Some of you guys may have seen my noob post, but I figured I would come introduce myself to my fellow epicrates owners. About two weeks ago I placed my order with General Exotics for a young male BRB. He showed up last week when I wasn't home but my brother was. I had had the terrarium (or vivarium, a terrarium is a type of viv) set up for a few days making sure everything was working well. My brother opened the container he came in and let him crawl out of his own accord. That evening I bought a thermostat and modified it by doing this.
programmable remote thermostat for terrarium heaters - Terrariums Forum - GardenWeb and that stabilized temps. I was having problems keeping the humidity up so I switched from a heat lamp to a UTH and that fixed that as well. Added a second hide for him and now we have the terrarium as it sits. You can see him (no name yet, but I'm down to a few finalists, more on that in a bit) in the back right corner.
He seems to love climbing which I really like and I'm hoping to foster that interest as its definitely entertaining to watch. Last night when I got home he was hanging from the vine that I've got stretched from one corner of the viv to the other getting a drink of water. When I took the top off to snap some pictures he looked up at me like "wtf mate" He really didn't like the flash so after I finished I put a blanket around the viv to make him feel more relaxed, and he went right back to whatever he was doing.
the "wtf mate" look
and the "I hate that super bright flashing light" look
after putting the top back on and covering the sides, he went right back to whatever he was doing.
He looks to be about 18 inches long, any guess on the age? General exotics (where I purchased him from due to lack of local breeder) doesn't keep track of age.
The first night I had him, I came home a little late to find him doing this.
He hasn't eaten yet, I was gonna feed him Sunday but when I went to do it he was asleep and gave me a "leave me alone I'm sleeping" look, so I let him be. I'm gonna try again tomorrow night when I've got the night off and he'll hopefully be out and about. Do you think it would be ok for me to leave the two pinkies (what I'm gonna start him on) on top of the left side hide. It seems to provide a solid, semi-level platform and a clean spot for him to eat away from the substrate.
As for names. I was thinking Nero (Italian for black, he seems a little darker than most other BRBs I've seen, and since I'm into cars and one of my favorites is the Lamborghini Gallardo Nera, also Italian for black, it seems fitting, and both of my cars are black as well). Severus was one that was suggested to me by a friend, and it is kind of catchy, then I could call him Severus Snake (silly Harry Potter reference) which seems to be a hit among a few of my friends, but I haven't pitched Nero to them either. However as the name thing is still undecided I'm open to suggestions.
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