Profile: Goldie (My First Snake)

TalonNC · 08-06-11, 06:52 PM

well most have this fantastical story about there first snake...mines will is kinda drab.....she only cost me $90 and 220miles of travel.....(i dont want to see another road for a day) I woke up at 7:30am to go to Repticon '11 in charlotte turns out it was alot further then i expected...it was at a Arena pass concord or 69 mi from my house. i got there and had a blast .....checkin out all the different reptiles...that were selling Super Blast for $2000 wow....

....anyway make a long story short i talked with some breeders...and decided to get a Pastel .....problem...i had planned to attend Carolina Panther Fan Fest....and if i purchased it now he would likely die in my car while i watched the Panthers practice....So i had to buy him drive him 69miles home....then drive back to Charlotte 60miles to attend fanfest. The boo wants to call him Goldie (from the Mack) ...but i'm still undecided

right now he is perched ontop of the hot hide....for some reason i cant get the temperature up using both heat pad and ceramic heater. Well without further a do...here is Goldie(for now)... He's bout a foot and a half long and very skittish gonna give him some time to get accumulated his home...more pics to come tommorow

Jenn_06 · 08-06-11, 07:10 PM

He looks so cute congrats, what kind of top do you have on your cage if it the screen kind you need to cover most of it up so the heat can't get out so easy.

Reptile_Reptile · 08-06-11, 07:14 PM

packing wrap, with a towel on it works well, its what i used.

TalonNC · 08-06-11, 07:14 PM

right now i have a towel....covering the screen top.....with just enough for the ceramic heater to be place over the hot hide....he is perched directly under it...

*hunts for some packing wrap*

Jenn_06 · 08-06-11, 07:18 PM

Or you can use aluminum foil does not look nice but it works

TalonNC · 08-07-11, 09:44 AM

How long should i wait before trying to handle or trying feed...my new little guy...

breeders said he was on rats....

Lankyrob · 08-07-11, 09:48 AM

7 days rest with no handling or interaction apart from changing water and then try to feed - if it wont take it same conditions for another week - repeat until it feeds!

TalonNC · 08-07-11, 07:00 PM

Foil tricked worked....finally hitting the 90s on the Hot side....Humidity at 50%

weirdest thing ..i walked in and he was wrapped on Thermastat probe cable using it to anchor himself up to the top of the tank he eventually fell off landing on his hot hide...but didn't think these guys were much of the climbing type.....

makes me think i need to add a long climbing branch or something......seeing him active makes me wanna handle...gonna be a long 7 days..

Jenn_06 · 08-08-11, 10:23 AM

Happy it worked for you, you can put something in the cage for it to climb on just make sure its not too high.

KrazyKat · 08-08-11, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TalonNC

Well without further a do...here is Goldie(for now)...

I take it you are debating a name for your handsome little fellow?

Good luck! It took me nearly a month to finally decide upon a name for my newest snake.
Congrats, he's a beauty!

maximus30576 · 08-08-11, 07:00 PM

Good lookin ball for sure ... Congrats !!!!

TalonNC · 08-13-11, 09:14 AM

He was active til i got my phone out..then he gave me that "Wtf is that?" Stare

Two things i found real interesting.....

1. when i first got him i used facet water in his soaker....he obviously didnt like it....he showed me by relieveing himself in it...so i put some filtered water in..and now he is content...I'll be damned if he is getting bottled water...lmao..

2. when they said BPs are creature of habit they werent kidding....Goldie wakes up at 9:30pm everynite...not 9:29...not 9:31....9:30pm he is poking out his rock hide. set my watch by him....

when i bought him they said he was on rats....but he just doesnt look big enough... today is is first feeding....so i'm gonna try a small one...and see...but i'm skeptical...should i wait til his normal wake up time to feed?

TalonNC · 08-13-11, 09:16 AM

Also ....is 100% Fir Repti-bark ok to use as substrate....?

Also when he is awake all he is does is searches for ways out of the tank...he climbs the thermostat probe to investigate the top of the tank....does this Escape thought ever leave them cause he is a climber if i have ever seen one...

Lankyrob · 08-13-11, 09:17 AM

He is probably more likely to eat when awake on his own rather than woken up by you - be ready at 9:30!!

TalonNC · 08-13-11, 04:19 PM

Came home....and this little excape artist had climbed the thermastat cable and wedged himself inbetween the top and lip on the tank.......SMDH

anyway i had dinner that was not suppose to be until 9:30....

Live mouse transported in rat bedding(for scent)...as they didn't have rat pups.

i placed Goldie in little dish tub and shook mouse out of box he was transported in...and before i could get my phone ready...Goldie had snatched him up and wrapped...took all of 5mins