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Pictures of the new boys (X-post to Gen)

Hollychan Apr 24, 2008 05:49 PM

Heh, accidentally posted this in the General Snake forum first. :P Meant to put it here. ^_^

Okay, I brought them home today. They are in pretty rough shape but with the right husbandry, I think they'll be okay. The Okeetee Corn is about two years old and the normal Corn is maybe a year to a year and a half old. The Okeetee has a definite injury on his back where it appears one of the live rats or mice he fed the little guy, bit him. I tried to take a good picture of the spot, but with the bright sun outside, it was hard to see my viewfinder and I couldn't tell when it was in focus. :P The normal Corn still has an awful lot of shed on the very tip of his tail (!) and the Okeetee appears to have some spots on his body where he hasn't fully shed yet and the very tip of his tail is gone from shed cutting off the circulation, I'm quite sure. I have them in their tanks with heat lamps at the moment and a wet towel over 3/4 of the screen, to increase humidity. They have very large water bowls (Gladware tubs) and cypress bedding. Only the normal corn has a hide in his tank that he could fit in, the Okeetee has two or three really tiny hides that he's probably had since he was a hatchling. :P Of course, I'm going to solve these husbandry problems, I just want them to settle back into the familiar for a week or so before I start correcting the problems.

I do have a couple of questions before I let you guys see the pictures. Do cornsnakes need belly heat like kings do? I was planning on getting a couple of heat pads for them, but I wanted to be sure. Should I also keep the "basking" lamps? I have their tanks near a window right now, so I can control the amount of sunshine that can get in. (miniblinds, of course.) I'm going to switch them over to aspen bedding, since I prefer it. ^_^ I'll correct their hide problem and the lack of branches for a bit of climbing. I'm going to get them different water bowls, I don't like the Gladware.

Is there something like mineral oil, olive oil, or the like that I can use to help get that last bit of shed off the little guy's tail? Like I said, I'm raising the humidity, they've got huge water bowls they can soak in, and I'll gladly put him in a shallow tank of water for a bit if it will help. I didn't want to pull at the skin until I had a good amount of humidity in there to help ease it off. He has pieces of shed stuck to the side of his hide, it really looks bad. I think they've both been shedding in sections, ripping pieces off here and there.

Will the Okeetee's scale injury shed out eventually or is there something I could put on it to assist? It looks like it may have been there for a while. I'm going to convert them to f/t at the next feeding. He said he hasn't fed them in a week and a half but that they have had frozen one time before, but he preferred feeding them live because it was "more exciting to watch." :P I'm quite disappointed in him.

Anyway, without further ado, here are the pictures. My boyfriend, Clarence, helped model them for me. ^_^
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Holly

0.1 Lavender California Kingsnake (Lizzie Borden) (missing )
1.0 Florida Kingsnake (Eddie Gein)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Charley Manson)
1.0 Orange Marmalade Cat (Oliver)
1.0 Black Cat (Shadowfax)
1.0 Egyptian Arabian (Bagan) (Deceased )
1.0 Tennessee Walking Horse (Durango)

2.0 Toddlers (Justice & Trevor)

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Hollychan Apr 24, 2008 05:49 PM



















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Holly

0.1 Lavender California Kingsnake (Lizzie Borden) (missing )
1.0 Florida Kingsnake (Eddie Gein)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Charley Manson)
1.0 Orange Marmalade Cat (Oliver)
1.0 Black Cat (Shadowfax)
1.0 Egyptian Arabian (Bagan) (Deceased )
1.0 Tennessee Walking Horse (Durango)

2.0 Toddlers (Justice & Trevor)

STEVES_KIKI Apr 24, 2008 06:53 PM

as for the belly heat.... they should have a warm hide and a cool hide.... i have a heated room.... but if its fairly cool, yes, put belly heat.... as for the shed... try to soak the snakes for about 30 mins and gently get a moist towel and work the shed off...
~kin
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Hollychan Apr 24, 2008 07:01 PM

I'll try that, thanks.

Okay, so since I'm in Florida, my usual temperatures should be about right? Do they need a massive gradient? I can't find that info in any of my current reptile books. I keep my king at 85-90ish on the hot side and 75-70 on the cooler end. If I need a big temperature gradient with the corns, I'll use a heatpad to adjust it, but if ambient room temperatures will pretty much be fine, then that's easy. Right now they're in my bedroom, which had 79.2 on the thermometer on the wall when I got home.
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Holly

0.1 Lavender California Kingsnake (Lizzie Borden) (missing )
1.0 Florida Kingsnake (Eddie Gein)
0.0.1 Okeetee Cornsnake
0.0.1 Cornsnake
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Charley Manson)
1.0 Orange Marmalade Cat (Oliver)
1.0 Black Cat (Shadowfax)
1.0 Egyptian Arabian (Bagan) (Deceased )
1.0 Tennessee Walking Horse (Durango)

2.0 Toddlers (Justice & Trevor)

FloridaHogs Apr 24, 2008 09:58 PM

Where in FL are you? I am in the pensacola area.

The mouse bite should eventually shed out. Just pay close attention to that area when he sheds, the scaring can cause the skin to "stick"

I received a young corn that had been attacked by a cat. He had a really nasty gash on his side. 6 mths later, and there is no sign of the wound.
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Jenea
Guardian Reptiles

"When your memories are bigger than your dreams, you're headed for the grave" Author unknown

Hollychan Apr 24, 2008 10:01 PM

Heh, I'm over in good ole Panama City.

The more I look at this wound, the more it appears there is still some shed stuck to it. I have the humidity up very high in his tank right now, hoping that any unshed skin will peel off overnight. He has a couple of spots on his belly where it appears some of the skin is still unshed.
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Holly

0.1 Lavender California Kingsnake (Lizzie Borden) (missing )
1.0 Florida Kingsnake (Eddie Gein)
0.0.1 Okeetee Cornsnake
0.0.1 Cornsnake
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Charley Manson)
1.0 Orange Marmalade Cat (Oliver)
1.0 Black Cat (Shadowfax)
1.0 Egyptian Arabian (Bagan) (Deceased )
1.0 Tennessee Walking Horse (Durango)

2.0 Toddlers (Justice & Trevor)

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