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Oleary1982

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Hi there. I purchased my female cb11 striped amel. 3 days ago now. She's just over a ft long . She's currently in a plastic tub with holes drilled siting slightly on top of her heatmat. Inside a 2ft x 1ft x1ft viv with a day glo light from ceiling. So when would I give her, her first feed? The feeding chart shows tomorrow as her feed day, also when would She be ok to explore the larger enclosure? All help would b welcomed
 
I'd let her settle in a few more days, missing a couple days won't hurt a bit. I'd make sure your temps are correct on both sides of the cage and let her start exploring her new home now :)
 
Ok. My temp at hot end is 30°c regulated by a ministat and my cold end sits around 21°c, is that correct? So would I feed in seperate container then return her to the plastic tub to digest then a few days later remove the lid and leave her to it? I would obviosly add an extra water dish and hides, just thought If she wanted to explore then retreat back to the tub She could. I'm also struggling for a name for her. It was hard enough naming my last arrival
 
Oleary1982 said:
Ok. My temp at hot end is 30°c regulated by a ministat and my cold end sits around 21°c, is that correct? So would I feed in seperate container then return her to the plastic tub to digest then a few days later remove the lid and leave her to it? I would obviosly add an extra water dish and hides, just thought If she wanted to explore then retreat back to the tub She could. I'm also struggling for a name for her. It was hard enough naming my last arrival
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Not sure I'm understand this right but..

Remove the snake from the viv, feed the snake in a feeding ""tub (with lid). When snake has digested the meal (about five minutes). Return the snake back into the viv.

You can clean viv and add water to the dish while the snake is in feeding tub.
 
Sorry I might have been confusing, as stated in first post she lives in a plastic tub inside her viv, She hasn't had a feed day with me yet and my second post is more a plan on wat I'm intending to do with her If it won't harm
 
My bad!!!

Yes, I think you can let the snake out of the tub and into the main viv.

Add hides and undergrowth to help make the snake feel secure.

You're OK.
 
What kind of under growth? Can I think along the same lines of decoration/ hiding places for my beardies? Also where would/could I find a list of good frozen food supplier for uk?
 
I always feel I have to ask this, is she in an aquarium viv? Or a front sliding door viv. If its the front sliding door one be careful, if she's only 1ft long then her head is probably small enough to let her get out through the gap in between the two front bits of glass.

If its top opening then fine.
 
Its a front door viv, same as I use for my beardies. She's still in the tub at the moment, is there a way to reduce the risk of this ? Thinking I should wait awhile before allowing her to explore. Also in regards to my heat mat, I was told in the shop to attach it to the wall? This don't seem right to me, I currently have it under my plastic box at one end. Surely I can keep the same idea just with it all sealled in place?
 
You "could" attach it to the side, but they are generally attached to the bottom of your cage/viv etc...They can get very hot when not regulated with a rheostat/thermostat that allows you to control the temp. Plugged straight to a wall socket lets them run at 100%, and they have been known to get hot enough to crack the glass. On top of the fact snakes are generally stupid; if the hot spot is too hot they will still lay there, baking themselves to death...30 C is what, about 85 degrees Farenheit?...that's about as hot as you'd like your warm side to get...As far as getting out thru the gap in the front door maybe a strip of rubber "weather stripping" like you'd use for a drafty window may help, but I'm not real familiar with the front opening vivs...:)
 
That's not a bad idea, I use a ministat 100 for my mat. Just seen it rises to 30.5°c so gonna adjust slightly. Now sorry for all the ?'s but I'm currently taking my readings with probe and thermostat from directly on the center of the mat, with my tub one third over the mat with an anolouge thermometer in the hot end of tub. They both read the same. Any other tips from experiance would be welcomed, and Thanks for all your replies so far
 
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