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DMong
at Mon Mar 10 00:50:59 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
>>OK, now I am wondering, our adult Pueblan, sits in his water dish sometimes for hours....
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>> Should I worry?
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>> Also, Since I rescued him, maybe I was mis-informed. The red bands are scattered, sparse and faded. He also is nearly 4 feet.
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>> Could there be other bloodlines, wrong species of milk snake?
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>> He is anti social, and I would be too after spending the amount of time this one did, STUFFED in a 10 gallon enclosure, along with a SCORPION housed in a small plastic "bug Box"
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>> The scorpion could never have touched the snake, but the bug box was taking up room in a tank that was already too small.
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>> Thanks
>> Wayne
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>>Some of our snakes - Click here
****** If it does this now and then for several hours at a time, it's no cause for concern at all, snakes do this from time to time, but please understand, if they do this ALL the time, or VERY often, this is usually a sign that something isn't quite right with the husbandry. Being too hot, or too dry is usually when they use the waterbowl excessively.
An ambient enclosure temp of about 73-77, and an underneath heat source at the other end of enclosure of around 82-86 degrees should be fine. Make sure the snake has small hides of somekind placed at BOTH ends so it can thermoregulate, and choose it;s own optimum temps at any given time. Put the waterbowl at the cool end of the cage.
If the snake in your photo is the one in question as to it being a "pure" Pueblan or not,.....the answer is yes, it's an aberrant "sock-head" Pueblan that has the red bands mostly obliterated with dark pigmentation. These are commonly called "Halloween" Pueblans, because of the black and orange color combination. The genetics of these is not fully understood,and they are produced from time to time, even with two parents that look like this, it doesn't guarantee the offspring will display the trait, it just increases the odds somewhat.
Hope this helps, ~Doug
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RE: too much time in moist hide? - DMong, Mon Mar 10 00:50:59 2008