Quote Originally Posted by Lady mkrj58 View Post
Hi ElleTonks I had the same experience with a Petco and I gotta tell ya I don't care for Corporate Attitudes and ruled on how the snake eats, take her in for that well check appt , meanwhile it sounds like your doing all you can do. Petco Won't feed live prey and zi have seen a snake die from no food, my baby would have nothing to do with FT and as soon as I could I got her the Right size mouse and she's been eating Great since then and she's a beautiful Pastel yellow Ball keep us posted on your New Journey with your New Baby.

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Yeah, I'm just hoping the vet appointment goes well! Seeing three babies crammed in a small cage with no humidity gauge was so distressing, I feel so bad for the snakes there. The guy who helped me with picking out my baby seemed like he put a lot of care into them, but the conditions they were being kept in were just not good, even temporarily. I felt so bad.
Her first meal she refused to eat, probably since she was going into shed, but I'm lucky she doesn't seem to be too picky because she snapped up the frozen Hopper I gave her this week in less then a few minutes! The guy there recommended feeding the frozen Hoppers that they had, but do you think I should try to switch to live prey instead?

Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Misha View Post
Hi and welcome to the forum. First of all, you need to get a thermostat ASAP for your heating pad. Monitoring it with a thermometer is not good enough ans there's a big chance of the snake getting burned. You can either get an on/off thermostat like Hydrofarm or you can invest and get a proportional thermostat like Herpstat or Vivarium Electronics. Thermostat is definitely a MUST!

In regards to the shed, just keep the humidity up in the 70s and your BP will shed all by herself. If there's a little bit of shed left, don't worry too much she'll take it off her next shed. Also, I wouldn't try to remove her eye caps either. You can seriously injure her eyes by doing that. The risk outweighs the reward. Be patient and keep up the humidity.

What are your temps like (hot/cold side)? What kind of enclosure are you keeping her in?

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Awesome, Noted! I'll run out and get a thermostat first thing tomorrow, thanks!
As for the shed, I'll try to keep the soakings and humidity up, I'm sure I'm just probably being impatient haha. Ever since I tried the Q-tip method a few days ago I've laid off the eyecaps, I was too scared to put any actual pressure with the Q-tips because I was afraid of hurting her, so hopefully either she sheds the caps off or the vet can do something.

As for the enclosure, I'm using a 20 long glass terrarium with a metal mesh top. I general keep the hot spot in her cage around 85-90 (Usually closer to 90) degrees, and the cold side of her cage around 80 degrees. I've read a lot of different temperatures that people use, are these appropriate to keep her at?