Question with shedding- I know another shed thread?! Lol

[KMG]

Huh op?

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Every once in awhile I do feed the snake in different enclosure because I'll do a whole cage cleaning (remove bedding, clean hides, clean water bowls) but I think I'm going change everything up and now do tank cleanings after feelings so I'll feed in his tank. Thanks for identify with the shedding on the belly, I'll have to give him a look to see!

This name picking is so hard! Lol my other hobbies besides pets are trucks/cars and shooting (guns) so I'm trying get a name from that lol. I was thinking possibly Ruger but trying think of others.

Good deal. Doing a full cleaning could add to stress or make your snake want to investigate and explore because things may be different. I always try to do my cleaning a day or two before feed night.

You also mentioned feeding in the morning. I have always had the best luck feeding in the dark at night.

BTW, my snakes don't have names...never have.

[EWC88]

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Good deal. Doing a full cleaning could add to stress or make your snake want to investigate and explore because things may be different. I always try to do my cleaning a day or two before feed night.

You also mentioned feeding in the morning. I have always had the best luck feeding in the dark at night.

BTW, my snakes don't have names...never have.

That's exactly why I would clean during feeding so that way when he came back to his "home" things maybe a little different so he would investigate and explore so I thought it be fun, but I can see how it'll stress him. I will also try the feeding at night part, he is more active at night obviously so I'll do that.

[KMG]

That's exactly why I would clean during feeding so that way when he came back to his "home" things maybe a little different so he would investigate and explore so I thought it be fun, but I can see how it'll stress him. I will also try the feeding at night part, he is more active at night obviously so I'll do that.

The best thing for a snake that just ate is to retreat to its warm hide to digest in peace. If a snake gets to stressed or feels like it may need to evade predator it can regurgitate the meal which will be super nasty and can be very problematic.

[EWC88]

Awesome good to know, I'll clean and all after or before feeding. Question, how often should I change his Aspen bedding?

[KMG]

Awesome good to know, I'll clean and all after or before feeding. Question, how often should I change his Aspen bedding?

I have never used aspen but I will tell you what I do with cypress.

Any time my snake releases waste I remove all the substrate on, under, and around it and remove it all. I then clean the bottom of the tank and replace the lost substrate with fresh. I take a good amount each time so its kinda like a revolving substrate cycle. It is constantly being tossed and replaced but I hardly even throw it all away at one time. This is in a 40 gallon tank with substrate as deep as 2-3 inches since I have real plants in it.

Now in my tubs I will toss the entire amount when I clean them after being soiled. They hold far less and they have blood pythons in them which release an amazing amount when the decided to go.

[EWC88]

Wow live plants in your tank? That's awesome! I'm going have to search for pics of your setup! I'll do how you do it with changing and cleaning the area and replacing, I was just tossing all of it away and going through it pretty fast lol.

[KMG]

New plants after the old ones grew to big.


Hognose tank.


Older pic.


GTP

[EWC88]

Wow that looks awesome!

[dw83uk]

That looks great, what live plants would u recommend?

[KMG]

That looks great, what live plants would u recommend?

My local Petco has them. They have both tropical and arid plants but I don't know what kind they are.