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Danne
at Thu Nov 27 11:53:12 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Danne ]
Maybe it was brought up in a past post....but one thing I noticed was not asked at all nor provided....what is the husbandry details?
Age of the snake? - 3 months, when I got him he was about 1 month
Type of cage (rubbermaid, glass tank etc. ?) - he was in a rubbermaid but I moved him to a tank and covered it with insulation on the top and sides to keep in the heat and make it more secretive. It's also in my closet with the door open so he get's a 12/12 light cycle but it's very quiet and I can also close it at night and then turn the light on in the room and not disturb him.
Size of cage? 10 gallon (and similarly sized rubbermaid)
Hot side temp? it's on a dimmer gets about 85-95
Cold side temp? 70's
Humidity? not sure of the exact number but the top of the cage is covered (it's the same for my rainbow only for the BP his bowl is not over the heat source so less water evaporates)
Hides? - 3 ziploc containers with holes cut in them too enter and he can also go underneath his water bowl since there are 2 holes in the sides (it's made for cats)
Has he eaten on his own at all? (realize he hasn't eaten in the last two months other that whatever the vet forced down its throat, but did he eat before that period?)
The guys who sold him to me told me he was eating however now I'm not so sure. They were a little fishy and didn't have records for any of their snakes.
Substate? - paper towels
Weight? (current weight and past weight?) I took him to the vet like a month into not eating, he weighed 54g I think and is now down to 38g.
Also I have tried to force feed him a number of times none of which worked. I'm sure that this added to the stress but there was really not much else I could do. I did give him some chicken baby food mixed with pedialyte last night, I'll try to get pinks tomorrow. I do have some frozen rat pups, would 'assist feeding' him one of those help? Thanks for all the help guys, everyone else just keeps saying to return him to the store but I know they won't do anything to help him.
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 Danne
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1.0 '07 BRB "Monroe"
1.0 '08 Pastel BP "Sebastian"
1.1 Leos "Bowser & Peach"
0.3 cats "Beast, Smokey & Thelma"
0.2 Dumbo (non-feeder) rats "Josie & Holly"
0.4.2 fish
Email = dshoback@eden.rutgers.edu
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RE: Skinny BP - Danne, Thu Nov 27 11:53:12 2008