Pat the baby biak green tree python

[Sauzo]

Thanks. I think Pat is scared of the Reptile Prime lol. He is curled up on top of a plant looking down at it. Funny how snakes can detect substrate changes very fast without even being on it. Gina and Louie are the same. Any kind of new substrate and they are very wary of it. Took Gina and Louie about 5 mins of sitting on my hand as a perch inside the cage while they inspected the cypress. Then once they deemed it to not be hot lava, they cautiously climbed down to it.

And yeah, Pat is a handful now. The little booger is always Caudal luring at night and is constantly hungry. I think Hilabeans was right, maybe Pat is going through a growth spurt. Pat just had a nice juicy fuzzy mouse 2 days ago and the lump is completely gone.

[AbsoluteApril]

Thanks. I think Pat is scared of the Reptile Prime lol. He is curled up on top of a plant looking down at it.

I changed out two ATB cages last night and both sat up in their perches looking at the substrate with, what I could call, annoyance. haha This morning though, one was down and sleeping all sprawled out across the substrate looking very comfortable (she's a WC and the other is CBB. I am curious if my few LTC/WCs will react any differently to the substrate more than the CBB ones that have never seen anything but paper).

Pat's looking great, I still can't get over how you are able to feed him so much so often and how well he does with it. I had heard feeding so often could lead to prolapse. Anyways, he seems to be doing fantastic and I'm enjoying this thread. Looking forward to him changing colors and you documenting it.

[Sauzo]

Thanks. Yeah, once he hits a year old, he will go to every week to two weeks. He is about 9 months old now and from what i have gathered from reading and talking to people, most people seem to feed theirs anywhere from 4-7 days.

And i know. Pat is a bottomless pit. He is like Caesar was when he was a baby. The little guy eats a fuzzy mouse and 2 days later the lump is completely gone and he is out and about at night try to catch more dinner from the front perch with caudal luring lol.

I honestly still think from what i have read that prolapse is mostly caused from lack of hydration. I did catch Pat dropping a deuce off the perch though. He doesnt seem to go to floor anymore to do the business. He just hangs his bum down off the perch and squeezes one out lol. And it amazing how much of the food they use as babies. After a decent size fuzzy mouse, the guy drops a deuce the size of a large mouse dropping.

Lol, Pat was fine when i had the door open and was messing around with his cage. He was all over the front seeing what was going on. But when i close the door was when he went up on the plant and looked at the substrate. And yeah, i guess it could be annoyance too haha. He liked the ReptiChips. After this bag of Reptile Prime, i might try cypress with him as the stuff lays flat so it should be fairly easy to spot a turd.

[SDA]

Trust me, feeding is not a cause of prolapse and neonates are needing more food than sub and adults. Dehydration is also not a root cause of prolapse but can be a symptom of what causes it.

[Sauzo]

Well Pat seems to be not annoyed or scared of the substrate anymore lol. He is curled up on his perch behind a plant sleeping again. Guess he's powernapping for tonight as i would bet with no lump in him, he will be out trying to catch dinner as soon as the cage lights go out.

[zina10]

Pat probably views you as a giant rodent dispenser! He is trying to figure out what to do to make one fall out...LOL


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[SDA]

I can't wait until the first time you have to try and restrain Pat. It is a right of passage and may your wounds heal fast

[Sauzo]

Pat probably views you as a giant rodent dispenser! He is trying to figure out what to do to make one fall out...LOL


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Sad part is i can totally see that as he was all about coming to the front when he saw me messing around. Then once the door closed and the 'mouse dispenser' left, he went to up on top of a plant and focused on the substrate lol.

[Sauzo]

I can't wait until the first time you have to try and restrain Pat. It is a right of passage and may your wounds heal fast

I've been bit by an almost 7 foot boa and a 6 foot boa. I've also had to unhook an upper lip from a tooth that went through it on a 8-9 foot retic. There is nothing a little 20 inch snake could do to surprise me unless it stood up and started shuffling across the floor singing "Hello my baby, Hello my honey' song haha.

[Sauzo]

Well, Pat shed last night. All in 1 piece again and took the king of poops and piss. He was saving that one up from his fuzzy mouse before he went into shed lol. It was the size of an adult rat or guinea pig poop. Anyways, i took him out on his perch and took a few pics and then tried to work with him. He wasnt really in the mood and stretched out and crawled back into his cage haha. Guess we work another day.