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ate a fuzzy yesterday on her limb this morning both snakes that ate were on the floor. is this normal? .Chris

WHAT TEMP IS YOUR CAGE AT???
THE TEMP MIGHT BE A LITTLE TO WARM NEAR THE PERCH...

WHAT KIND OF PERCH DO YOU HAVE??

BEAUTUFUL SNAKE...

answer to above: no over head light , temps are room (Miami indoors)past week 80s in the day maybe mid 60s in the night had a lil front come thru yesterday burrr! low of 65*F.and the perch is a 3/4" dowel (wood).Chris

how many perches/climbing branches do you have? I'd put at least 2 in the cage... one 6 inches from the heat source, one about 10-12 inches from it. However sometimes they just want to chill on the ground, mine does all the time.
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-Chris

The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

A fool doesn't learn. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Which one are you?

My Website
N. American Rat/Corn snake care sheet I wrote
Information on substrates

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Black Rat (Frankie)
0.1 Texas Bairdi (Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)
1.0 Green Tree Python (Monty)

Of course it's normal (or not normal depending on how one views it). By the looks of "that" picture, I'd be on the floor also. Imo, that meal looks big to me. Hopefully you won't be greated with some large intestinal awakening in about 2 weeks.

Rich Culver

i was wondering about the size of that meal... that's probably the size my black rat got right before she regurgd it last week.
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-Chris

The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

A fool doesn't learn. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Which one are you?

My Website
N. American Rat/Corn snake care sheet I wrote
Information on substrates

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Black Rat (Frankie)
0.1 Texas Bairdi (Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)
1.0 Green Tree Python (Monty)

Very pretty new snake!! I believe the reason your baby went to ground was because of the meal size and it just could not perch comfortably.

I would consider the meal size very carefully for your gtp babies and feed too small rather than too large a meal if necessary. Prolapses are a very possible side effect of feeding too large a meal with gtps.

My adult gtps ground themselves somewhat regularly, usually when going into shed when they hang out under the cork bark on moist substrate..... but.... my babies generally perch on branches or bark and the only time I see them on the floor is in the evenings when they may be cruising hoping that food will appear.

thanks for the input , i was feeding a fuzzy like i would a rainbow boa. they consumed within 5 minutes after constiction.Thank again Y'all,Chris