Daughter and My 1st Snake

[jfaria1891]

Hah! That would be me.

I only said it because...well I was describing myself. There have been a few nights when I've gone to bed only to find myself thinking about "what if I bred a sterling that I produce with.....XYZbuttercupmorph" So...that...causing a slight increase in adrenaline to see pictures and the probabilities of what the possibly combinations would be...I have to reach over and grab my laptop and quench that IMMEDIATE desire for knowledge. I got one Ball Python (a female pastel) by luck in the sense that I really just bought what I thought looked cool that was in my price range. She was super yellow and it just jumped out at me. Little did I know that that one purchase was a great starter to moving on to bigger and better. Now less than a year later I have a male Pewter and I'm ready to make some sterlings...and then some pewter bees as my next purchase will be a female bumblebee....

Oh lord...here I go again....

SEE WHAT THESE DAMN THINGS DO TO US!?!??!?!?! RUN!!! RUN AWAY WHILE YOU STILL HAVE MONEY IN YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT!!!!


....AND YOUR CREDIT CARDS AREN'T MAXED OUT!!!!


...........AND YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN PAYDAY ADVANCES!!!!!


.....................AND BEFORE YOU LIE ON YOUR INCOME TAX RETURNS TO GET MORE MONEY TO BUY MORE BALLS WITH!!!


/dies.

hahaha priceless yup im spending every spare dollar on racks parts and food and hounding craigslist for any big cheap female normals haha, countless times the girlfriend has turned over in the middle of the night to see me laying next to her balls deep into my laptop (pun most deff intended!) Rawbbeh ... "were not so.. different... you and i". (austin powers for the win)

[darthkevin]

Hell I got some of my stuff up for trade right now on Craigslist. I got an offer for a 100 % het albino Red Tail. I nearly took it but I am looking more for balls. XD


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[BillinIndiana]

Night 6... Her Ambient is 80 and Warm side hide is 86.4 cool side 78.6.. We have her day light still on, it's almost time to turn it to the Red/night. She has been on the roam for a good two hours. All over her tank..? I just took her mouse out this morning.. I left it in there about 1 1/2 days and then decided that she didn't want it, so I flushed it. I guess we'll maybe try again Saturday or something.. Saturday will be week that we've had her.

[I-KandyReptiles]

You flushed the mouse? :/

Wouldn't that clog up your toilet? I'd suggest refreezing the mouse until garbage day, then throw it in the trash.

[BillinIndiana]

You flushed the mouse? :/

Wouldn't that clog up your toilet? I'd suggest refreezing the mouse until garbage day, then throw it in the trash.

That little thing isn't going to clog up the toilet.. It was a little 6 gram hopper mouse.

[jfaria1891]

Everything sounds to be in order so idk why she didnt eat maybe she just wasnt hungry, nothing to worry about at this point just try again sat or sunday like you said, i noticed you didnt mention any humidity levels i would highly suggest getting a guage if u dont have one already its more inportent them most realize they are starting out. Low humidity will lead to a bad shed which can be a real hassle and stressfull for the snake.

[BillinIndiana]

Humidity is borderline low.. at 49%

[BillinIndiana]

One Week: Yesterday was a week since we bought Avalon and put her in her tank.. We tried to feed again last night. We're 0 -2 , She just won't eat it.. She'll lay her head on it and stare at it, crawl right over it, but "She No Eat" ( in my best Japanese typing voice)

So how long has a New BP of yours went on a hungry strike? It's only been 7 days since we bought her and the vendor said she ate 3 day before that, so this is only day 11. So, she isn't starving, we just want her to eat so we can start holding her..

[jfaria1891]

Other users may not condone this method but it will most likely work

find a Tupperware container he will barely fit in, by that i mean so his body pretty much covers the bottom of the container now add the mouse a few air holes in the lid and put the lid on. what this is going to do is give him no possible way to ignore his food as it will be jumping all over him.

this parts VERY important you need at watch VERY closely a mouse cant scratch him but it can still bite him, you will see the snake twitch but thats usually because he doesn't want the mouse on him u need to watch very closely for biting if u see the mouse start biting pull it out hold it for a second and put it back in. (this should only go on for a minute or two after that then you know hes clearly not going to eat that day) i imagine this is stressful for the snake but if it works then you've broken the hunger strike


im pretty sure u mentioned u were feeding frozen thawed,

you took it out in the morning and left it in there .... sounds like you left it on the counter let it defrost and tried feeding. if thats the case then you need to not only thaw them but warm them up too personally i let the mouse/rat soak in hot water from the tap just as hot as my water gets some people like to get it perfectly to like 96 degrees eh my waters way hotter then 96 degrees and they take it every time are you dangling it by the tale for him so he sees the motion and thinks its alive? what i do is with the 11" feeding tongs i grab the skin on the back of its neck/in between its shoulders and make it dance around near them, commonly referred to as the zombie dance, its also quite entertaining to watch a dancing rat/mouse get owned by a snake. i actually enjoy feeding time

most important thing is to always make sure the food is thawed all the way through if the middle is still frozen it will will be disastrous. or so im told

[BillinIndiana]

Thanks for the reply, All we are doing is letting it set out to thaw a few hours and laying it down in the cage.. I'm sure it is thawed though, they're only little 6-7 gram hoppers.
We'll wait a few days and try your advice on the Hot water and zombie dance. Thanks for the tips. About how long do you do this dance, till she takes it or what?