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RE: actually.......

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Posted by: sparke303 at Wed Jun 18 23:43:17 2003   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by sparke303 ]  
   

>>actually...my friend has been taking care of the ball pretty

>well but like...i geuss he didnt know that they didnt like the

>light, i mean i didnt know it either, and we thought that they

>couldnt eat full grown mice, i mean the head is only that big,

>i geuss i was used to the lizards i have. so should we just

>get a heat pad, and then no lights, and then feed it an adult

>mouse? should i feed it in the cage? or on a box? thanks...and



>i didnt really mean to put down my friend like

>that...yeah...sorry



I, too, am sorry. I read the forum from the bottom-up, and I didn't see this post until I'd already responded to your previous post. Heat pad=good...lights=supplement. Use a 40-watt incandescent bulb to supplement the heat pad during daylight hours to maintain a daytime 90-95 degrees on the hot side of his tank.



Don't feed an adult mouse, such could cause havoc on the snake...if the animal is under 2 feet, give it a fuzzy to begin with, then a hopper a week later. If over, begin with hoppers. Feed in a separate tank/box, so that it won't associate any movement in its tank with "feeding time".



Finally, I'd like to say BIG UPS to you for admitting that you "overstepped" your bounds. Thank you for double-checking the care sheets and realizing that BP's are different than lizards.


   

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