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First Live Feed!!!!

shed

hi nick...search the threads for shedding issues...lots of good ideas. for a hatchling, it would be easy to cut a hole in a cottage cheese container filled with damp moss, paper towels, etc., and let your snake crawl in as it needs.

the substrate will get gross with time, so don't keep it in there too many days.

hope you enjoy the forum. :)

lin
 
hey, thats a good idea. that what people meant by humidity hides? her shedding went ok... shes completely done now. it just game off in two parts not one complete skin but it did come off.
 
A humid hide is a container (with enterance) filled with a moist medium such as damp moss or paper towels. The idea is to provide an area of higher humidity to assist the snake during the shed cycle.
 
i will have to try that out next time. i did something similar to that without even knowing it ;) just soaked a bunch of paper towels and put em into a plastic cup and laid it in there on its side...i dont know if she used it or not. i also dunked her into water that must have helped, 5 minutes later i go back in and check on her and the rest of her skin was shed! anyway, thanks for the help! off to work i go.
 
Feeding warmed f/t

I've had some picky kingsnakes over the years because I don't burmate my snakes (too warm in my garage where I live, tried it) and had to resort to feeding live which has it risks but I wanted my kingsnakes to eat. A trick another herper told me about was after thawing to warm up the mice in warm water. With tongs shaking around a warm mouse to snake they thinks it live and react or should I say attack :flames:accordingly. I use the warmed up pinkies to help get some of my baby Lampropeltis mexicana ssp. off feeding live pinks and its worked everytime and I was really happy when my Brazilian Rainbow Boa after a year of only eating live and refusing f/t finally started to eat warmed f/t. :crazy02: I've never warmed up a mouse for my corns, but recently my Creamsicle corn went two weeks refusing frozen/thawed she is 1.5 yrs and never refused. Well, I warmed up a large hopper mouse for her and she attacked it. It surprised me because the corns are usually mellow feeders. Anyways warming up the frozen/thawed mice has done wonders in helping with getting some of my snakes off live and reluctant feeders that want to burmate.
Happy Herping,
Uncloudy
 

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I'm kind of confused by your post, Uncloudy. When you thaw your mice aren't they warm anyway when you feed them to the snakes? I know that when mine are thawed they are about the same temp as the live ones I used to feed. Are you heating them further? Or do you generally feed the snakes cooler than usual mice? Maybe we are just using different thawing techniques? I guess I just don't understand what you mean. Clarification anyone?

cute pic, btw :)
 
There is a difference. When you thaw your mice, I wait 3 hours in water, the mice are thawed to room temperature. Therefore, the f/t mice are at room temperature that wouldn't be same temperature as live mice. Hence, using warm water not hot water helps heat the mice above room temperature and in my experiences promotes a stronger feeding response. I hope that clears it up for you.
Happy Herping,
Uncloudy
 
about the feeding temps of mice..i feed mine at room temp...but whatever works for your snake is fine, after all each snake is an individual....and i believe if "if it aint broken dont fix it...."
 
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