Advice needed - Page 2

Wolfus_305 · 03-06-11, 02:44 PM

Hmm, I'm currently in Brantford for school, I'll be back the end of April to Toronto. If you would like to see her you can let me know any time you're in Toronto again and I can arrange it, or I can see if i can arrange for her to get to your place, but my mum doesn't drive and my dad works shifts so it could take a while. I will PM you with the details

Jay · 03-06-11, 02:46 PM

ok i will pay extra for some gas money ! are you sure its a her

dshin963 · 03-29-11, 07:31 AM

question!
what happened to this snake?
I hope she went to a good home

belovedboas · 03-29-11, 07:39 AM

It sucks....I dont have the time to take on another snake at the moment or I would take her in a heartbeat....lost track of how many times i been bit haha

emilie · 03-29-11, 07:39 AM

haha just about to say i'll take her, no problem. ^ i second that coment by dan

Wolfus_305 · 03-29-11, 11:00 AM

She will be going to her new home (with jay0133) at the end of April when I go back to Toronto for summer vacation (it's about time too, i'm exhausted and tired of schoo lwork :P)

dshin963 · 03-29-11, 12:21 PM

lol i hear ya and its good to know that shes going to a good home

shaunyboy · 03-30-11, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolfus_305

Thank you for the tips

We can't even get into her cage without stiking/bites... when I bought her she was handleable and I tried to handle her every day or every other day and she kept getting worse and worse. as soon as she sees you at the glass or hears you unlock the lock she's ready to strike...

its sounds like defensive bitting due to feeling insecure.i could'nt see any hides in your picture if you don't have any put 1 in the cool end and 1 near the hot end but NOT directly under the heat source.

what size of food item are you feeding her ?

i'm thinking its either feeling insecure or hungry i'm swaying towards insecure though what with her striking the glass

it could also be that you just have a bitey defensive or evil carpet there are a few of them out there

cheers shaun

Wolfus_305 · 03-30-11, 12:30 PM

Hey Shaun,

She has 3 hides, it's hard to see in the picture though. she has two on the warm side and one on the cooler side and she has a nice big water dish and the branchy thing in the middle to curl up on.

I can't remember what size rat i'm feeding her... they're small though.. just about the size of her girth (i heard somewhere that's how you choose a food size for your snakes)

She is also kept in the quietest room in the house above where the two dogs i have can see her, so i don't think she's stressing/insecure about that.

When i got her she wasn't as tame as my BP, but i figured that with some handling and love she would get to be like my BP

Kendra

Lankyrob · 03-30-11, 05:56 PM

Carpets can take huge prey items, if it is the same girth as the snake it is too small, you want to be aiming for prey twice the size of the carpet imo

Wolfus_305 · 03-30-11, 08:12 PM

oh, ok, I didn't know that, thank you

shaunyboy · 03-31-11, 11:20 AM

if she's always been bitey then you may just have one of the carpets that never settle down

i've found it tends to be jungles that are the worst for this a few others i've spoke to feel the same

a carpet will take 2,3,4 times its girth in food size with no problems

if its too big it simply won't eat it

i tend to feed very large prey items every 2 to 3 weeks rather than smaller items more often.mty own collection seem to thrive on this feeding pattern

glad you got her re homed though with one of the good guy's off here

cheers shaun

Wolfus_305 · 03-31-11, 09:10 PM

Hi Shaun,

Hmm, ok, I'll see if my dad will feed her one of my large f/t rats (he's taking care of her right now because i'm away at school. he doesn't like her :P )

When I got her she was ok... she was my second snake, i could hold her when I got her but she didn't seem like she liked it and she just kept getting worse and worse and worse and now if you touch the locks or walk past her tank she strikes at the glass!

Yes! I'm so relieved I've found her a good home where she can get the proper care, I've been looking since November

Jay · 03-31-11, 09:23 PM

Hey Good thing this thread came on the home page
forgot about her its now april

pm me for my phone number so we can talk about $, time and place thanks
and are you sure she is a female