Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Marley View Post
I'm so glad that I found this site. Thank you guys for all your help. I'm going to do this actually, I'm going to give him a while to settle in then i'm going to replace his hide with the cave, move all the moss to the cool side and make a lil bed for him, he loves the moss. do you think that I should just make changes today? or just leave him alone?
Get every thing set up properly today and then do not disturb him or handle him for a week. And then try feeding AFTER that week is over. THis should have been done right from the start but you got some bad advice from the pet store, so not your fault. WHen you get a new reptile always wait at least a week before handling it so it can settle in and for bp's it is also best to get it feeding before you handle it as well. Because he didn't have the proper set up when you first got him just treat it like you got him today, get everything set up properly and then wait that week. I know it will be hard and you will want to handle him and might get worried about him but jsut leave him be.

Make sure the hides are as small as they can be. Snakes like to feel a tight space when they hide, it makes them feel more secure.

Make sure you get rid of the lights (they just dry out the tank) and get a UTH to warm the tank and have a thermostat or rheostat to make sure you can control the temperature and have a proper thermometer with a probe to make sure you are accuratly reading the uth temps. Place the probe directly over the UTH. If you don'tsecure it down she might also push it off the uth so watch for that. ANd don't secure it with tap as that could get peeled off and stick to your sanke no matter how well you stick it too the tank.

ANd abouty the eatting, bp's are naortious for going off food. Don't freak out if he doesn't eat right away. Just leave the mouse or rat in the tank over night and if it is still there in the morning throw it out and don't try again until the next week. If it isn't eatting and you try feeding it too often that will jsut put it off food even more.

I assume it is a hatching if it is only in a 10g tank. Is that trure or did the pet store get you to buy a tank for a snake that might be too big for it?