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I may have goofed: my first snake. Need some advice
Well, technically not my first. Ive worked with a few in the past and have helped rehab a red tail that had a scab over his nostrils, but Sunday I picked up my first snake that was solely mine.
A little more info, since this may not make sense...
I've always wanted my own snake, but never really gave it a lot of thought. Sunday I was in a chain pet store whos manager was a snake lady, and my GF saw a Rainbow Boa. Now, normally Id have laughed and walked on, but 2 things got my goat: 1, the GF (whom is afraid of snakes) tells me she liked the Rainbow and that is the one I could get 2, All reptiles were half off. So, like an idgit I plunked money down without thinking much, and now I need your help.
Im really torn with what I should do, and part of me says take him back. Reason being, my apartment is usually kept cold and I listened to the nice lady selling me stuff and got a mesh top aquarium. I just installed an analog gauge set and Im real worried Im not going to be able to get the numbers where they need to be.
Current setup is a 20gal/Long tank with mesh screen top, cypress bedding, water dish and moss. Everything is wet (mostly) and there is a UTH on one end.
The last thing I want to do is mistreat an animal, and I also dont want to loose money ( I can return the snake, but the stuff is open/used and nonrefundable). I WANT a plastic cage (IE Vision cage) at some point if I can find a way to make Floyd comfy until I can swing one, Im just worried that I made a bad impulse decision.
Any help and advice you can give would be a huge help.
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