Husbandry is fine. Humidity is 56 right now. Ambient room is always 79 to 81 and ambient in my tubs is always 81 to 83. Hot spot is a steady 88. Her tub is a little bigger than I'd like (New one is set to ship at the end of my vacation), but I have newspaper as filler.Originally Posted by Deborah
Assist feeding should be done as a last resort
If you have not done so here is what you need to do
Set her up in a 6 quarts tub (max) with aspen as bedding, use a plastic flower pot saucer as an hide (6 inches wide)
Provide a hot spot of 88 degrees (max), leave her alone for a week (no handling) and offer a live mousse hopper in the enclosure. Prey should be as big as the girth size of your snake.
DO not offer every other day the more you offer the more it leads to refusal, stick with mice for now as they are more enticing.
The animals looks good and for now you need to try to get her to eat on her own.
For her hides, I'm using one of these (the small) :
She also has cork flats that she seems to prefer.
I went in a few minutes ago to pull the crawler out, but she was showing interest. I'll stay up awhile longer and see how things go.
I went to 3 pet shops today, but none sold live that size. I'm going to another expo this Saturday, so I'll pick some up then.
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