Recent content by Miqote

Hi everyone, I haven't posted here in quite some time, although I do pop in occasionally to read. Unfortunately I am posting today because I found my little hypo lavender, Faolan, dead this morning, and I just want to warn anyone else so the same thing doesn't happen to them. I use an economy...

So we've had a big drop in temperature here in the past week or so.. going from the 60-70's to the 40's. It has been getting pretty cool in my apartment.. we like to leave the windows open to keep all the electronics cool, but the Thermostat seems be overcompensating for the low room temperature...

So.. on Sunday hurricane Irene resulted in us losing power for about a day and a half. I had about a month of mice for each of my snakes in the freezer, so it's not a great loss, but when I got power back on Tuesday I went to buy mice only to find our reptile store closing up shop for good. They...

Oh no, my baby corn is out of control!!! Faolan bit me and pooped on me, and a little bit on himself - oops! He is not a happy little boy today, I think his eyes look cloudy, must be shedding? In all seriousness, I've never seen any of my snake pose like that.. trying to be scary.. but so...

I haven't posted many pics in awhile so here are some pics of my corn family, including the two new little guys! I'll get some pictures of Emily and Chai later. :) Alexander - Hypo Stripe I like his little spots. So cute! Lilly - Lavender She has a little lumpiness in her lower half, but she...

I had planned on taking pictures of all the snakes today, but Chai and Emily are blue, Lilly is still digesting, I got some of Alex but they came out really dark :(, and Nymeria and Faolan are tooo wild! I have a newfound reverence for all of you out there hatching piles of baby snakes. I'm...

I am just now ordering the AP 1753 Economy Rack with 6 slots and Flexwatt belly heat. I'm really excited! I've always used dimmers in the past so I'm new to the world of thermostats. :) Here are some I've come across, I would love if anyone can offer feedback and experiences/reviews of their own...

I love when they do this! Yes, that is a happymeal box..

Right now my bigger snakes are in what *I think* are 64qt tubs. They are about 12 inches tall. At the store I've seen tubs with the same floor space but are about half the height, and I think they were 32qts. Would this be okay for an adult corn? I've been looking into racks with 32qt tubs also...

Okay, I'm really embarrassed. When I got Emily, she was only 180g at 6 years old. When she reached 300g, I was really happy! Unfortunately, she just keeps gaining weight. She is eating a fully grown mouse every 2-3 weeks, I started doing 3 weeks because she just keeps getting bigger! Here is a...

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone has an female Opal corns or is expecting Opal hatchlings this year. I remember last year there was a place where everyone was posting what kinds of babies they were expecting but I'm just not finding it! I'd also be interested in female snakes with any combination...

Hi everyone! I haven't posted in awhile. In July I acquired a little lavender corn named Lilly. When she was sent to me, the breeder informed me that she had "granules" that he hadn't noticed until he handled her and shipped her to me. I was okay with that, since I am not very interested in...

I woke up this morning and it had been a few days since the snakes last ate, so I gave everyone a quick check. 3/5 snakes are blue! I'm pretty sure it's just a coincidence, but it seemed really strange. We've had the air conditioner on for weeks and just turned it off the day before, I wonder if...

Two weeks ago we adopted a new snake from Craigslist. My friend had told me about the ad, she knew Pineapple had passed away and I had been thinking about getting a bigger, established snake. Well, I spoke to the owner a bit and the snake was 6 years old and ate regularly, came with a 40 gallon...

I'm thinking about getting a thermostat and changing over the heating pads to flexwatt instead. I feel very, very uncomfortable wiring flexwatt myself (the chances of me burning down the house or frying myself are catastrophic) but I've noticed a lot of places online that will sell cut to size...