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Hello everyone! Things with my little girl Hestia have been going well, except that she has been finicky about eating since I moved her to fuzzies. Someone told me she might just dislike hairy food, which I guess I can relate to. I have dealt with this by feeding her a pinkie to get her to...

Hello! :D You all said it would happen and it's true! I caught the reptile bug! I had a really hard time with snakes at first, learning all of the right ways to do things in the hardest way possible. But I've now had my corn, Hestia, for seven months and she is happy, healthy, and generally...

Hello. D: I've read two Kathy Love books, researched, and searched the forums. But I just want some individual advice. My Hestia is a 15 inch female (appearance-sexed by someone with no experience- very possibly wrong) who weighs 15 grams. She's been eating two pinkies every five days since...

I've had my corn snake Hestia for a while now, with two of her garter snake predecessors having died. I've seen the snakes in the pet store where the garters came from that did not look healthy, so many people told me it was most likely the pet store's fault. Hestia is very healthy, growing...

Heeey. I've had my Hestia for a bit over two months now, and she's been a great feeder for quite a while. Nothing could seem to stop her appetite. Now, however, she's been eating only one pinkie on her every-five-day schedule! The lump from this, of course, goes away after about twenty-four...

How often do hatchlings shed? My Hestia just had a shed on 12-21 and looks kinda cloudt again tonight (1-10)! Her last shed was perfect. Is this really soon to be seeing signs or is it normal for a two-pinkies-every-five-days feeding schedule? Thanks! ~Sami~

When I measured her after the shed, I found that she was SIXTEEN inches. I was like, "Whoa! Fast-growing snake!" Then when I fed her today, the lump from her usual one pinkie was barely distending her belly at all! After a few minutes, it was nearly indistinguishable from the rest of her! Is it...

I was so stoked! Her eyes just cleared up yesterday, so I'm thinkin'- okay, it'll be a couple days and she'll shed. So I had her out for handling and she's being her usual active self and she starts rubbing her nose on my hand like crazy. So I'm like, "Dude. Lemme put her back so she can rub...

I had not expected this so soon! I woke up the other morning and found my girl with dull colours and eyes lookin' cloudy. Today was supposed to be her feeding day. Should I try to feed her tomorrow or just leave her alone until she's clear again? :O Noooob questiiiion. It's true. But I want...

Heeeeey. I was just wondering if anyone else has one of those plastic branches (from pet stores). They have a pretty big hole on the bottom I guess to vent it during production or somesuch? I had the hole plugged up for a while but I just washed the cloth so it wouldn't get icky and Hestia...

Now, this is a weird question. But I just want to make sure. The central air in my house went out a while ago and we switched to window units. The air vents upward so it doesn't seem to make very much of a difference in my cage temperature, but I was wondering if there are any sort of...

Only a couple more, but these really show her colour. I'm so glad she lets me use one hand long enough to take pictures! Trust me, though, getting the batteries in the camera was a little harder.

I had my first experience with a frozen mouse today. ._. Really, it was not that bad. I took yesterday and this morning for my first handlings (four days after she got home, just to be safe). She is such a well-behaved little snake! She likes to try and get into my sleeves with tickles waaaay...

The pet store agreed to replace Orpheus and, though I was still feeling very badly about him, I thought that this little girl was just beautiful (no popping or probing done- sexed by sight for naming purposes only). My temperature is being watched very closely and I've switched to aspen bedding...

Okay. So. I'm on a mission for a digital probe thermometer. And I can't find one -anywhere-. Does anyone know of a website that has them? I checked Wal-Mart, Petsmart, and Petco. No one has them! D: