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boxienuts
at Wed Sep 17 01:26:56 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by boxienuts ]
Clearly great advice Tim, but I would like some clarification for one of your statement sentences:
"I would not handle the snake until it is on a regular feeding schedule (has eaten 10-12 times). "
So, I change water every feeding and change newpaper (or paper towel if hatchling) every couple meals and thoroughly clean tubs every several feedings, and when I clean tubs I have to handle the snakes to transfer to the holding tub and when I do so I hold them for a few minutes to make sure that the snake calms down and realizes that I will not harm them and then when it relaxes I put it in the holding tub and do the same when I put it back into the clean tub, so I could not realistically not go 10-12 feedings without handling a snake, but I consider this minimal handling, so I assume that when you say "not handle the snake" what you mean by that is more along the lines of "do not sit in front of the TV for an hour molesting your snake causing it undue harmfull stress, even though it is only natural to want to play with your cool new pet". Is that about right? or do you mean "Do not touch!"?
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Jeff Benfer
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RE: feeding corn snake - boxienuts, Wed Sep 17 01:26:56 2008
