HE SAID YES! Expo tomorrow, might get snake! Need answers to a few questions!

[mommanessy247]

you definitely sound excited about getting a snake. hope you have lots of fun.

sick in the mornings? being a mom of 3 kids thats standing out big time...but your only 14...
ah, none of my business anyways, sorry.

big tip here though, when you get your snake home & set up...leave him/her alone & only check temps or refill water for the first week, or 2.
THEN attempt to feed & if the snake eats, DO NOT handle it for 2-3 days to let it digest.
oh also, very young snakes are typically very shy & may stay balled up or they can be feisty & like to strike alot so dont be worried if your holding babies & never see a head or get hissed at or struck at. every breeder there will tell you that regular handling should help tame them down some. the babies just need to learn that we mean them no harm.

oh & um pictures, pictures, pictures! we here at bp.net loooove them pics so you better show us your baby before ya get it set up...

[fluffpuffgerbil]

Heh, XD Yeah we've already ruled out /that/ type of morning sickness. XD I think it's a bacterial infection of some sorts. *eyeroll*

Anyway, I know to leave him alone for a week, feed, then wait 2 days before holding.

And does anyone know how I'd keep the probe to stay on top of the heat pad? I soldered two holes so the wire of the thermometer can go outside of the tank then back inside... I can't use tape because the snake might get stuck on it somehow and I don't know how well hotglue will work. Considering I'll have to clean the cage... How do you keep the probe ontop of the heat pad?(If I just leave it, it sticks up.)

[mommanessy247]

oh whew thank god...i was like !
i dont worry about thermometer probes & that whole mess cuz i have a temp gun & i live by it! it tells me the surface temps of whatever spot i aim it at & theres no probes & cords to mess with.
i dont imagine hot glue would be good cuz it melts with heat...
honestly you could save yourself all that grief if you invested in a temp gun. $30 for it + $10 if you want the metal case that comes with an extra battery...at tempgun.com.
you could then snip the corded probe off the accu-rite & use it to monitor the humidity & mount it to the inside of your snake's cage with some industrial strength velcro.
show you what i mean...
heres my set up (the hides have been replaced with bigger ones & my girl is trying to be a snurtle - snake x turtle)



close up...


see the accurite mounted on the back glass?
my snake there has slithered over the top of that & it stays put. its actually very hard for me to peel it off. that industrial strength velcro is no joke i tell ya.

yes the top pic is making the cage look lopsided but its really not as bad as it looks, its just how i was standing and the angle the camera was at.

[Munizfire]

Pics nao! Lol