Eating Again! Part 1 of 3 - Page 2

Chu'Wuti · 01-17-09, 03:01 PM

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gust got one bout 2 ft long not eating been bout A week.? hoW do i make a post.

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Regarding your blood python, first of all, don't worry. He most likely just needs time to adjust. He will not starve to death immediately--some snakes go for weeks or even months without eating.

Give us some more details about him. You say he's about 2 feet long; what's his diameter at the widest part of his body? What was the store or breeder feeding him (type, size, & frozen or live)? How did you offer the prey item to your snake?

**Aaron_S** · 01-17-09, 04:31 PM

Let him sit for a week. Do not disturb the snake in the least. Maybe change water or something. Otherwise let it be. Make sure your temperatures aren't too high because they tend to like temperatures cooler than ball pythons. I would recommend around
88F hot spot. They also need higher humidity. I suggest around a 70 - 80% and mine does well in that. What are you using for your substrate?

Chu'Wuti · 01-17-09, 05:41 PM

Aaron_S--

Everyone has to learn sometime! I like our forum being such an educational site!

**Aaron_S** · 01-17-09, 06:26 PM

I know...I know...I tried hard not to...

st3v3n · 01-17-09, 09:42 PM

hey thx 4 ur concerns n help. i just put saran wrap over a lil more than half the tank 2 keep the humitiy in. now in mid 70s to low 80. percent witch is good b4 it was 40 to 50 percent. n b4 they think they feed him frozen mice. but i offerd him a per killed one even live n even tried a pre killed rat n he seemd a lil more interesed in that n the beading is red cypress keepers choice. but ima give her a week without touchin her. its so hard tho cuz i love snakes. ima try 2 post a pic of her maby once she is eatin. oh n i just got her a better hide she been in that all day lol. but ya if any 1 is having humitity problems try covering half the screen w saran wrap but not the whole thing duhh lol.... thanks guys alot of good advice :-)

Chu'Wuti · 01-18-09, 10:36 AM

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beading is red cypress

Hey, guys--cypress doesn't have the toxic phenols that cedar & pine have? I haven't seen any info stating it does & a lot stating it's commonly used . . .

St3v3n, glad you raised the humidity; that should help. I know it's really hard to leave your brand new pet alone, but we all have found that the less stress the better, and just moving to a new environment is a lot of stress.

**Aaron_S** · 01-18-09, 12:40 PM

I originally kept my girl in a tank with some paper towel as the substrate and then she had three hides. One on the cool side, one over the heatpad and another in the middle filled with moss, to make her a humid hide. She liked the one where she could curl up and feel really secure in the best. I now have her in a rubbermaid with eco-earth and no hides. She kinda burrows and still eats amazingly well.

The Curtus family are pigs. If you think it's big enough to eat a larger meal, try it, most likely it'll be ok. Pre-killed should be fine.

st3v3n · 01-18-09, 07:47 PM

wow. thx agen 4 ur help really. after all day yesterday of beaing in her new hide she iz starting to poke her nose out, so happy lol :-} i bought this automatic spray bottle to mist the cage n its alot better on the hand lol. well thx guys n any more lil tricks u got b sure 2 share oh can u mate a blood with a ball python j/w.?¿

Chu'Wuti · 01-18-09, 10:45 PM

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can u mate a blood with a ball python j/w.

Just off the top of my head, I would say no. They are entirely different species:

Python curtis is the blood python (with three subspecies that I know of)

Python regius is the royal or ball python (no subspecies, many morphs)

In some animals, interspecies breeding is possible, but it often has to be forced or accomplished artificially because the animals behave differently enough that breeding isn't stimulated. But this is just off the top of my head and I don't know for sure.

We need Aaron_S or Mykee or Julian at citysnakes.com to weigh in on this, because I am no expert when it comes to breeding. Guys?

**Aaron_S** · 01-19-09, 12:14 AM

It's already been done. It's known as the "superball". I do believe it's been done with a borneo short tail python bred to a ball python. Not quite sure who was the mother or father but it's been done. Looks kinda neat but it's a lot of hassle. Hybridization is a very hot topic, mostly because unlike most other animals, reptiles that are hybrids remain fertile so it can really screw up bloodlines.

st3v3n · 01-19-09, 04:49 AM

oh. well would u say it would probely b a bad thing to try? n thx agen this site iz great...

**Aaron_S** · 01-19-09, 10:51 AM

If you've never bred anything. Yes it's a bad thing to try. What's the point? You'll most likely waste your time, the snakes time when you could just breed "pure" bloods and balls.

st3v3n · 01-19-09, 11:01 AM

oh k thx Aaron. is it preety cool breeding snakes never done it b4 my 2 bps are keept 2gather n the feamal deffently got eegs any good tips wat to do wen she lays them. humitiy percent? n beding info. thx wat to do wen they pop out how long does it take 4 them 2 hatch.

st3v3n · 01-19-09, 11:03 AM

my bearded bragon laid eggs n ate them y ? she has plent of freash food n creekets.

siz · 01-19-09, 11:51 AM

Hmm..you shouldn't keep your 2 ball pythons together.
As for the beardie, I am pretty sure you need to remove the eggs. Beardies will eat anything, including little baby beardies. Had you mated your female or did she lay infertile eggs?