That's good to know. I probably won't be getting into any larger snakes until I don't have cats anymore. I'd be too worried about the cats becoming food. (i'm so neurotic sometimes.)
Well, I think I might have a soldering iron around here somewhere. (My mom used to work for an aviation company that built the electronic boards, and she had several soldering irons from there.) If not, I'm pretty sure I could afford $6. And I know about the smell. lol - i've smelled burning plastic, and it was not very pleasant.
I never knew about the stunning thing, so I will be sure not to do so. I don't want to cause any more pain to the prey than is necessary. (i.e. let the snake do it's job instead of interfering.)
I will most definitely look for a female. Most likely she'll be a normal, but maybe i'll get a morph of something. If not this year, then next year, definitely.

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Building your own caging wouldn't be cost effective. If you had a huge 10ft burm it would be, but when you can buy a whole enclosure for almost the price of one sheet of Melamine.

For ventalation I use a soldering iron. Goes through like butter. I do two hole one on top of each other about an inch apart( looks like this : : : : The iron cost me a whole $6 at Ace. If you do this I suggest doing it in a WELL ventalated area. Burning plastic is very gross.


Please don't stun prey. It is viewed as cruel, but imo puts your BP at more risk, unless you know how hard you have to hit it. If you don't hit it hard enough it can wake up and will be very agressive. Many bites happen this way. Also a flopping around mouse bleeding out of its mouth, imo is more upsetting than a mouse being constricted and killed almost instantly.

If you can get a morph I would suggest it or even a female normal. Just incase you have future breeding plans.