possible RI/hopefully not - Page 2

TeaNinja · 01-23-11, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mykee

Not an RI, he's just doing his best to tell you he doesn't want to be held.
You're not listening.

that's a big assumption and i take a small amount of offense. i put him back in his viv immediately after, upped the temp and humidity and havn't touched him for the last 2 days; and i don't overhold him.

i appreciate your opinion that he doesn't have RI. i don't agree with how you said it.

NennaMeerkat · 01-23-11, 10:05 PM

It was a bit harsh I suppose...

Has their been any change good or otherwise Tea?

TeaNinja · 01-23-11, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by NennaMeerkat

It was a bit harsh I suppose...

Has their been any change good or otherwise Tea?

i'll hold him alittle later. maybe he was just weezing cuz he was stressed, i hope that's the case. i bet he'll enjoy the extra heat/humidity either way.

clmclark · 02-01-11, 08:10 AM

Since you guys are talking humidity... I've only had my BP a week. I haven't been misting at all and it's not very humid... but I have a humidity box in there. Does anyone else do this? It's just a plastic strage container with a hole cut in it. I keep the moss pretty wet and she goes in there everyday for a little while. Has anyone else done this? Any idea which way is better?

mykee · 02-01-11, 09:35 AM

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"that's a big assumption and I take a small amount of offense"

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"and i don't overhold him."[/"

Quite frankly, I'm not overly concerned about hurting your feelings. my concern is solely for your ball python, which I believe is why you came here looking for opinions in the first place, correct?
Whether you chose to believe it or not, your ball python does not want to be held. Ball pythons are solitary creatures who would prefer NEVER to be held. The hissing you are hearing is your ball python telling you that he is scared, stressed out and does NOT want to be held.
YOU ARE LOT LISTENING to your ball python.

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"i'll hold him alittle later"

and you're still not listening....

Lankyrob · 02-01-11, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by clmclark

Since you guys are talking humidity... I've only had my BP a week. I haven't been misting at all and it's not very humid... but I have a humidity box in there. Does anyone else do this? It's just a plastic strage container with a hole cut in it. I keep the moss pretty wet and she goes in there everyday for a little while. Has anyone else done this? Any idea which way is better?

I do both, you are looking for a relative humidity of about 55-60%. I provide a humid hide with sphagnum moss plus i mist the cage every morning taking it up to about 65% it then goes through a drying process until the following morning where the humidity is usually about 45-50%

TeaNinja · 02-01-11, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mykee

Quite frankly, I'm not overly concerned about hurting your feelings. my concern is solely for your ball python, which I believe is why you came here looking for opinions in the first place, correct?
Whether you chose to believe it or not, your ball python does not want to be held. Ball pythons are solitary creatures who would prefer NEVER to be held. The hissing you are hearing is your ball python telling you that he is scared, stressed out and does NOT want to be held.
YOU ARE LOT LISTENING to your ball python.

and you're still not listening....

honestly, you were 100% right, he didn't want to be held.

with my steady slow holding regiment he now NEVER whistles and is much more used to handling. if you're just gonna be an a$$hole don't bother posting on my next post. i usually don't listen to my fullest when i'm having my attention sidetracked to the fact that you are a complete d1ck for no reason.

and it's good that i "don't listen" to you, because now my pet is much happier.

Edit - rude comment removed

Ch^4 · 02-01-11, 04:28 PM

Certainly not trying to take sides or start a debate, but that is mykee's style. Mykee just wants to insure the well being of your pet. He has years and years of invaluable experience and offers great advice. As a "middle man," I suggest heeding his advice, but the name calling isn't necessary. Good to hear your little guy is doing better.

Shmoges · 02-01-11, 05:45 PM

You could do like I do and cover 2/3 to 3/4 of the enclosure with plastic wrap to hold in more humidity so it doesn't evaporate as fast. Granted if you have heat sources above the tank thats not a good idea. I also have a humidifier in the room with my snakes on a timer its at a good 60% for the corns and the BP, it helps keep it nice and high in the enclosures when I mist. Another thought is I highly recommend you make a moist hide for your BP. All my snakes spend the majority of there time in them except for the sand boas (not in the same room)

When I first got my ball python it was from a friend and the poor thing was in a dirty cage no water no heat and it had a wheeze. Once I got the heat and humidity up in his new tank the wheezing stopped after a couple of weeks. Thank go dit wasn't an upper respiratory infection.

shaunyboy · 02-03-11, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by NennaMeerkat

Would upping his humidity help at all?

upping the temperature by 4 or 5 degrees aids the snakes immune system

imo mykee was only trying to tell you to listen to the snake as its telling you what it needs or in this case don't need

the longer we have our snakes the better we get to know them we learn to read them and look for signs

i honestly don't think mykee was being hostile towards you mate

i've found it helpfull to take everyones personal experiences on board when i'm trying to figure out any problems i'm having with my snakes

sometimes when things are wrote on a forum they can be taken the wrong way as theres no indication of voice tones facial expressions etc

just words on a screen

i'm not wanting to further the arguement only trying to smooth things out folks

cheers shaun