GTP questions about behavior..help? - Page 2

Sharlynn93 · 01-12-14, 09:30 PM

I added a few vines to the perches, see if that helps...I had already figured on only giving her 1 pinkie to start...I have a bunch of day old pinks in the freezer since a few of my mice went kuku and killed half their litters so I grabbed the rest before they tore into them too...I plunked a good chunk of change on the snake itself so going out and getting new equipment isn't quite as easy as it sounds....I can get a tub and use a plastic coat hanger for a perch, but buying another heat source is out till next payday and I'm worried about heating a small tub with what I have...

KORBIN5895 · 01-13-14, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Sharlynn93

...I plunked a good chunk of change on the snake itself so going out and getting new equipment isn't quite as easy as it sounds....

This is why getting a new snake every month isn't recommended. Actually this whole thread is why getting a new snake every month is a really bad idea.

**lady_bug87** · 01-13-14, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sharlynn93

I added a few vines to the perches, see if that helps...I had already figured on only giving her 1 pinkie to start...I have a bunch of day old pinks in the freezer since a few of my mice went kuku and killed half their litters so I grabbed the rest before they tore into them too...I plunked a good chunk of change on the snake itself so going out and getting new equipment isn't quite as easy as it sounds....I can get a tub and use a plastic coat hanger for a perch, but buying another heat source is out till next payday and I'm worried about heating a small tub with what I have...

Think about how silly that sounds.

You bought an expensive snake but a 10 dollar heat mat is out of the question. Kinda like having a really expensive purse and no money to put inside it if you ask me but hey its your choice. I can only give you tips I can't make you take them.

The vines will likely not help much. I hope it eats for you I really do.

Sharlynn93 · 01-13-14, 08:48 AM

i HAVE a heat mat on it now and it's not throwing heat, just wasn't sure if it would throw more in a plastic tub...and i'm sorry, there is no where around here that sells heat mats for $10...they start at $25...I DO have bills to pay and I only budgeted enough for the snake since everything I have read and was told assured me that the current equipment would be sufficient...heat and humidity is well within the spectrums I was given...and the snake seems quite active exploring the BOTTOM of the tank...I think the issue is just it doesn't like the wooden perches since it did go up on one this morning and came right back down again...going to try to find a way to make plastic ones like the one it was on in its deli cup...

**lady_bug87** · 01-13-14, 09:06 AM

Don't get snippy.

Try PVC pipes. Easy to put together, stable, and easy to clean.

Sharlynn93 · 01-13-14, 09:35 AM

I wasn't being snippy...but it sure sounded like you were in the previous post...

I haven't seen PVC pipes that are smaller in diameter than these dowels I have in there..they are 3/8" rods...hubby is picking up some 1/4" on his way home from work...smaller if he can find them also and we can just up the sizes as she grows...

thinkbig317 · 01-13-14, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Sharlynn93

I wasn't being snippy...but it sure sounded like you were in the previous post...

I haven't seen PVC pipes that are smaller in diameter than these dowels I have in there..they are 3/8" rods...hubby is picking up some 1/4" on his way home from work...smaller if he can find them also and we can just up the sizes as she grows...

Totally agree with this!

LarryS · 01-13-14, 10:27 AM

Great thing to use for perches at this stage is to cut up plastic coat hangers.

Just thinking out loud here.....what if you took a shoe box (a real one) and cut one end off, and cut an access hole in it. Poke some holes and put your perches through it. Flip it upside down and put the cut off end against the side of
the tank so you can observe.

As long as the heat is right this might provide the cover it needs. Maybe could put the heat mat on the side of the tank near the box to provide a gradient.

Of course all this would need to be set up with the animal in a temporary enclosure until I is working properly.

Did you say you have a thermostat ?

robertjnovak59 · 01-13-14, 10:50 AM

I've always wondered about that one. If the snakes exist in the wild where there are no cage dimensions, how can a cage be too big?

Sharlynn93 · 01-13-14, 10:52 AM

right now I have a rheostat on a heat lamp...humidity is holding really well, still at 72 and I haven't sprayed since about 9 last night...I also have a mini heat mat attached to the side of the tank, but it really didn't seem to be throwing any heat from it...so I tried the lamp and it's working quite well...I will be getting another thermostat though, I like them much better...

I did cut a coat hanger and attached it between the current perches to see if he will use that for now until hubby gets home with replacements...but right now he seems to be snoozing and hasn't noticed it yet...doesn't seem real concerned with cover, like i said he has been really active exploring the bottom of the tank...

**lady_bug87** · 01-13-14, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Sharlynn93

I wasn't being snippy...but it sure sounded like you were in the previous post...

I haven't seen PVC pipes that are smaller in diameter than these dowels I have in there..they are 3/8" rods...hubby is picking up some 1/4" on his way home from work...smaller if he can find them also and we can just up the sizes as she grows...

OK. Give the hangers a shot. I used well secured jungle vine when I was just starting

And if I was just being snippy I'd start mentioning how stupid it is to buy animals you can't afford to house properly. The fact that I'm trying to help you come up with solutions should tell you that I'm not being anything but helpful and mildly sarcastic.

Sharlynn93 · 01-13-14, 11:03 AM

even the jungle vine available at our petco is much larger in diameter than the dowels...

and why am I being attacked for buying an animal and asking questions when there are others on this forum buying WAY more than I and asking WAY more questions? as far as housing it properly, i was told this setup was fine from more than 1 source before I bought it...i DID do a lot of research, etc.., but none of what I read said anything about perches being to big causing grounding issues, so I asked...I have been emailing the breeder and conferring with him also...I do not feel I am housing ANY of my animals in improper housing...as long as heat, humidity, and living space is met, how is that improper? do they have expensive custom cages? no. will they? yes. income tax is right around the corner, and 2 of them will be getting their adult enclosures at that time.

I came here asking for advice, not degradation...

**lady_bug87** · 01-13-14, 11:08 AM

All your research and you didn't read to offer a variety of sizes when it comes to perches?

I'm not attacking I'm trying to help. I just have no people skills...

Sharlynn93 · 01-13-14, 11:24 AM

I really figured these were small enough...they are barely bigger than what he was on when he came...and no, none of the videos, care sheets, or verbal exchanges said anything about different size perches, just different heights...hopefully the change to the 1/4" will be the ticket for him...there is another concern I have that we noticed last night, though...his lower jaw doesn't seem quite aligned properly...idk if it is because he has been rubbing his face on the glass or what...he yawned earlier, but it didn't seem to fix it...should I be concerned about that or will it remedy itself?

truce Lori? i'm a little edgy today, was sick all day yesterday, and now had to call off work today because I am still not feeling well at all...not up to a 12 hr day in steel toes on concrete, so my patience and mental capacity is not in its best form...

**lady_bug87** · 01-13-14, 11:30 AM

Sure why not?

The jaw problem doesn't sound fun. Can you get a picture?