hi guys. new here but need advice - Page 2

Wildside · 11-28-12, 06:43 PM

What kind of substrate?

poison123 · 11-28-12, 06:47 PM

Its hard to tell from the pics but it looks like it was to dry for the snake while i as shedding.

EmbraceCalamity · 11-28-12, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Wildside

I have heard this, not sure how true it is as neither my albino geckos or boas or any other albino thing I've kept in the past seem too bothered by lights or the sun.

Also I don't see any brown scabby spots

I've heard of some people who say their albino leos won't open their eyes much with lights, but they're nocturnal, so it's hard to say. Personally I know my eyes are more sensitive to light than most people's - not that I'm albino, but just to make the point that the norm isn't necessarily always true. Could also depend on what kind of light and how far away it is from the reptile.

~Maggot

beardeds4life · 11-29-12, 09:44 PM

I love how you clarified that your not albino. I laughed out loud when I read that.

EmbraceCalamity · 11-29-12, 10:58 PM

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I love how you clarified that your not albino. I laughed out loud when I read that.

Well I figured there'd be someone on here who'd go, "OH SO UR ALBINO? LOLOLOL." So I figured I'd clear it up before it happened.

~Maggot

KORBIN5895 · 11-30-12, 08:45 AM

I see two spots right behind the head. Do you help it get the shed off?

Falconeer999 · 11-30-12, 08:57 AM

My ex wife is albino and DEFINITELY more sensitive to light. I'm not sure how snake eyes work, but with human eyes you do have pigment in your eyes that kind of act as sunglasses to filter out some light (the color of your eyes - brown eyes have more pigment, blue less - blue eyed people have more difficulty seeing in the sun. There's even a study that looked at baseball statistics and found that players with blue eyes had like a .020 lower average batting average during the day than brown eyed players and equal to slightly better at night).

MoreliAddict · 11-30-12, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Falconeer999

My ex wife is albino and DEFINITELY more sensitive to light. I'm not sure how snake eyes work, but with human eyes you do have pigment in your eyes that kind of act as sunglasses to filter out some light (the color of your eyes - brown eyes have more pigment, blue less - blue eyed people have more difficulty seeing in the sun. There's even a study that looked at baseball statistics and found that players with blue eyes had like a .020 lower average batting average during the day than brown eyed players and equal to slightly better at night).

Interesting.

I'm sure everyone's albino snakes love all the camera flashes.

Falconeer999 · 11-30-12, 11:34 AM

I'm sure. If someone snapped off a flash picture of her when she was looking, whereas most of us see that flash spot for a couple seconds/minute at most, she'd see it for 15-20 minutes and it would take up most of her field of view because she didn't have any pigment (pale blue eyes - not pink - I know that question is coming) to filter out any of the light.

EmbraceCalamity · 11-30-12, 10:23 PM

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I'm sure. If someone snapped off a flash picture of her when she was looking, whereas most of us see that flash spot for a couple seconds/minute at most, she'd see it for 15-20 minutes and it would take up most of her field of view because she didn't have any pigment (pale blue eyes - not pink - I know that question is coming) to filter out any of the light.

I have trouble with that too. Not 15-20 minutes, but definitely longer than the average person. That's why I hate driving at night too. Just regular headlights blind literally everything around me, including the road. But apparently my pupils are bigger than most people's, so presumably I get in more light than the average person in combination to the fact that I have light blue eyes. People always think I'm high 'cause my pupils are huge.

~Maggot

LunasKiss · 12-13-12, 11:16 PM

Question: You guys said that you rarely handle your corns, and I handle mine nearly every day. They get two full days to digest and get left alone entirely when I know they're about to shed but other than that they're out for...at least 10-15 minutes a day. Is handling them that much alright?

poison123 · 12-13-12, 11:25 PM

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Question: You guys said that you rarely handle your corns, and I handle mine nearly every day. They get two full days to digest and get left alone entirely when I know they're about to shed but other than that they're out for...at least 10-15 minutes a day. Is handling them that much alright?

some people prefer the wild side in there animals so they choose not to handle them. i dont handle my corn all that often but i trust him with my life. and 10-15 minutes is fine.

Lankyrob · 12-14-12, 08:38 AM

Mine get handled once a month or so, my opinion is that as long as the animal is eating regularly then you arent doing too much wrong.

The second that it misses a feed stop all handling until it has eaten two or three times in a row.

Wildside · 12-14-12, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by poison123

some people prefer the wild side in there animals so they choose not to handle them. i dont handle my corn all that often but i trust him with my life. and 10-15 minutes is fine.

I don't think that's really it. Snakes aren't social animals like dogs or cats. Yeah they can be tamed but I don't believe they ever develop a desire to be handled. In many of them handling only causes stress.

EmbraceCalamity · 12-14-12, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Wildside

I don't think that's really it. Snakes aren't social animals like dogs or cats. Yeah they can be tamed but I don't believe they ever develop a desire to be handled. In many of them handling only causes stress.

When we had our corn, that's why I didn't handle her often. Occasionally I'd bring her out and handle her a bit, and she was very tame, but it never seemed necessary to do very often. I knew it wasn't something she looked forward to, and I have other pets to lavish with affection.

I'm the same way with my leo.

~Maggot