The Ivory my friend had is officially mine as of yesterday. His last meal was last Friday so I decided since he had a day to settle in and husbandry is better then his previous home that I would try to give him a meal. When my friend first got him he was eating frozen but he switched to live bc the ivory liked them better lol well after a few months of that he wanted to put him back on frozen and after 5 refusals he gave up and started feeding live again. I heated the rat up like I do with all and stuck the head in his hide and he took it instantly, and while in shed! My friend told me it wouldn't happen and I honestly thought it wouldn't either and that I was going to have to feed live. Big weight off my shoulders lol I've never had to feed live and I hope I never do but I'm sure as my collection grows and if I breed then I will have to eventually.
Also when I said husbandry is better I didn't mean to imply that my friend was a bad owner just that he couldn't keep the conditions stable in the large glass tank no matter how hard he tried. Always had humidity troubles even with top mostly covered, bad sheds, light dimmers for heat regulation that often changed temp 5-10 degrees during the work day and at night. He honestly did his best to keep everything in check including giving up his lunch break to drive home and adjust everything, waking up in the middle of the night to adjust and a lot of misting throughout the day. He came to me a couple weeks ago and said he can not afford to give the snake the best care it deserves and wanted me to have him, I insisted that he take some money for him though. He truly does care about this bp, enough to let it go and believe me it wasn't easy for him.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk
Reply With Quote