bp eating

TeaNinja · 04-14-11, 06:39 AM

the rats are getting pretty big so i'm gonna start freezing some probably tomorrow. here's my snake munching a few minutes ago.

TeaNinja · 04-14-11, 06:41 AM

mnom mnom mnom

Jenn_06 · 04-14-11, 06:45 AM

thats great wish 2 of my BP will start eatting again, last time one ate was in Nov and the other was in Dec.

TeaNinja · 04-14-11, 06:49 AM

yea my dumerils still hasn't eatin in months, i have my fingers crossed he will start up again soon also. good luck with your bp's jenn :x lol.

also i had 2 cardboard petco animal containers as hides and i noticed just about every day the last week or so the BP flips his hide over on the cold side and i always just see it overturned. i figure he's been trying to hide in it and flipping it over like an idiot, so i took out the cardboard ones and made him one out of a plastic box on the cold side, and one out of a tupperware container on the hot side. and i've seen him use both of them already.

for some reason it gives me great satisfaction to see my pets using the things i create for them lol.

stephanbakir · 04-14-11, 02:18 PM

I found a great thing to use as a hide, moose antlers.They absorb heat like crazy and make a great shedding surface.

TeaNinja · 04-14-11, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by stephanbakir

I found a great thing to use as a hide, moose antlers.They absorb heat like crazy and make a great shedding surface.

not really a "hide" though O.o

stephanbakir · 04-14-11, 03:44 PM

If you move the substrate around they are, that and the snake moves substrate around on his own, ill take a pic later.

TeaNinja · 04-14-11, 04:01 PM

alright

i just couldn't imagine that antlers would be any actual cover.

Marica · 04-15-11, 04:00 PM

I've seen some neat DIY plastic hides made out of tupperware containers with an entrance cut/soldered out, then sprayed with Krylon to make them opaque. Another option I've heard of is to alter a cat litter box/tray.

Moose antlers are also an interesting idea. As they have a larger solid area at the base compared to deer antlers I can see how you could use them as a hide. Just not sure how easy they would be to clean.

TeaNinja · 04-15-11, 04:11 PM

heres the 2 hides i made in like 5 minutes. i've seen him using both of them. i never saw him in the cold hide before when it was cardboard, and he had been flipping it upside down every day (probably trying to use it)
i believe he's in the cold hide now.

Lankyrob · 04-15-11, 05:32 PM

I got a cheap plastic rabbit/ guinea pig bed in a sale, comes it two pieces so two hides in one.