Gralena
Corn Snake Diva
Hi! I have only had my okeetee male, Monty, for 8 days. I got him from Kathy Love and he was hatched 5-27-07, so he is about 7 months old. I have emailed her for advice, but I thought I would also post my situation here in case she does not get her email for awhile (she asked me to let her know if I had any trouble since this is our first snake).....
After having Monty for 3 days, we fed him one small thawed pinky, which he immediately took and ate fine. We fed him in a separate container and then put the container in his viv so he could crawl out on his own...we did not handle him. He did great.
Five days after that (this morning) we fed him another small pinky (Monty weighs 12g by the way, the pinky is so small it did not even register on the scale, so probably about 1g)...same scenario, he ate it right away and then we placed the container in the viv...have not touched him. In fact, we have been gone all day and when we came home I peeked in on him, and in the hide on the "cool" side I saw his pinky, regurged...it did not look digested at all, did not smell...and had gooey fluid next to it. Monty is laying under the aspen now, on the warm side.
Not sure why he regurged? His viv has a warm side (85-86F) using an UTH and thermostat. The warm side has 2 hides right over the warmest area. The substrate is aspen. The cool side also has a hide (which he seems to prefer, it is what he regurged in) and temp is about 72F. He also has other greenery and a curvy stick for climbing decor. His water is on the cool side, although I have never visibly seen him out drinking. We use bottled water. The pinky mouse was TINY both times, about 1 inch long & less then 1g, I could just see a slight bulge in him. Its back was slit. Of course, the first feeding he digested fine.....so now, I'm not sure what to do. Do I wait about 10 days and try again? Do I just feed a pinky head next time? I don't want anything to happen to him. Do I try the grapefruit seed extract in his water? I do have some, and I read on the forum about 3 drops per 1 cup of water.
I am attaching some pictures of our viv setup to see if you have any ideas. The pic with 2 hides (log and rock w/hole is the "warm" side) Will a 12g hatchling be okay for 10 days not eating? Is this too long/soon? We know not to be handling him at all....but we were not before either, only when we put him in feeding container. After, like I said...we put the whole container in viv so he could take his time exiting. One of the pics is of pinky mice we have to show you the size he was fed. Should we just use a head in 10 days? and if he does ok...when should we feed again? Thanks!! (my son is worried about him
After having Monty for 3 days, we fed him one small thawed pinky, which he immediately took and ate fine. We fed him in a separate container and then put the container in his viv so he could crawl out on his own...we did not handle him. He did great.
Five days after that (this morning) we fed him another small pinky (Monty weighs 12g by the way, the pinky is so small it did not even register on the scale, so probably about 1g)...same scenario, he ate it right away and then we placed the container in the viv...have not touched him. In fact, we have been gone all day and when we came home I peeked in on him, and in the hide on the "cool" side I saw his pinky, regurged...it did not look digested at all, did not smell...and had gooey fluid next to it. Monty is laying under the aspen now, on the warm side.
Not sure why he regurged? His viv has a warm side (85-86F) using an UTH and thermostat. The warm side has 2 hides right over the warmest area. The substrate is aspen. The cool side also has a hide (which he seems to prefer, it is what he regurged in) and temp is about 72F. He also has other greenery and a curvy stick for climbing decor. His water is on the cool side, although I have never visibly seen him out drinking. We use bottled water. The pinky mouse was TINY both times, about 1 inch long & less then 1g, I could just see a slight bulge in him. Its back was slit. Of course, the first feeding he digested fine.....so now, I'm not sure what to do. Do I wait about 10 days and try again? Do I just feed a pinky head next time? I don't want anything to happen to him. Do I try the grapefruit seed extract in his water? I do have some, and I read on the forum about 3 drops per 1 cup of water.
I am attaching some pictures of our viv setup to see if you have any ideas. The pic with 2 hides (log and rock w/hole is the "warm" side) Will a 12g hatchling be okay for 10 days not eating? Is this too long/soon? We know not to be handling him at all....but we were not before either, only when we put him in feeding container. After, like I said...we put the whole container in viv so he could take his time exiting. One of the pics is of pinky mice we have to show you the size he was fed. Should we just use a head in 10 days? and if he does ok...when should we feed again? Thanks!! (my son is worried about him