Calling the Beauty Squad!

[IW17]

Send her to me. That's the best advice I can give you But on the off chance you don't take me up on my overly generous offer, here's the basics. 82 warm side, room temp (mid 70's) cool side. Humidity 70+. Enclosure as big as you can offer, 4x2x2 minimum. Lots of structure to climb. The will be on the move a lot. Mine don't use hides, but you should offer until you determine if yours will. I feed med or lrg rats every 7-10 days. When you hold them they will often try to anchor their tail on a part of your body. Not allowing them to do so can cause them to flail and try to get away. Attitude is totally dependent on the individual, but I've personally not experienced any defensive behavior. If I missed anything hopefully someone else will chime in.

OH, and congrats!

[Charis]

Originally Posted by IW17

Send her to me. That's the best advice I can give you But on the off chance you don't take me up on my overly generous offer, here's the basics. 82 warm side, room temp (mid 70's) cool side. Humidity 70+. Enclosure as big as you can offer, 4x2x2 minimum. Lots of structure to climb. The will be on the move a lot. Mine don't use hides, but you should offer until you determine if yours will. I feed med or lrg rats every 7-10 days. When you hold them they will often try to anchor their tail on a part of your body. Not allowing them to do so can cause them to flail and try to get away. Attitude is totally dependent on the individual, but I've personally not experienced any defensive behavior. If I missed anything hopefully someone else will chime in.

OH, and congrats!

LOL! Thanks!

Interesting, sounds like my Mandarins. When they aren't totally comfortable, usually when first being picked up, they also want to anchor their back half to an arm and will hold their upper body in a ready S, that will let them strike or dodge very fast, if anything they perceive as threatening comes at them. They also freak if they aren't able to get that good anchor. Once they've had a few minutes to asses things from their ready position, they relax and are ready to calmly explore.