Baby Snake - Page 2

dave himself · 01-29-15, 08:39 PM

Nice little corn congratulations

Luthien · 01-29-15, 09:18 PM

Thanks! She's a little sweetheart!

Luthien · 01-30-15, 04:04 PM

Yay I think Eve is starting to settle into her new home now! She's peaking out of her hide regularly and last night she came out and laid in the open watching me.

On Tuesday I'm going to try feeding her. So here is a question for you guys.
Should I feed her in her viv the first few times where she's comfortable and feels safe? Or should I put her in the separate viv I'm going to use for feeding?

If I feed her in her viv do I have to worry about the aspen substrate?

reptiledude987 · 01-30-15, 04:11 PM

Personally I see no need to ever remove to feed (this has been debated at great length on other threads). Id start by dangling the mouse with tongs if she dosent take it just set it on a piece of paper towel and let her do her thing. just make sure the mouse is warm when offered.

SnoopySnake · 01-30-15, 04:19 PM

There's no need to take her out for feeding, its just more work and may be stressful for her. The aspen will be fine if your temps and humidity are right.

Luthien · 01-30-15, 05:27 PM

Ok I've just heard that they are more likely to strike at you thinking it's food if their hungry and feeding out of the viv stops that because then they know they don't get food in the viv.

Thanks! I'll feed in the viv

Jacktar · 01-30-15, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by reptiledude987

Personally I see no need to ever remove to feed (this has been debated at great length on other threads). Id start by dangling the mouse with tongs if she dosent take it just set it on a piece of paper towel and let her do her thing. just make sure the mouse is warm when offered.

I second this

reptiledude987 · 01-30-15, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Luthien

Ok I've just heard that they are more likely to strike at you thinking it's food if their hungry and feeding out of the viv stops that because then they know they don't get food in the viv.

Thanks! I'll feed in the viv

Thats the other side of the argument but from personal expierence if they dont smell food they dont strike when i stick my hand in. Aside from my bredli male who strikes at everything including water while filling the water dish (he just has a general attitude problem lol).

Luthien · 01-30-15, 05:49 PM

Lol. Sounds good! Thanks! I can't wait till she's all settled in and I can hold her!

SnoopySnake · 01-30-15, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Luthien

Ok I've just heard that they are more likely to strike at you thinking it's food if their hungry and feeding out of the viv stops that because then they know they don't get food in the viv.

Thanks! I'll feed in the viv

By this logic they'll learn that being taken out means getting food and will be more likely to strike.

Out of the two boa constrictors I had the one that was fed out of the tank was actually more snappy. Not saying that's because he wasn't fed in the viv, though.

Luthien · 01-30-15, 05:56 PM

With the proper heat temps do I need to worry about her swallowing any cedar shavings with the mouse?

Yup concerned new momma here! Lol

SnoopySnake · 01-30-15, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Luthien

With the proper heat temps do I need to worry about her swallowing any cedar shavings with the mouse?

Yup concerned new momma here! Lol

No, if your husbandry is correct she'll be fine.

Luthien · 01-30-15, 07:05 PM

Awesome! Now just to get her to eat!

sunkissedpython · 02-08-15, 01:17 AM

I've fed both out of tank and in tank and honestly I just feed out of tank now. I've had a few crappy occurrences when I fed in tank…The worst was my ball python struck for the mouse and missed, and ending up getting a piece of aspen lodged into his mouth. You can only guess what that means :/ I had to reach in (and of course he's going to think I'm a mouse) and he went for my hand. He's also not to much of baby at this point anymore mind you, he started constricting me so while this was all happening I had to use my other hand to pull out the aspen and then uncoil him. It was really terrible experience and thankfully he never bit me again or anything but he wasn't going to be able to get the aspen out by himself, I waited a second to give him a chance. So you really never know with your substrate, I had actually started getting different aspen to so that wasn't as likely to happen, and it still did.
Another thing is and by no means do I think this is scientifically proven or affects every snake, but one of my ball pythons did become a lot more aggressive when I started feeding him in his terrarium. He started acting like he was constantly waiting for my hand to give him food, then he started striking at the tank any time I walked by a few days after I would feed him. Any time I tried to take him out he would strike at me and it just became a really sketch, unbearable situation.
Again, not saying this is going to happen or it's best to feed out of cage-but these are just my experiences.
Your baby is looking so cute!

Luthien · 02-09-15, 01:27 AM

I totally hear you those were my concerns, the aspen and biting thinking I'm food but a couple of my friends also have corn snakes and feed in the viv, what they have done is trained their snakes that a knock on the glass means food time, now when they hear that knock they come out and look for the food. So I'm going to try that but so far we've had 2 successful feelings and she hasn't even looked like she wants to bite me!

As for the bedding I've been feeding her by her "open hide" so what I do before feeding is lay a piece of paper towel down on top of the bedding and feed on there removing it as soon as the mouse is down, she doesn't seem to mind and eases my mind about the bedding

The photo is her color now, she just had her first shed with me!