please explain for my bro.

[snakehunter]

as you all know i brought home a new BP yesterday. after holding him for a breif period we set up his tank, i remembered to put paper on the outside of the tank for acclimation. well today when i got home i noticed my brother removed all of the paper from the outside of the tank. i asked him why, and he said it was stupid, and dumb, and that the snake is already acclimated. could someone please post an explanation of why we do this.

go easy on him, hes only 12, and this is his second snake (last died from unknown reasons) thanx

_jacob

[Andy_G]

Snakes don't acclimate that fast. It's kind of like going to a new school...it takes time to make friends and settle in when your whole world changes...give the snake time to accept it's change...

[CDN-Cresties]

I agree with the statement above, if your BP does'nt acclimate, then you may have diffuculties in feeding. I now its tempting but leave your BP be.
Good Luck

-Steve-

[RaVeNo888o]

also if a bp isnt acclimated properly, then they get stressed easily and stressed bp's love to eat 12 year old boys

but seriously, it could stress it out and possibly make it easier to stress out in the future.

[ReptiZone]

I won't be to rough I will just stat the facts.

A snake needs time to aclimate (I say 2 weeks some say more).

this alows the snake to rid them self of any stress from the trip or any stress for that mater.

A stress free snake will aclimate way better and start having a good feeding respons.

long story short isolate your snake for at least 2 weeks and start introducing him to the real world by feeding him after 2 or 3 weeks that you have him. after he eats 4 good meals you can start handeling him.

If your brothe dosent seem to understand aproch your parents with this thread and ask to have the snake in your room for the next 2 monts with 0 contact from anyone els.

[snakehunter]

both my brother and i, and the snakes share the same room, but, i do close the door, go in when i have to, and only open the cage to change water, or check temps.

[sapphire_moon]

Tell your brother the hard facts. If he don't let the poor snake aclimate then it could die from stress or from not eating. I agree with everything that everyone else has said....especially going to your parents with this. Maybe even telling them that you don't think he can handle owning a reptile that has such specific upkeep, that maybe you should take care of the snake until your brother is old enough to understand or take responsibilty of researching snakes and getting a wide view of how to aclimat, respect, and take care of the snake.....Good Luck!

[Colonel SB]

Deffinatly tewll your brother that it's hands off for 2 weeks.

[Clownfishie]

I don't know about leaving paper on the walls of the tank -- but at the very least, make sure that no unnecessary handling (ie. anything not required for cleaning/feeding purposes) is done for 2 weeks, if not a bit longer. Tell your brother that the new addition needs time to settle in -- that if he bothers it too much, it's going to get very stressed and possibly refuse to eat (which I'm sure he doesn't want)...