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phflame
at Fri Oct 29 19:54:07 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by phflame ]
I am thinking of moving him into a 10 gallon glass aquarium, although it will not fit on my shelves where I have the other snakes, unfortunately.
I also feel that this feeding problem is humidity related, and the tank he is in now is VERY good at retaining humidity. I also have him on paper towels for a substrate. Do you think that I should switch him to carefresh, which is pretty dehydrating?
He only had that one regurge, and I don't even know if you can call it a regurge, as the pinky mouse came up almost as soon as he ate it, unless he never actually got it totally swallowed. It is also possible that since he was trying to eat it sideways when I left him, he gave up on eating it when it didn't go down and he just left it in there under his body and I never noticed it. I put the deli cup that he was in back into his regular tank and removed the lid, but didn't lift it up and look under the snake before I did that, as I didn't want to disturb him. Maybe I shoudl have searched it more thoroughly. The pinky that I found in there was not at all slimy.
Previously he had eaten one frozen/thawed pinky after I had dragged it across the feeding tank. I tried feeding him this past Thursday and he had no interest in the lizard scented pinky. Obviously a pinky would have no irritating hairs or fur, so I shouldn't have to skin it.
He is being kept alone with no cagemates. What temps do you run? Whan you say "jar" of water, would a baby food type jar work, or perhaps just a very small bowl instead? Or would you recommend removing the water bowl during the week and only offering it on a limited basis?
These snakes really seem to require that same care as Transpecos ratsnakes, i.e. the low humidity and the smaller prey items, don't they? Maybe the Texas Bairds are the incredibly easy snakes to keep, but I sure am not finding it so with this little Mexican Baird.
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- Humidity concerns with Mexican Baird's Ratsnake - phflame, Wed Oct 20 20:39:20 2004
- RE: Humidity concerns with Mexican Baird's Ratsnake - Kevin Saunders, Wed Oct 20 22:50:29 2004
- Terry question for you buddy. - Gargoyle420, Wed Oct 20 23:28:08 2004
- RE: Humidity concerns with Mexican Baird's Ratsnake - terryp, Thu Oct 21 10:26:52 2004
- My thoughts on humidity: - Tony D, Thu Oct 21 13:36:26 2004
- RE: Humidity concerns with Mexican Baird's Ratsnake - draybar, Thu Oct 21 16:33:51 2004
- RE: Humidity concerns with Mexican Baird's Ratsnake - hermanbronsgeest, Thu Oct 28 08:44:51 2004
 Wow, thanks for all that info, Herman....more questions, also (LONG) - phflame, Fri Oct 29 19:54:07 2004
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