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Riven
at Fri May 1 21:53:55 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Riven ]
Thank you so much Mark! I appreciate all your helpful advice.
We went back to the pet place today and got the snake gendered, we have a male. We removed the heat lamp and put the heating pad on the underside of one side of the tank, which seems to have improved the humidity and better regulates the temperature of the enclosure.
A good friend with years of experience with boas recommended ground up walnut shells as a good bedding. So we will likely be replacing the bedding soon. Does anybody have experience with that sort of bedding?
We've increased his feed to one pinkie mouse every 2-3 days since he seemed really hungry the first day or two we had him. I will trim him back to 2 times a week after he's fattened up just a little (he's 16 inches long or so and maybe a tiny bit over a half inch thick). He has settled down on this feeding schedule and now comes out for about 30 minutes to an hour every evening to cruise his tank. He is quite amenable and comfortable with being handled, it seems. He hasn't struck or been at all aggressive with us except the first time we fed him, when he was very very hungry.
I am really glad I found this forum, it's been so helpful, and I am looking forward to learning more here. If all goes well in some time I am hoping to adopt a quality female in the future 
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RE: New snake owner tips? - Riven, Fri May 1 21:53:55 2009