Floof
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So, a lot is going on in my own little reptile world this week, and I felt like sharing some of it with everyone. So now you get to listen! (Don't worry, I'll include some pictures!)
As some of you know, I was given two ball pythons through the month of June.
To start, I can't BELIEVE their poop! Ed pooped for me.. On the 3rd, I think? And then Hobbs decided to give me his first poop that wasn't just completely urates yesterday--and I'm stunned! The stuff is as solid and turd-shaped as the dogs' poop! Please, if this is normal--bear with me, because my boas' and corn snakes' poops look NOTHING like it! Lol!
Ed and Hobbs will soon be neighbors, as well. I decided to hold out and wait to find/make taller enclosures for the Jekyll and Osiris, so Ed and Hobbs will be getting the two-level enclosure I had purchased for the boas--actually, the one that Ed had come with as a "freebie".
Moving on, I'm absolutely thrilled with their eating habits. My biggest fear with these two was whether they would eat and be consistent for me... It drives me nuts when a snake refuses a meal, and the last thing I want is a snake that's going to refuse meals on a regular basis...
Well, Hobbs has been eating GREAT. Once a week on rats ranging from 40 grams to 120 grams, with no refusals yet... Although he does seem to be a bit picky on one point: the rat HAS to be set down on the floor underneath his nose. But I think that may have more to do with his stuck eyecaps than it does with his feeding habits.
As for Ed... I thawed out a weanling mouse late last night/early this morning. After a bit of work to get his attention, he very enthusiastically took it! He seems to be a bit of a shy eater, though--I had to turn off all the lights for a few minutes because he was more concerned with what I was doing. =P
I didn't think to snap pictures when Ed constricted his mouse, but here's one of Hobbs:
Anyway, you may remember Man Ray, my little rescue dragon. He hasn't been eating too well, so he's going in for another vet visit this month... If anyone has thoughts on this, I'm welcome to opinions, but this isn't about his feeding issues...
Man Ray has been living in a 20L since before we got him in January. Last week, I had the... "joyous"... task of cleaning two 75 gallon aquariums and their screens out on the driveway.. Once we had them inside, I sat down and thought over my plans for them, and decided Man Ray deserved an upgrade!
Apparently I don't have any pictures of his old enclosure on hand (and taking them now would be useless with all the furniture/lighting taken out/off), so I only have an "After" picture for you... And it's not even accurate. Placement of the basking rock and the log hide have been changed, with the log in the basking corner and the rock at the other "foot" of the climbing structure:
Man Ray isn't happy about his move. He says his tank is big, and he doesn't like it. He also doesn't like that it's so quiet now... His 20L was in the living room--exposed, constantly, to the ruckus of the house, ranging from the TV to my screaming brother and the barking dogs. He is now on the floor of my bedroom... No TV unless I'm playing Nintendo (not often), no brother, and I have a policy of sending/taking any barking dogs upstairs to go to the bathroom and/or be fed. All he gets is typing, distant squeaking of mouse wheels, and any music I happen to have on (which has been lots in the last two days, for the sake of drowning out fireworks). A dog will occasionally hang out beside his tank, but it's in the least trafficked portion of the room. I'm still debating whether it's the lack of noise or just the sudden spaciousness of his new home, but this is what I found after leaving the room for 20 minutes or so the afternoon after his move:
After pulling him out:
Sitting in my lap for a while calmed him a bit...
It's a bit startling (almost a wake up call) to find out that he relies on the interaction he gets from constant commotion; even more so that he values my presence. It looks like he'll be getting a lot more handling time now, and I'll be listening to a lot more music... I've tried convincing my mom to let me pull the doors off the armoire behind him (it's not like I can open it with his tank there!) so I can put my TV (and more enclosures) there and he can get a bit of visual stimuli from it, but she won't go for it. =(
So, yes. That's what's up lately with those three.
As for everyone else... [see next post]
As some of you know, I was given two ball pythons through the month of June.
To start, I can't BELIEVE their poop! Ed pooped for me.. On the 3rd, I think? And then Hobbs decided to give me his first poop that wasn't just completely urates yesterday--and I'm stunned! The stuff is as solid and turd-shaped as the dogs' poop! Please, if this is normal--bear with me, because my boas' and corn snakes' poops look NOTHING like it! Lol!
Ed and Hobbs will soon be neighbors, as well. I decided to hold out and wait to find/make taller enclosures for the Jekyll and Osiris, so Ed and Hobbs will be getting the two-level enclosure I had purchased for the boas--actually, the one that Ed had come with as a "freebie".
Moving on, I'm absolutely thrilled with their eating habits. My biggest fear with these two was whether they would eat and be consistent for me... It drives me nuts when a snake refuses a meal, and the last thing I want is a snake that's going to refuse meals on a regular basis...
Well, Hobbs has been eating GREAT. Once a week on rats ranging from 40 grams to 120 grams, with no refusals yet... Although he does seem to be a bit picky on one point: the rat HAS to be set down on the floor underneath his nose. But I think that may have more to do with his stuck eyecaps than it does with his feeding habits.
As for Ed... I thawed out a weanling mouse late last night/early this morning. After a bit of work to get his attention, he very enthusiastically took it! He seems to be a bit of a shy eater, though--I had to turn off all the lights for a few minutes because he was more concerned with what I was doing. =P
I didn't think to snap pictures when Ed constricted his mouse, but here's one of Hobbs:
Anyway, you may remember Man Ray, my little rescue dragon. He hasn't been eating too well, so he's going in for another vet visit this month... If anyone has thoughts on this, I'm welcome to opinions, but this isn't about his feeding issues...
Man Ray has been living in a 20L since before we got him in January. Last week, I had the... "joyous"... task of cleaning two 75 gallon aquariums and their screens out on the driveway.. Once we had them inside, I sat down and thought over my plans for them, and decided Man Ray deserved an upgrade!
Apparently I don't have any pictures of his old enclosure on hand (and taking them now would be useless with all the furniture/lighting taken out/off), so I only have an "After" picture for you... And it's not even accurate. Placement of the basking rock and the log hide have been changed, with the log in the basking corner and the rock at the other "foot" of the climbing structure:
Man Ray isn't happy about his move. He says his tank is big, and he doesn't like it. He also doesn't like that it's so quiet now... His 20L was in the living room--exposed, constantly, to the ruckus of the house, ranging from the TV to my screaming brother and the barking dogs. He is now on the floor of my bedroom... No TV unless I'm playing Nintendo (not often), no brother, and I have a policy of sending/taking any barking dogs upstairs to go to the bathroom and/or be fed. All he gets is typing, distant squeaking of mouse wheels, and any music I happen to have on (which has been lots in the last two days, for the sake of drowning out fireworks). A dog will occasionally hang out beside his tank, but it's in the least trafficked portion of the room. I'm still debating whether it's the lack of noise or just the sudden spaciousness of his new home, but this is what I found after leaving the room for 20 minutes or so the afternoon after his move:
After pulling him out:
Sitting in my lap for a while calmed him a bit...
It's a bit startling (almost a wake up call) to find out that he relies on the interaction he gets from constant commotion; even more so that he values my presence. It looks like he'll be getting a lot more handling time now, and I'll be listening to a lot more music... I've tried convincing my mom to let me pull the doors off the armoire behind him (it's not like I can open it with his tank there!) so I can put my TV (and more enclosures) there and he can get a bit of visual stimuli from it, but she won't go for it. =(
So, yes. That's what's up lately with those three.
As for everyone else... [see next post]
