First Feed attempt, not a success.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Little advice here, when getting an new animal the priority is to get them to eat for you, switching should be secondary.

I would recommend feeding the same type of prey then previously offered, then once well established after 4 to 5 consecutive feeding you can attempt to switch if you wish to.

You will see that switching a well established animal is also often easier.

Good luck with your next feeding.

[MsPrada]

This has nothing to do with feeding, but maybe some of you pros can chime is. Is removing the eyecap before the snake sheds a good idea? I've been told that helping them shed before they start isnt a good idea.

[Kaorte]

Yeah.... Did you remove the eye cap while the snake was in blue? Or did the snake already shed and there was an eye cap left on?

[ranapipiens89]

Well I didn't know I wasn't supposed to do anything like that I didn't know if she was shedding, had already shed or was about to because her color has looked perfectly normal this whole time except her pink belly and they one cloudy eyecap. I began to have my doubts as the whether or not she was about to actually shed or not, since the other eye was, has been and still is perfectly clear, it has never changed colors at all this whole week, only the one eyecapped one has changed from silvery black to more silverish and then back to silvery black. I honestly didn't know what was going on, but the prospect of some kind of eye infection or other possible thing was nagging on my mind, so I gently and carefully removed it. And now today she HAS turned a little bit blue, so perhaps I just jumped the gun on that one. I seriously didn't think she was still sheddiing, but perhaps had ALREADY shed before I got her and just retained the one eyecap.

IN OTHER WORDS: I removed the eyecap yesterday and she's only turned blue today, I was unsure of the actual status of her shedding as to whether she was going to or had already done so before I got her.

[Kaorte]

Well, for future reference. Don't remove an eye cap unless you are sure it is leftover from a previous shed. One stuck eye cap will not cause an eye infection.

[ranapipiens89]

Honest and for truly, I'm not TRYING to be a terrible owner..... This is my first snake ever and I've wanted one SO bad for the last.... forever.... Every little thing has got me spooked. I don't want her to die and I don't want her to get sick and I don't want her to starve or to get bitten or get worms from her prey, I'm just a bit frazzled. I need to calm down, I know, but theory is a lot easier than practice.

[Elise.m]

Wow you're one nervous new mama!

Just take it easy, yes the first few months are worrisome cuz you don't know your snake all that well and you're still learning. Once over this phase, you'll be great I'm just getting out of this phase, and it was tough. I thought my snake was going to die at one point (Silly women are so dramatic) but these snakes have a very strong will to live.

Anytime you see a pink belly expect her to be in blue within a couple days. I just saw Snickets' belly go pink for the first time this past week, and now know what to look for. Now you do too! It's all a learning process, and with this website you'll almost have nothing to worry about!