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RE: First baby Dumeril's

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Posted by: pathigdon at Sat Sep 13 20:58:41 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pathigdon ]  
   

CONGRATS on the Dum!!

I wouldn't handle the snake very much for the first couple of weeks. With it only being a week old you can stress it pretty easily. In all honestly you should have bought a baby that had already shed at least once and fed a couple of times. It is always risky buying any kind of baby snake that hasn't shed and fed yet.

I would limit handling to just the amount of time it takes to remove the snake from the cage for cleaning and then putting it back in. A couple of minutes tops, until it has shed and fed a couple of times.
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1.3 dumerils boas, 1.0 albino burmese python, 0.0.1 wc prairie kingsnake, 0.2 bearded dragons, 0.0.1 sulcata tortoise


   

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