First time snake owner, looking for help! - Page 12

alessia55 · 02-01-12, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Kylie

Well bella is pre bright, ya i was told to keep and eye on her eyes for shedding! so ill go with that one. but it ussualy happened after feeding?

Shedding and feeding don't have anything to do with each other, as far as I know. Just keep feeding her regularly as you would. Some snakes won't eat when they're about to shed, others don't care and they eat anyway.

KORBIN5895 · 02-01-12, 09:34 PM

Catching up on lost time Shmoges?

alessia55 · 02-01-12, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kylie

Lol so when is a bad time to hold them?
After they eat of course

Bad times to hold your snake are
- 48 hours after feeding. This is to give her enough time to digest most of her food. You wouldn't want to be held and gripped around the belly after eating either

- right before she sheds. This is mostly because when they shed, they shed their eye caps as well. So in preparing to shed, their eye sight is greatly reduced, and so she might feel a little less secure and more defensive if she can't see well.

Kylie · 02-01-12, 09:40 PM

yeah thats the hard thing about not buying it as a baby. shes 2yrs old lol so its not her first sheds or anything shes been going like that for 2yrs. when i got her and cleaned her cage out there were 2 small peices of shed in the tank and when i asked the previous owners if they new when she shed she said no she wasnt paying attention.

Shmoges · 02-01-12, 09:47 PM

Yeah I fed one of my corns last weekend and was moving around in the snake room and she yacked it up. Just that annoyance of me moving around made her change her mind but she ate it after I left the room

Sometimes I put a towel over there tanks so they don't see me feeding other snakes.

Kylie · 02-01-12, 09:50 PM

Lol they have great personalities.

**Aaron_S** · 02-01-12, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Kylie

Im worried i might have shocked bella by moving her into her new home...she hasnt moved much since i did so. and i know a few people whos snakes starved themselfs to death after being moved...

I know this is going back a number of pages but I wanted to address this as this is rather important.

Snakes don't just starve themselves after being moved. If they were healthy in the first place and regular eaters then I don't see why a simple move would do this to any snake. Corns are rather simple to keep and very forgiving of housing errors so they'll generally eat pretty regular. There are times when it could happen but then we'd be discussing wild caught and sickly animals.

I'd really like to know what part of Canada you're from and who these people might be who have had this happen apparently.

Also, you need to stop thinking you're constantly stressing this snake out. They aren't like other pets. They don't really need all the attention. Just keep ensuring you're giving her the proper housing as you're already doing and she'll be fine.

Kylie · 02-01-12, 10:07 PM

I am from alberta, and so are my friends who iv been talking about. but none of them had corns

**lady_bug87** · 02-01-12, 10:08 PM

saying that I have never had a new arrival refuse a meal the only one that gave me trouble was my green tree she didn't like how we were feeding her once we changed our method she hasn't missed a meal. She's a picky eater but that's about it

Kylie · 02-01-12, 10:17 PM

Awsome! im hoping she will eat! im a nervous wreck haha! Im hoping she eats , i dont no how to feed her thats the part im kinda confused on. im thinking im going to give her the live hoppers but just stun then by bonking them on a counter or somthing so they wont get aggressive. and feed her in her tank cause i dnt need to move her again and im not rough when i pick her up so she shouldn't get mean with me? ill do 1 at a time. Does this all sound good? or??

can i use tweesers to pick then up by the tail? lol

**lady_bug87** · 02-01-12, 10:21 PM

you can always pre-kill the hopper and then offer it you can buy forcepts to use for feeding they look like long tweezers

Kylie · 02-01-12, 10:24 PM

yeah i bought some jumo ones lol. i dont no if i really want to kill them, i think knocking them out is hard enough lol

**lady_bug87** · 02-01-12, 10:27 PM

you could always feed frozen thawed (dont know if that came up already) some of the people on here raise and euthanize their own rodents I'm sure they can give you tips

I for one buy them frozen because its convenient and I have no need for babies really. most of mine are on sub adult rats and only 2 are on baby mice

youngster · 02-01-12, 10:31 PM

Try f/t first. Corns are pretty good about eating f/t.

**Aaron_S** · 02-01-12, 10:35 PM

Just try f/t. If she doesn't eat them then she doesn't eat it. It won't harm her if she missed a meal and you just try live 5 days later.