My ETB just ate for the first time for me and I want to excercise it to aid in defication but I don't want to encourage regurgitation by stressing it. How long after eating should I wait to take it out of the cage? I am going for a 12 day feeding schedule for now.
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how long after eating can you hold an ETB?
wakesetter
Apr 25, 2004 11:46 AM
Replies (5)
CraigC
Apr 25, 2004 12:50 PM
During breeding season, I wait 5 days after separation for feeding to return the male to the females cage. Haven't had any problems and they seem to have digested enough to resume mating.
Quite simply, ETB's don't like to be held. All of our perches are removable in order to avoid stress when removing them from the enclosure. Trying to pry an emerald from a permanent perch when they don't want to let go can be very stressful to the snake and keeper as well as possibly being painful to the keeper. It is quite easy to get them to move from the perch to the exercise "tree" and most will tolerate being hand carried back to the cage. However, if you insist on holding them, never restrain them or make sudden moves as you will likely be introduced first hand to their business end. LOL
CraigC
wakesetter
Apr 25, 2004 03:39 PM
when you way exercise tree I assume you mean a big branch stuck in a pot or something similiar? I have done that for my parrots and I could probably use the same tree for the ETB. He is pretty small at about 24". I guess I could let him explore that for a while as exercise. Does this sound right? Thanks for responding to all my posts. You have been very helpful. I don't mean to be annoying by asking all these questions. I just would rather ask a dumb question than make a mistake that I regret.
wakesetter
Apr 25, 2004 03:40 PM
Oh yeah, the perch he usually sits on is removable so I can just remove him from the cage while he sits on it and let him crawl off onto the parots jungle gym (of course with out the parrots on it).
CraigC
Apr 25, 2004 03:50 PM
It's always better to ask questions than not. Make sure you clean the exercise perch well before and after so you don't transmit anything from one species to the other.
Karen Clark
beljam1
Apr 25, 2004 11:12 PM
It might be wise to set up a different exercise tree than the one your parrot uses. There is an article relating ETB regurgitation syndrome to contact with birds. You can read the article for yourself on the corallus website. Im not sure of the title but it was there last I checked. Better to not take chances. As for the handling it is alot less stressful to have removable perchs.
Chris
