Crow's Intro Thread

[Tbcrow]

Well, it was a long night for me. I wandered in this morning around 7am to find Mr. Kaa out like a light.



First thing on the list was the store. I got two new hides, looked at some blackout paper, and went ahead and grabbed some aspen to line the edges and break up the tank a little. I filled underneath and all of the cracks between tiles with the aspen, this should help with cleanup and whenever I need to spike the humidity. The black out paper didn't please me, so I'm either going to have to make something, or just settle with it.



I also ran by Walmart and found an electronic meter that I was pleased with, and plunked it right in. That's the hottest portion of the day for me on the cool side. When it finally leveled out it was right at 83 degrees and 51% humidity.




A note on my climate. I am not having to generate artificial humidity, that's the humidity that is in the air in my house currently. We live in an older 5 bedroom house, and the AC doesn't quite kick like it used to. Granted, it's 107 degrees outside today, so it's probably working it's tail off.



The wet pillowcase treatment went alright, but without much success. I had already noticed that being in an overall more humid environment had helped his eye cap greatly. It had already lost the dryness to it, and his eye looked smooth and moist. The pillowcase didn't serve to remove it though, and honestly I felt I had traumatized him enough for 2 days. I placed Mr. Kaa back in the cage where he promptly, albeit arrogantly, curled up on the warm side and passed out.



1.5 years and a solid 25" long. Overall I'm pleased, and the current cage will give him room to grow. I'd say in a half a year I'll be looking for a much larger tank to house him permanently, and this tank will probably get rotated to it's original duty, semi aquatic environment.

Does anyone have a clue on the genetics here? I'm no expert and guessing only serves to make me look like a fool. Is he plain jane run of the mill, or is the irregular pattern pretty normal?