More updates!

I took my BP to see Dr. Jennifer Walker (I originally had an appointment with Dr. Bianca Zaffarano but she had to perform an emergency surgery) at Pennyroyal Small and Exotic Animal Hospital today for a check-up and probe.

Mazeltov! It's a healthy baby boy! He's 43 centimeters long and weighs a whopping 177 grams.

The vet did an "exam" of my husbandry skills and I mentioned that I learned a lot from this online forum. The only problems she had with my snake-keeping skills were my substrate (she wants me to use paper towels because she didn't know what I was talking about when I said "eco-earth") and the fact that I feed live. I told her I feed live but that I have tried F/T and will continue to do so.

She gave me mineral oil just in case he has mites (there are none visible and no behavior to suggest he has any, but I bought the snake from a pet store so it's basically a "better safe than sorry" thing).

Lastly, she also gave me brownie points for feeding in a separate enclosure... something which I wasn't sure was the right thing to do. I feel confident about it now.

For the most part, everything she told me about husbandry and other care lined up with information I've gotten here. I came across as a well-researched herparent... 'cause I am one... thanks to this site. Thanks again!