My Craigslist scores of the weekend! (snake and t-stat!)

[Joba]

You have adorable children, by the way. It's so cool that they're into snakes.

 

[spyderk]

You have adorable children, by the way. It's so cool that they're into snakes.

Thank you! I am lucky that all of my kids love reptiles as much as I do. It just all started with finding frogs and toads at the local park. There is so much wonderment in observing and handling these creatures.

Attaching a picture. Her face is just pure joy!

 

[IowaPrairieWoman]

:santa:

Good catch ! sounds like you made out like a bandit




....hopefully hubbie will "see the light" on larger herps ? !!

CAT

 

[Nythain]

Either way, she's awesome and you're going to love her (and want more boas. It's a sickness! MWAHAHA!)

The most truth you will ever hear.

 

[Joba]

Update? How's it going?

 

[spyderk]

Casey seems to be doing great! She ate 2 adult mice 3 days ago so I haven't handled her since then. She was 940 grams that day as well.

I'll upload a cute picture of her that I took a few days ago when I get back home.

 

[spyderk]

This was taken last Wednesday a few hours before her first feeding with us. She ate them in no time at all.

 

[Joba]

So pretty. Love the tail. Very clean with some pink in there... Nice.

 

[HVani]

Awesome. I love their adorable mustaches!

 

[MegF.]

She's gorgeous and if you got all that with her that's a good deal! You will need a bigger than 4 ft long cage eventually though...more like 6 ft long at least....

 

[spyderk]

Yes, she has a lot of pink/peach tones!

I would love to have my husband build a 6 ft long cage for her, as a gorgeous display in our living room.

 

[MegF.]

I've got two large display cages in my livingroom....both had my False water cobras but since I had one of them die I'm planning on making that cage into a cool natural habitat for my watersnake.....just working on finding a pump to make running water and such for his "pond" in there.....

 

[spyderk]

I just bought Casey an Animal Plastics T8 cage! This will be my first actual reptile cage purchase.

She's eaten twice for me without issue, and had 1 lovely poop so far. We also moved about 2 weeks ago, so she's had a lot of transition in a short time, but she seems to be a pretty well-adjusted snake.

 

[MegF.]

That's great! It's always good when they are laid back and not so nervous....

 

[Joba]

I just bought Casey an Animal Plastics T8 cage!

I have three of them; I love them.

 

[knox]

How did I miss this thread?

It's great to see your kids! And the Boa as well. Hopefully, the worst of the winter is behind you.

 

[spyderk]

I've got two large display cages in my livingroom....both had my False water cobras but since I had one of them die I'm planning on making that cage into a cool natural habitat for my watersnake.....just working on finding a pump to make running water and such for his "pond" in there.....

That is a great idea, btw! I know you'll post pictures when it happens.

 

[spyderk]

I have three of them; I love them.

Do you have them stacked? I'd love to see pictures of your setups, so send me a link if you already have a thread somewhere.

How did I miss this thread?

It's great to see your kids! And the Boa as well. Hopefully, the worst of the winter is behind you.

I really thought you had commented here, but it must be something else I'm thinking about! Better late than never!

That's great! It's always good when they are laid back and not so nervous....

She gets nervous at times, kinda pulls her head back into an S shape at times, which makes me wonder if we have annoyed her too much or something. But then she snaps out of it and doesn't seem phased by what's going on in front of her. I know she's so new to us, so it'll take time to really read her and her moods.

 

[Joba]

I apologize if the image is huge. So here's the stack of T8s. The bottom is my male BCI. The top is a divided T8 with my two corns living side-by-side. The middle is also a divided T8 with my 2013 female albino BCI and my dumerils; next year the divider will disappear the dumerils will get the whole thing, and my albino girl will get her own T13 (48X30X18), which will be on the bottom of the stack (that will be fun to rearrange). Clear as mud?

 

[spyderk]

I get it! So how often are the snakes knocking the temp boxes down? Casey is always tipping hers over. Since it's not her permanent cage, I haven't done anything to secure it.

Thank you for the picture!

Also - I assume you use Flexwatt to heat the bottom portion of the cages? I am going to do that, but I may need a RHP to keep the ambient temp up. Darn Wisconsin winters ...