First post. First Christmas snake. Pic and question!

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Welcome to the forum!! Congrats on your first snake, and awesome choice!!!!

Good on you for your diligence ahead of bringing the animal home, you're off to a great start.

As for names, I tend to name my animals after musicians, movie/t.v. show characters I like etc...
Maybe to appease your wife choose a loveable character from a movie or show you watch together?

I took your advise and told my wife she could name them. This has made her hate them a little less. She even watched a feeding and was checking on the male Fire DG to see if he was hided up so we could try a feeding. She wants to touch one, but has a long way to go. I think at the next scheduled handling, she might feel on one.

Top contenders are Ross and Rachel, Chandler and Monica, Walt and Vic, or Riggins and Lyla (we nexflix binge). My choice was Johnny and June. She decided to wait to see if the snakes presented and character traits that would help sellecting a proper name.

We have a tarantula named Steve after the kids animation movie "Over the Hedge". There was a line in the movie that goes, "I'd be a lot less scared of it if I knew what to call it." "Let's call it Steve." "Yes. I like that, that's much less scary."

[Craiga 01453]

I took your advise and told my wife she could name them. This has made her hate them a little less. She even watched a feeding and was checking on the male Fire DG to see if he was hided up so we could try a feeding. She wants to touch one, but has a long way to go. I think at the next scheduled handling, she might feel on one.

Top contenders are Ross and Rachel, Chandler and Monica, Walt and Vic, or Riggins and Lyla (we nexflix binge). My choice was Johnny and June. She decided to wait to see if the snakes presented and character traits that would help sellecting a proper name.

We have a tarantula named Steve after the kids animation movie "Over the Hedge". There was a line in the movie that goes, "I'd be a lot less scared of it if I knew what to call it." "Let's call it Steve." "Yes. I like that, that's much less scary."

I have 2 ferrets named Johnny and June!! That's awesome!!

And that's cool.that she's warming up to the snakes a bit. It took my girl a little while. She still keeps her handling sessions super short, still won't reach into their enclosures, etc... But she's come a long way. She even said the other day she might want her own hognose!! I'dbe the one caring for it, she'd I'm just have "her" snake. I'll let her name this one, hahaha. She would definitely vote for one of the Friends name choices. She's been binge watching Friends lately, it's her favorite show.

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I thought I'd just continue to update this thread. I've gotten one shed from the Fire DG (Luke). But the PDG (Lorelai) has a stuck shed. She's eating right now with it. So I'm going to wet the paper towel that I use for sub once the meal is down to up the humidity. Of this doesn't help, I see people bathing and wet pillow casing their snakes. Water dish has always stayed full. Any other tips here? Thanks.

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I thought I'd just continue to update this thread. I've gotten one shed from the Fire DG (Luke). But the PDG (Lorelai) has a stuck shed. She's eating right now with it. So I'm going to wet the paper towel that I use for sub once the meal is down to up the humidity. Of this doesn't help, I see people bathing and wet pillow casing their snakes. Water dish has always stayed full. Any other tips here? Thanks.

After 48 hrs (meal digested) put her in a tote/tub with the lid on & warm 88* water about 1/2 her body deep. Let her soak for 15-20 min. Always have air holes obviously. You can do this a couple times during the week and also try a wet warm paper towel after to gently roll that shed off... Front to back obviously....
Sorry I keep saying Obviously but over the last 3 weeks I cant believe some of the Smart people without a ounce of common sense hahahaha.
Thats should do the trick


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I have 2 ferrets named Johnny and June!! That's awesome!!

And that's cool.that she's warming up to the snakes a bit. It took my girl a little while. She still keeps her handling sessions super short, still won't reach into their enclosures, etc... But she's come a long way. She even said the other day she might want her own hognose!! I'dbe the one caring for it, she'd I'm just have "her" snake. I'll let her name this one, hahaha. She would definitely vote for one of the Friends name choices. She's been binge watching Friends lately, it's her favorite show.

Well, I guess it's Luke and Lorelai. Ha! I’m not a Gilmore Girls fan, but I’ll take it. They are less scary when they have a name. And now she can’t not love them, because she named the snakes. She still hasn’t held them yet, but she will eventually.