New egg-eater

[Awesomethepossum]

Very Cool, will be watching this thread and learning from this.....

Was going to get a pair of these (these can be cohabbed), but ended up with my problem baby BP's instead.

So now I'll get thru winter and see if I can get a few next spring, Gives me time to find a quail egg supply in the mean time.

There is so much information out there, and not much of it is consistent.

Some say they need lots of space with plenty of height, and others say they're content in a tub. I initially had him in a 40 gallon for a few days, and he just sayed in the same spot in the corner without moving at all, so I worried he felt too exposed (but maybe I was wrong). The man I bought this one from said he had him in a 10 gallon at room temp, with an UTH set to 95. The rest of the tank was kept at room temp.

I actually spoke with another individual who has a few young ones in tubs, and she agreed with the temps (70-75ish). But they're hardy snakes, so apparently the cool end could go down to 65 as long as UTH is available.. it just shouldn't drop too much more than that. I currently have him on a reptichip/aspen mix. Apparently they don't need more than an inch or so of substrate.

I'll see how he does in the 37qt for the time being, and make sure he's eating. I know they like to climb, so if this isn't enough, I'll make the necessary adjustments and add more fake plants, branches, etc.

I was originally told to just give him one egg a week, but this other individual recommended I offer him 2-3 quail eggs at a time. She's also kind enough to offer different sized eggs for me to try with him, since some can be finicky.

I'll keep you guys posted

1.0 Pumpkin Pied BP, 0.1 KSB, 0.1 Bearded dragon, 1.2 Leopard gecko, 0.1 Ornate Pacman Frog, 1.1 Barred tiger salamander