bp eating

[TeaNinja]

the rats are getting pretty big so i'm gonna start freezing some probably tomorrow. here's my snake munching a few minutes ago.

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[TeaNinja]

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mnom mnom mnom

[Jenn_06]

thats great wish 2 of my BP will start eatting again, last time one ate was in Nov and the other was in Dec.

[TeaNinja]

yea my dumerils still hasn't eatin in months, i have my fingers crossed he will start up again soon also. good luck with your bp's jenn :x lol.


also i had 2 cardboard petco animal containers as hides and i noticed just about every day the last week or so the BP flips his hide over on the cold side and i always just see it overturned. i figure he's been trying to hide in it and flipping it over like an idiot, so i took out the cardboard ones and made him one out of a plastic box on the cold side, and one out of a tupperware container on the hot side. and i've seen him use both of them already.

for some reason it gives me great satisfaction to see my pets using the things i create for them lol.

[stephanbakir]

I found a great thing to use as a hide, moose antlers.They absorb heat like crazy and make a great shedding surface.

[TeaNinja]

I found a great thing to use as a hide, moose antlers.They absorb heat like crazy and make a great shedding surface.

not really a "hide" though O.o

[stephanbakir]

If you move the substrate around they are, that and the snake moves substrate around on his own, ill take a pic later.

[TeaNinja]

alright :) i just couldn't imagine that antlers would be any actual cover.

[Marica]

I've seen some neat DIY plastic hides made out of tupperware containers with an entrance cut/soldered out, then sprayed with Krylon to make them opaque. Another option I've heard of is to alter a cat litter box/tray.

Moose antlers are also an interesting idea. As they have a larger solid area at the base compared to deer antlers I can see how you could use them as a hide. Just not sure how easy they would be to clean.

[TeaNinja]

heres the 2 hides i made in like 5 minutes. i've seen him using both of them. i never saw him in the cold hide before when it was cardboard, and he had been flipping it upside down every day (probably trying to use it)
i believe he's in the cold hide now.

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[Lankyrob]

I got a cheap plastic rabbit/ guinea pig bed in a sale, comes it two pieces so two hides in one.