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Eve - Cape african house snake
- Thread starter albertagirl
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albertagirl
Sharan
It's funny but whenever I read anything you're writing about Clyde I'm always nodding right along. Eve always comes straight over the top of the phone and hits the touch screen and changes settings too! And I've used that exact description, holding her is like wearing self-adjusting handcuffs. She holds on so tight and she is so strong!
And yes, I got her from a breeder in Calgary, Alberta, who got her and some clutchmates from a breeder in Lethbridge, Alberta. So I don't even actually know the name of the person who has her parents, only the breeder I bought her from.
albertagirl
Sharan
:roflmao:
Thank you! She and my cinder are my favorites, I really like the dark snakes! She has a bit more of a pattern than some of the other house snakes I've seen, but it seems to only be apparent from certain angles.
albertagirl
Sharan
Eve had a perfect shed last night at 65% humidity. This is only her second or third perfect shed since I got her, so we are still working out the details, but it's nice to know 75% is not actually required. It's hard to keep humidity that high in Alberta in the winter, when the ambient humidity is 10% at best.
In 3 more weeks she will be getting her adult size cage, and she is more than ready for it. She's still doing really well in the 10 gallon, but it's starting to look just a little cramped when she can have her head in her cool hide while her tail is still in her warm hide. Haha
In 3 more weeks she will be getting her adult size cage, and she is more than ready for it. She's still doing really well in the 10 gallon, but it's starting to look just a little cramped when she can have her head in her cool hide while her tail is still in her warm hide. Haha
DollysMom
It never gets old!
Clyde is currently in a 10 gallon and he will eventually be moving up to a 20 long. Knowing that Clyde will stay smaller than your girl, what size is her new home?
Congrats on the perfect shed. How often does Eve shed? Clyde was sheds every month but the interval has been lengthening a bit.
Congrats on the perfect shed. How often does Eve shed? Clyde was sheds every month but the interval has been lengthening a bit.
albertagirl
Sharan
I will be moving her into a 2'x2' cage, but I'm prepared to switch her and the corns around if necessary. They are currently in 3'x2' cages, and some of them are so lazy the space is rarely used. Since house snakes are so much faster, I feel like more room might be nice if she ends up being close to the same size and more active.
Could a male stay in a 10 gallon their whole lives? I will have an empty 10 gallon once she is moved, and while I'm not really looking to fill it, I do wonder once in a while about whether it would be big enough for an adult male housie. I think my hognose will probably be good in the other 10 gallon as an adult, but I'm not positive. I'll be playing that one by ear. Not knowing gender doesn't help.
Eve sheds every month. I'm always a little suprised when she goes blue, it always seems like she JUST shed, but then I check the calendar and it's been a month. I wonder how she can outgrow a skin so fast when she's only had 4 or 5 meals?
DollysMom
It never gets old!
A 2x2 will be very roomy for her. Yes, a male can stay in a 10 gallon his whole life, but like a corn staying in a 20 long it is a minimum. After Cleo moves to her adult digs, there will be no reason not to give Clyde more room.
I don't know about the hoggie. I've heard that they can stay in a 10, but I'm really clueless there.
I know it's only two data points but I think it's more common than not for growing housies to shed frequently. It surprised me at first but now I'd be worried I he didn't shed.
Well best wishes with Eve. I'm looking forward to more updates. Even though this is a corn snake site it is my favorite place about snakes overall so I like there being another housie to follow!
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Tavia
Elemental Exotics
Your hog is the tricolor, right? A male? For him, yes a 10 is plenty as they tend to spend most of their time buried in the substrate and aren't generally super active. A 10 is often recommended for adult male Western hogs too but at least with mine, they are quite active all day and make good use of whatever space given, so I tend to think Westerns should be given more room.
albertagirl
Sharan
Thanks for the info. And I totally agree, I'm so glad you have a house snake too!!
Tavia, I don't actually know gender on my hog. I refer to it as "him" because the breeder did too, so I have my suspicions, but because he is kinked and the breeder didn't want him to ever be used for breeding, he was unwilling to tell me the gender. I don't know how to pop or probe (besides You Tube tutorials) so until he's done growing, your guess is probably better than mine.
But um yeah, he's on/in coconut husk substrate and I never ever see him. I refer to his cage as a "tank of dirt". Occasionally, a "tank of moving dirt". It's quite comical. I'm hoping I'll see him occasionally as he gets older, but for now, definitely not an active snake. I could keep him in a deli cup and he'd be perfectly happy!
albertagirl
Sharan
Sorry, yes, tricolor.
albertagirl
Sharan
Sunny day pics
My last pictures of Eve were horrible! So I tried again. Last year I was far too afraid of losing Eve to take her outside, but today it's sunny, she has some fresh skin, and we trust each other much better now. Enjoy!
My last pictures of Eve were horrible! So I tried again. Last year I was far too afraid of losing Eve to take her outside, but today it's sunny, she has some fresh skin, and we trust each other much better now. Enjoy!
albertagirl
Sharan
Thank you!! I'm so happy with how many I had that were actually in focus! :dancer:
Maybe someday I'll be brave enough to put her in the grass or in a tree for some more natural looking pictures, but for now I'm just thrilled to have well lit and in focus pictures.
DollysMom
It never gets old!
How well I understand that feeling. I'm not ready to take any of my snakes outside yet. Well lit and in focus is a very, very good place to start. I still love the rainbows on your little girl!
albertagirl
Sharan
New viv!
Well, Eve got her adult viv (2'x2') last night. I'm having some trouble stabilizing the temperatures, with the two smaller cages on top having smaller heat tapes, it seems they don't run so well on the same thermostats as the others, so I will be needing to buy yet another thermostat. (I'm already running 3 between these 8 cages and my hognose.)
Currently, her temps drop to 76 between heating cycles, and I'm worried that is not warm enough, even though it gets to 88 at the peak of the cycle. I really do not want to be dealing with any regurges or RI's caused by insufficient temps. Can anyone chime in on what they think is "too low"?
I actually bought another rheostat type thermostat yesterday but didn't realize it didn't have a probe. On it's lowest setting the temperature was 115 degrees and still climbing when I turned it off. (Eve was not in the cage during this experiment.) So I'll be trying to return that today.
I'll have to take some nighttime pictures with the interior lights on at some point, that looks really cool, but here is what my setup looks like now. Eve's cage is top left. Excuse the yellow thermometers with cords everywhere. I'll worry about cosmetics when I get the temps right.
Well, Eve got her adult viv (2'x2') last night. I'm having some trouble stabilizing the temperatures, with the two smaller cages on top having smaller heat tapes, it seems they don't run so well on the same thermostats as the others, so I will be needing to buy yet another thermostat. (I'm already running 3 between these 8 cages and my hognose.)
Currently, her temps drop to 76 between heating cycles, and I'm worried that is not warm enough, even though it gets to 88 at the peak of the cycle. I really do not want to be dealing with any regurges or RI's caused by insufficient temps. Can anyone chime in on what they think is "too low"?
I actually bought another rheostat type thermostat yesterday but didn't realize it didn't have a probe. On it's lowest setting the temperature was 115 degrees and still climbing when I turned it off. (Eve was not in the cage during this experiment.) So I'll be trying to return that today.
I'll have to take some nighttime pictures with the interior lights on at some point, that looks really cool, but here is what my setup looks like now. Eve's cage is top left. Excuse the yellow thermometers with cords everywhere. I'll worry about cosmetics when I get the temps right.
albertagirl
Sharan
I can't. Well, I could, but it would mean messing with everybody else's setups again, and hours of fine tuning temps again. Because the old cage had a UTH rather than heat tape, it runs way hotter than the others on the same thermostat. That's why I had bought another thermostat yesterday, was so that I could keep her in the old cage until I had the new cage sorted out. But that didn't really work out, and it was 2am by the time I gave up trying and just put her in the new cage as it's temps, though unstable, were still safer than the old cage with no heat, or 115+ degrees. I won't feed her until I have another thermostat, hopefully I can find one today. I'll check pet stores and greenhouses. Otherwise I'll have to order online and pay for fast shipping.
The reason for the wild swing in temps is because the cages keep heating for like 10 degrees after the heat shuts off. So in order to keep the temps from going WAY too high, I have to set the thermostat to about 80 degrees, so it doesn't turn back on until it drops below 78. I just don't understand why this is. It seems like the more cages I add, the harder it is to maintain temps, even with the cages that are identical and running on the more expensive herp-specific thermostat.
Well, I could, but it would mean messing with everybody else's setups again, and hours of fine tuning temps again. Because the old cage had a UTH rather than heat tape, it runs way hotter than the others on the same thermostat. That's why I had bought another thermostat yesterday, was so that I could keep her in the old cage until I had the new cage sorted out. But that didn't really work out, and it was 2am by the time I gave up trying and just put her in the new cage as it's temps, though unstable, were still safer than the old cage with no heat, or 115+ degrees. I won't feed her until I have another thermostat, hopefully I can find one today. I'll check pet stores and greenhouses. Otherwise I'll have to order online and pay for fast shipping. The reason for the wild swing in temps is because the cages keep heating for like 10 degrees after the heat shuts off. So in order to keep the temps from going WAY too high, I have to set the thermostat to about 80 degrees, so it doesn't turn back on until it drops below 78. I just don't understand why this is. It seems like the more cages I add, the harder it is to maintain temps, even with the cages that are identical and running on the more expensive herp-specific thermostat.