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Newbie Questions

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Posted by: Blueballoon87 at Mon Mar 30 00:35:55 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Blueballoon87 ]  
   

Hi, I just recently acquired my first ever snake. He's a 9 month old Cal King and I believe they called him a black banded.

First, I was told to use paper towel as his substrate but looking online I see most people do not use that. Is it personal preference or is there a better substrate?

Secondly, I've been feeding him one mouse hopper every 5 days or so, should he be getting more? He doesn't seem to have any problem eating it so I'm sure he doesn't need less.

Finally, the second day I had him he musked on me while being handled and I kept getting mixed answers on whether that's a good or bad thing. Please enlighten me!

Thanks
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1.0 California Kingsnake
4.0 Pet Rats
1.1 Cats
1.0 Betta


   

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