Children's Pythons

[Caitlin]

To be honest, I don't monitor humidity for my two Antaresia nearly as closely as I do with my Ball Python, GTP, or Rainbow Boa. I use aspen as a substrate, and when I notice they are going into shed I offer them a humidity hide - but neither has ever opted to use it, and both have had perfect sheds every time so far (Jake the Stimson's is 3 years old; Miso the Children's is just 10 months). Maybe once a week I'll throw a hygrometer in their enclosures and do a quick humidity check. These two and my King snake are the only ones I use aspen with, and since aspen is so drying I do like to check occasionally to be sure I'm not dessicating them, lol.

Just as an FYI, I'm linking below a brief video from Lori Torrini on target training one of her Children's Pythons to moderate a strong feeding response:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DBI_OdNePM

[vivi]

To be honest, I don't monitor humidity for my two Antaresia nearly as closely as I do with my Ball Python, GTP, or Rainbow Boa. I use aspen as a substrate, and when I notice they are going into shed I offer them a humidity hide - but neither has ever opted to use it, and both have had perfect sheds every time so far (Jake the Stimson's is 3 years old; Miso the Children's is just 10 months). Maybe once a week I'll throw a hygrometer in their enclosures and do a quick humidity check. These two and my King snake are the only ones I use aspen with, and since aspen is so drying I do like to check occasionally to be sure I'm not dessicating them, lol.

Just as an FYI, I'm linking below a brief video from Lori Torrini on target training one of her Children's Pythons to moderate a strong feeding response:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DBI_OdNePM

Thanks again Catilin, I'll probably offer a humid hide just in case. Can you elaborate on what target training actually does? Does the target mean that there's food coming?