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Yesterday I got a female motley hatchling from South Mountain Reptiles. She is beautiful. I have to give it up to Don of South Mountain, the snake he sent me is excellent and he was a good guy to do business with. I didnt't think she would eat today after being shipped from Texas and handled a good amount yesterday, but now she is hiding in her ceramic tree stump with a full belly. She really is great. I wish I would of taken some pictures before I fed her. In a few days hopefully I'll have some pics up. Next week I'll take some while she's eating. Don't have a name yet, maybe manasadevi?

Here is a question: What's up with humidity, I know she'll need good humidity to shed. I keep my room very dry, since I live in a basement. What is a good humidity when she's not in shed, and any suggestions for raising humidity inside the vivarium?

really, any kind of humidity is fine... when i see my snakes getting dull or in "blue phase" where the eyes turn blue, i mist the cage in the am and pm to help the shed come off in 1 shed

~kin
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude) [just a pet...she started it all]
1. unknown hypo? normal? (Romeo)
1.2 Miami Phase (Hector, Emily, Charlotte) thanks jeff!
2. Miami Phase part zigzag (Starkey, Mcvitty)[Emilys F2]
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury)
1. Classic het Hypo, poss het Amel, Anery (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy) [Emilys F1 babies]
.1 Amel (Pepperoni)
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss HET Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Hypo HET Stripe (Gracie Lou)
1.1 Anery HET Motley (Lleroy, Persia)
.1 Candy Cane (Peaches HoneyBlossom) [Just a pet]
1. Abbotts Okeetee (Albert) [Charlottes son]
1.1 Snow (Crickle, Isis)

Others:
1.1 Black rats (Willard, Cecily)
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Dweezil, Skunky)
1. High-white Reverse Spotted Cal King (Wishbone)
.1 Albino Stripe Cal King (Eve)
.1 Bananna spotted/stripe cal king (no name) Thanks Jeff!!!
1. MSP Thayeri (Guiseppe)
1.1 Creamsicle HET Motley(Orangejello, Genevieve)
1. Creamsicle motley (no name) Thanks Jimmy!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEOPARD GECKOS~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Normal het Midnight Blizzard (Mr. Spot)
.1 Blizzard (Blitz)
.1? unknown High yellow and brown spots...hypo? (no name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLES~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)
.1 snapping turtle (no name, ideas welcome)
~~~~~~~~~~~~OTHER~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.0.1 American toad

I don't worry too much about ambient humidity, but my corns get a sandwich-sized tupperware box with a damp paper towel in, and they seem to like it quite a lot when blue. Never had any shedding troubles with them either. Good luck,

-P
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1.0.0 Normal corn snake (Frito)
1.0.0 Creamsicle corn (Tang)
0.1.0 Ghost corn (Raynham)
1.1.2 Bay of LA rosy boas (Rivet, Cali, and Cali's unnamed babies)
0.1.0 Cape Gopher (Mole)
0.0.1 African House Snake (Casa)