Wow....ok....let's see if I can remember what the questions were as I type...


1. Finding normals at MARS...NO PROBLEM! There'll be tons of normal babies to choose through. The earlier you get there, the better chance you have of finding a sweet striped or reduced pattern. But at any time, I'm quite sure you won't have any trouble finding lots of snakes to choose from.

2. Blushing is the faded spots along the dorsal (backbone) side of the snake. Some BP's have lots of obvious blushing, and some don't have any at all. Flames are the faded markings that come up from the belly, between the "alien heads" or splotches along the sides. They are usually vaguely "flame shaped"...hense the name.

3. A UTH controlled by a thermostat (or a dimmer switch at the least) will be perfectly safe on plastic.

4. Personally, I would not use shredded, ordinary paper as substrate. Ever had a paper cut? Can you image sliding through an entire "home" filled with paper edges? You can buy unprinted newspaper fairly cheaply, or something called "kraftpaper" that is brownish looking and has some texture to it. I'm using newspaper for my BP, and it works great...and since she's in an "ugly" ol' tub anyhow, I don't care if the substrate is pretty.

That's all the answers that come to mind, at the moment. Hope it helps some.