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When I got my snake out to feed last night I noticed a bump on her side near her tail. It felt soft/squishy, but a definite bump. When I let her go through my fingers I felt a smaller bump on the other side just slightly down further than the other. Both are near her bum. She seemed active and...

Finally got around to getting Bunny's new place set up for her. She really needed a bit more space... Along with the new tank, she got a bigger water bowl that she can actually fit in if she so desires, a humid hide, a larger log hide, and a new climbing branch... The coconuts and one branch...

She's getting to be such a big girl (I love her yellow, and she has a light brown, almost pinkish tint to her in the light): Being adorable and showing off her bunny ears:

Obviously, the best answer is to not be left unattended... But I am flying home over the holidays and will be gone for two weeks. I have someone lined up to bird-sit, but her husband refuses to have a snake in the house. This is my first semester over here so I do not yet know very many people...

I thought I might need to get a larger UTH for Bunny's new 20L, but I am a bit confused now. Since a 20L is 30 x 12, a third of the bottom would be 120 square inches (unless my math is off). The UTH on her current home is an 11 x 6 Ultratherm from the Bean Farm, so is only 66 square inches. The...

I finally unpacked the scale from my recent move... Bunny has had a growth spurt! She's 104 grams now, and according to the Munson plan (she's my first snake) she should be eating weaned mice (14-20g)... However, I had just picked up a box of hoppers (8-12g) this afternoon before I weighed her...

Bunny is now 16 grams and ready to move up... Tonight she let me know that she would eat my pinkies right off my hands if I didn't give her more! :uhoh: I have been following the Munson plan and according to that she should now be bumped up to two pinkies per feeding, but when I mentioned that...

On her sides... I love her pretty gray eyes, but they never show up in the pics as bright and clear as they are in real life.

My snake behaves as if she cannot see much at all. She will startle if I move above her, so I think she may be able to detect either motions or shadows, but she does not respond at all to objects moved around in front of or directly next to her. I have waved her pinky right in front of her and...

Are there any pros or cons to either the UltraTherm/Flexwatt UTH or the ZooMed ReptiTherm UTH? I bought an UltraTherm heat pad at an expo thinking it was essentially the same, but while reading the material that came with it discovered that it seems to be a little different than the ZooMed ones...

I am sure I am overthinking this, but I want to make sure I am doing it right... :) I currently have two digital thermometers with probes. One is under the substrate below the cool-side hide, and the other is directly over the UTH, under the substrate below the warm-side hide. I have the UTH on...

I am a new snake owner and have noticed some bumps along my snake Bunny's back. There two that are more prominent, but I also notice a few random others in the right light/angle. The first one I noticed when she would slither over the side of my hand and it was fairly obvious in that position...

Bunny shed yesterday so I snapped a few pics. :) Here she is surprised by the sudden deforestation of her habitat (I didn't realize she was out-and-about when I pulled out her vines): With a full tummy:

This is probably a silly question, but I am wondering if anybody recommends annual exams for snakes? My dogs and birds all get annual exams, so I thought maybe Bunny should, too... but I don't know if there would be any point to it, lol. I guess they might just run a fecal test and check body...

We were at Petsmart today and cruised by the reptile section just to look. All the snakes were smashed against between the veiwing glass and their water bowls. All of their temp gauges read 94-99-ish degrees. I know that's too hot for a corn (please correct me if I'm wrong), but I did a quick...