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marionsclan · 07-24-11, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by youngage

also i am using coconut fibre+jungle earth substrate. will it be hard for me to see its poops and stuff? should i switch to a wood one where i can see the poops and where it is more natural? or is what i have good?

Oh you will see it. It usually comes out with the urate which is their type of urine. Urate is a dry form of urine because snakes try and preserve water so instead of urinating liquid they retain the water and excrete the dry urate, which is usually white, can be greenish white too.

youngage · 07-24-11, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by forkedtongue

Waiting for my severance to pick up one of anthony's carpets. Beautiful snake, how much did u pay if u don't mind me asking?

about 140 i think for the lil baby. from port credit pets.

marionsclan - so i will for sure see the poop or partial mouse when it does do its owrk?

Freebody · 07-24-11, 08:35 AM

yup you wont miss it :P and they digest everything, and you will smell it it their before you see it most time lol

Reptile_Reptile · 07-24-11, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

I assume by IJC you mean Irian Jaya Carpet? If so that humidity is a little high, in the uk we class carpets as needing "normal" humidity which is 50% here. I think your hot temp may be slightly low too but my brain isnt working properly at the moment for me to remember - maybe someone else can confirm this to save me having to get up and check?

similar words almost escaped my mouth

forkedtongue · 07-24-11, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by youngage

about 140 i think for the lil baby. from port credit pets.

marionsclan - so i will for sure see the poop or partial mouse when it does do its owrk?

Wow you scored that thing off anthoney for 140? Ihate you now lol

youngage · 07-24-11, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Reptile_Reptile

similar words almost escaped my mouth

well the humidity is about 50-60 now so its all goood. and the temps are about 27-32 degrees.

also since the snake was sitting up top for so long like the past 2 days i decided to help it move down,

and i put it in the water bowl.... and it chilled there for a bit and left but here are some pics.

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Originally Posted by forkedtongue

Wow you scored that thing off anthoney for 140? Ihate you now lol

yea about 140-150 dont remember cuzz than there was tank and stuff too. here are some pics, he is nothing out of the ordinary, but its mine.

lol

stephanbakir · 07-24-11, 04:32 PM

That snake looks awesome :P

youngage · 07-27-11, 06:34 AM

so i think it just went poo last night. was looking around the tank this morning and notices a white piece like styrofoam looking thing.

about the size of a push pin. a little bigger. i took the snake hook and poked at it. and it was soft and stuck to it. and had alot of coconut fibres on it. i smelled it and it smelt like iunno. not good though. its poo right? lol

also once it poo's can i feed it again?

Lankyrob · 07-27-11, 08:05 AM

If its white it is urates not poo, you should really have a fixed schedule for feeding rather than waiting for poo, some snakes rarely poo. Also if you are feeding prey with little or no hair then 99% of the prey will be absorbed so little waste to pass.

youngage · 07-27-11, 08:28 AM

Yes I do. 1 fuzzy mouse a week I fed it last Friday. But can i feed it early today?

Okay so if the prey I feed it has little hair than it's normal for such small poops?

Lankyrob · 07-27-11, 10:42 AM

All normal - personally i stick to feed day whatever happens, snakes in the wild dont get to eat as soon as they are hungry they get to eat when they go off and hunt something down so a couple of days of them hunting around their viv wont hurt them at all.

Also once he has fed consistently a few times for you then get him switched onto rats, as an adult you could end up feeding LOTS of mice at every feed to fill him up and it is much healthier for him to take rats instead.

youngage · 07-27-11, 02:59 PM

so i should get it started on rat pinkies?are rats alot more healthier? how about soft furs?

Lankyrob · 07-27-11, 04:25 PM

Rats have less fat content than mice and also are much bigger so when snakey is full grown you should be feeding one orvtwo rats instead of eight or more mice

shaunyboy · 07-28-11, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by youngage

pics will do for sure! it is shy of the flash...

anyways yea its been 24hrs and there is still a lump in his body and i dont really notice it moving down its body... should be fine?

as well, it hasn't come down from the basking area in the past 24hrs. its fine?

and my tank temp is about 34c high and 27 low now after misting it just now, as well it was a 40% humidity and now about 55 aftermisting.

should i handle it tomorrow? or give it another day?

carpets have NO specific humidity needs

i and all other carpet keepers i know don't mist their snakes

hot end 86f to 90f

cool end 76f to 80f

use the above temps as a guide and let your snake tell you the rest

i give 3 days for digestion before handling

he's up his basking area because he's just fed,they like the extra heat to aid digestion.mines stay up the hot end for 2 or 3 days after eating

cheers shaun