congrats on the new babies!