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at Sun Oct 28 22:58:06 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by artinscales ]
The shedding shouldn't be a problem. You said he had mites during his second shed, that probably explains the short time between sheds. In the wild, they will shed their skin to get rid of parasites as they can leave them behind with the shed.
A 75 gallon tank should be ok for a while. I'm not sure about the coconut fiber bedding as I have never had experience with it. It might cause impacting in the snake, but you would have to check with others that know more about it. We use newspaper or aspen bedding for all our snakes.
You might want to rethink feeding your burm in the bath tub. I know that some people say to feed your snake outside his cage to reduce the chances that he learns that the cage door opening means food. I feel that when you take him out to feed him, he is learning that being removed from the cage means he's going to eat. You also run the chance that he thinks your hand is a second food item when removing him from the tub. When we feed, we open the door just enough to get the prey item in the cage and close it back. When we are going to handle them, we fully open the door and use a snake hook to let them know we are there and it's not feeding time. Sometimes they still think it's dinner time, but with a little pushing and pulling with the hook they quickly realize it's not feeding time. There is no way I could pick up my big girls with the hook (they would probably bend or break it, Haha), but I can get their attention and maneuver them with it.
Sorry this is so long, but I hope this helps.
Talk to you later,
Randy
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RE: GROWING burm! long as usual... - artinscales, Sun Oct 28 22:58:06 2007