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amarilrose
at Thu Feb 22 12:09:06 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by amarilrose ]
Sounds pretty good. You may eventually find a tank divider is more trouble than it is worth, but it is a good idea, so go ahead and try it.
As far as your water dish that he keeps flipping, what are you using? I prefer to use heavy ceramic dogs bowls (you can occasionally find some really pretty ones on clearance at petstores) with a good glaze on them that is free of any pitting or "crazing" (lots of tiny little cracks). I avoid any that are rounded at the bottom or have an out-turned lip that the snake could use to flip the bowl.
Also, for cleaning, everybody has their own favorite solutions, but I prefer to use distilled white vinegar (the cheap stuff you can buy by the gallon any place that sells groceries). It's a good glass cleaner in general, but it is also great at disinfecting a previously used cage, and for cleaning anything you can think of out of a water bowl. Just rinse once or twice after cleaning, and that's all there is to it. It won't harm your animal(s).
Just thought I'd put that out there. I know you said you weren't new to reptiles, just new to snakes. Good luck!
~Rebecca
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0.1 Dumeril's Boa '04 (Courtney)
1.2 Ball Pythons
[1.0 '05 Orange Hypo (Specter)]
[0.1 '05 Het Orange Hypo (Sylvia)]
[0.1 '03 Normal (Sue)]
0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)
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RE: first meal in new home. - amarilrose, Thu Feb 22 12:09:06 2007