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astroturf
at Sat Jan 20 02:24:15 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by astroturf ]
Hey! Meet Mr. Proboscis (His name is for the first spot behind his head, though my boyfriend refuses to call him anything but Jake the Snake!)
This is my first snake after a few years of waiting! I purchased him at the Calgary Reptile Show and he is a normal 06 from a breeder here in Canada. He has been great, eating pre killed hoppers, and has never struck our hands (we tong feed), and has only missed one meal (and that was because I had handled him about 30 mins prior). The pictures are a couple months old when my friend let me borrow her digital cam  His last weight was 175g (jan 16) and he was 150g Dec 6.
If any experienced keepers here have any advice I would appreciate it regarding his houseing and feeding schedule.
He is fed 1 hopper approx every 7days depending on how excited he gets, and is growing slowly. I have found there are a variety of different recommended feeding schedules out there, does this sound reasonable?? I'm wondering if I should up this to 1 pinkie and 1 hopper as he seems to be looking for food immediately after he eats now.
His home is a 20gallon tank with coconut mulch and fir bark substrate with a UTH and heat lamp. He has live pothos and ficus(?) plants, two hides, and his water bowl under the heat lamp to help try and keep up humidty (between 50-75%).
I am concerned as he normally only stays on the cold side (72-76F) of his tank. I even changed both hides so they were identical! His warm side is around 85F - i have lowered it to see if he would go over, and increased it, and nothing has worked! Should I be worried?
Any recommendations for anything? Feedback is most appreciated! I'm also looking for hide advice on how to make him a bit more viewable (but still comfortable), and to give him more options, perhaps by placing a hide on the back wall somehow. Thank you, and I hope these pictures work!
Chrissy
0.1 Hedgehog (Teddy)
0.1 Leopard Gecko (Psilo)
0.1 Ball Python (Mr. P)
and 20 million guppies - guppy anyone?
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 Pics of my Male 06, feeding q's too! - astroturf, Sat Jan 20 02:24:15 2007
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