Oh....Emm...Gee....new snakes!. - Page 2

DDW · 07-03-15, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Minkness

Yeah. I usually meet in public places. This was the first time I went to someone's home to pick up. It was over an hour drive but I also took a friend with me for back up. =)

I'd bring a friend to eitherXD and maybe a pocket knife... or two"

**Minkness** · 07-03-15, 06:12 PM

Well yeah, you aren't a near 30 year old lol. Always take someone with you.

I just make sure friends and family know exactly when and where I am meeting someone too and have a system where I text my friend when I get to a meeting, and when I leave. A time or two the people I met were super cool and we all got talking and my friend will text me if it's been more than 30 mins to make sure I'm ok.

DDW · 07-03-15, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Minkness

Well yeah, you aren't a near 30 year old lol. Always take someone with you.

I just make sure friends and family know exactly when and where I am meeting someone too and have a system where I text my friend when I get to a meeting, and when I leave. A time or two the people I met were super cool and we all got talking and my friend will text me if it's been more than 30 mins to make sure I'm ok.

Nice^.=.^ at some point I plan to get a concealed firearm lisence as well... unless those are outlawed too:/

**Minkness** · 07-03-15, 06:46 PM

Heh. I'm not a fan of guns. But meh, to each his own!

DDW · 07-03-15, 08:10 PM

I understand

**Minkness** · 07-03-15, 09:43 PM

Oh look, Ivrina ISN'T soaking! She must be feeling better after the mite treatment. =)

Albert Clark · 07-04-15, 06:50 AM

I usually quarantine for 30 days. As far as the retained shed and eyecap you can put a couple of drops of mineral oil on a q tip to moisturize the area. You should bump up the humidity as well and that should shed off with her next shed cycle. Don't feed her until you have her well hydrated first. Do the pedialite or Gatorade mixed in the soaking water. A 50 / 50 mix is ok. Don't forget to retreat for the mites after 30 days to kill off the eggs and any remaining mites. Good luck.

DDW · 07-04-15, 07:22 AM

She is a cutie

**Minkness** · 07-04-15, 10:01 AM

Albert, not sure if you read the whole post, but I got all the shed off except the 1 retained eyecap. I don't think she's dehydrated at all since according to her last owner all she did was soak in a huge water dish. (For her size, that water dish was a swimming pool lol). As for the mites, I am using an animal safe powder that kills all insect and acracnid eggs. So, once all the actual mites fall off or shed off due to the treatment, she should be good. =)

Good to know about the pedialite trick though if I ever do have a snake that is dehidrated.

And thanks DDW! I really love her all ready. Unlike Moko, she isn't shy. She perks out of her hide to watch me, and just now when I checked on her, she was out in the open just chilling.

DDW · 07-04-15, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Minkness

Albert, not sure if you read the whole post, but I got all the shed off except the 1 retained eyecap. I don't think she's dehydrated at all since according to her last owner all she did was soak in a huge water dish. (For her size, that water dish was a swimming pool lol). As for the mites, I am using an animal safe powder that kills all insect and acracnid eggs. So, once all the actual mites fall off or shed off due to the treatment, she should be good. =)

Good to know about the pedialite trick though if I ever do have a snake that is dehidrated.

And thanks DDW! I really love her all ready. Unlike Moko, she isn't shy. She perks out of her hide to watch me, and just now when I checked on her, she was out in the open just chilling.

Nice! I hope Glitch is like that. When I had to tinker with her enclosure, I'm not surprised she's been hanging around in her hide. But when she is out around sunset, she's not very jumpy and likes to survey outside her enclosure.

**Minkness** · 07-04-15, 10:13 AM

Yeah, it would be cool if she kept this kind of behavior. =)

I think it may have come about when she had to get used to being in the open to soak to soak.

DDW · 07-04-15, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Minkness

Yeah, it would be cool if she kept this kind of behavior. =)

I think it may have come about when she had to get used to being in the open to soak to soak.

That does make sense

Obsidian_Dragon · 07-04-15, 10:42 PM

Sheesh. I quarantine for 6 months. What's this 30 days stuff you guys are talking about? :P

Also maaaan....I wish it was easier to have hoggies over here.

bigsnakegirl785 · 07-05-15, 01:42 AM

If there's stuck shed, I don't care how much the snake soaks, it's dehydrated. If there was any stuck shed at all, the snake has been dry. I've noticed soaking does little for snakes' hydration. :/

I've also never met a snake that enjoyed soaking for the heck of it (not that I've owned too many, just what I've got currently). So when a snake soaks I look for the cause. In my experience, it's been due to low humidity and stress, but it can also be due to mites.

As far as the scales go, I think those are just damaged scales from having too low of humidity. My bp used to have similar scales when he had bad sheds, which came from a mixture of low humidity and the ReptiBark I kept him on (which chipped his scales and gave him splinters). She's also white, so damaged scales like that will be easier to see.

**Minkness** · 07-05-15, 04:37 AM

Oh, well that's good to know then. I know that soaking is a bad sign, and since I've had her (all of 2 days) she hasn't soaked at all. She has eaten however! 2 mouse fuzzies last night! What a champ!