Hello and progress thread

[Homebody]

Omg the little turd escaped. I thought this thing was fort k Knox! The only thing I can think might have happened is that the grommet wasn’t popped in all the way and he managed to climb a literal WIRE and escape. I came to check and see if he’d shed yet to find a piece of skin and NO SNAKE!! It took me 45 minutes to find him he’d climbed up into the upholstery in one of my easy chairs omg

It happens. I'm happy you found him quickly.

[ROSIEonFIRE]

Gday all! So I think I would like to bump up Lenny’s feed schedule a bit. I was thinking every 10 days would be a good, considering the previous owner was feeding every 2 weeks. I bought a small rat and was preparing to feed it to him but it struck me that the rat might be too large for him. I weighed them both and the rat came in at 68g and Lenny came in at 400g. So it seems like I should be shooting for a 40-45g feed. Should I be concerned about this dip in weight? On 4/20 he was 420g. I mean I fed him 4/21 so it’s not like he isn’t eating.


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[ROSIEonFIRE]

Hi all! Lenny’s eating like a champ and growing. Turns out his breeder got arrested for sneglect and vet says he has a few mites but apparently he escaped the worst of it with this breeder. We’ll get those mites cleared up. Lenny helped me get my new isopods settled in to their temporary home today


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[Homebody]

Gday all! So I think I would like to bump up Lenny’s feed schedule a bit. I was thinking every 10 days would be a good, considering the previous owner was feeding every 2 weeks. I bought a small rat and was preparing to feed it to him but it struck me that the rat might be too large for him. I weighed them both and the rat came in at 68g and Lenny came in at 400g. So it seems like I should be shooting for a 40-45g feed. Should I be concerned about this dip in weight? On 4/20 he was 420g. I mean I fed him 4/21 so it’s not like he isn’t eating.

Sorry for the late response, but your proposed feeding schedule sounds fine. When he hits 1000g, go back to every 14 days. I hear Nexguard works great for mites. It's best that you let your vet administer it for you.

[ROSIEonFIRE]

Sorry for the late response, but your proposed feeding schedule sounds fine. When he hits 1000g, go back to every 14 days. I hear Nexguard works great for mites. It's best that you let your vet administer it for you.

Yeah the vet gave me ivermectin which might just be nextgaurd, I have not gotten around to starting the treatment regimen yet since I’ll have to clean all his substrate out of his enclosure but I’m planning on doing it this weekend. I have to treat him and his enclosure 1x/week for four weeks. I’ll probably keep him paper towels during this time.


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[Homebody]

Yeah the vet gave me ivermectin which might just be nextgaurd, I have not gotten around to starting the treatment regimen yet since I’ll have to clean all his substrate out of his enclosure but I’m planning on doing it this weekend. I have to treat him and his enclosure 1x/week for four weeks. I’ll probably keep him paper towels during this time.

Nextgard is different. It's a one shot and your done treatment. Ask your vet about it. One of our members recently treated his Bredl's python with it and it worked great (https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...er#post2788321). Here is a link to a scientific paper supporting it's use (https://parasitesandvectors.biomedce...71-022-05611-1). Your vet may find it helpful.

[Malum Argenteum]

I would not personally spray ivermectin on anything I intended to use to house isopods or other invertebrates in -- it is literally used to kill isopods in marine fish.

That's kind of another reason why so-called bioactive housing is less than desirable -- it complicates basic care.