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zach_whitman
at Fri Nov 13 03:03:29 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by zach_whitman ]
Are you serious? About the bottle cap thing?
There are so many problems here I don't know where to start.
OK i actually do know where to start...
1) a 10 gal is WAY too small for that snake. He should not be kept in there for any length of time. Find something bigger.
2) Snakes need to stay hydrated. They can conserve water if you give them someplace humid to hide. Obviously your snake does not have this in a 10 gal tank full of sand. Short of that they need to drink water on a very regular basis. Keep water in the cage at all times.
3) A bottle cap is too small of a container to drink from. That would not even be a sip of water for a 44 inch snake. Go buy a bowl that he can't flip over.
4) Is your snake dead? You never said what happened?
5) That does not sound like a burn to me. A burn on a snake looks like...well...a burn. Not a dark hard spot. At least not right away, maybe after it scars over. Hard spots are usually necrotic tissue and if its dry and hard (like the tip of some iguana tails) its usually bacterial in origin.
Your problems are because your husbandry is terrible. Sorry to be blunt. Don't blame your heat pad. I have used dozens of those pads with hundreds of snakes and never had a single problem. Yes they are pretty hot right on the glass. No a snake will not burn itself if it can possibly thermoregulate any other way.
If your snake is still alive and you would like more help please post a picture of what you are talking about.
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DUDE! Are You Kidding??? - zach_whitman, Fri Nov 13 03:03:29 2009