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new snake behavior

jessweet49 Sep 30, 2009 06:34 AM

I got a '09 kahl albino and a het albino a week ago. They have been set up in 20 long tanks with ceramic water bowls and half wood log hides. The first couple days they explored, etc. After five days i fed them small adult mice. They both took them fairly quickly ( within 15 seconds of the mice being in the cage) and had them down rather quickly also. However, since then they have just sort of sat around. I have a heat emitter on the male and it stay about 85 on the one end of his tank and i have a undertank heater on the female. The male hasn't really moved from his corner. Any ideas? I was reading online and it says they will be dull, but i checked him once to make sure he was still alive. I have had numerous other snakes (even boas) and never had them not move from a spot in two days. These were a bit of an investment for me, so i want to make sure they do okay. Thanks!

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rainbowsrus Sep 30, 2009 10:44 AM

Assuming they are hanging out on the heat - just digesting a meal?
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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