Bull snake care info needed. - Page 3

sharthun · 06-22-14, 03:21 PM

Congrats!!!

None505 · 06-22-14, 05:50 PM

Thanks, the snake pooped yesterday and I am wondering if it is ok to clean it now or if I should wait a couple more days so he can digest his food first? I have him on paper towels so I will have to pick him up to clean up the poo.

sharthun · 06-22-14, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by None505

Thanks, the snake pooped yesterday and I am wondering if it is ok to clean it now or if I should wait a couple more days so he can digest his food first? I have him on paper towels so I will have to pick him up to clean up the poo.

I would clean it now. It's OK to gently handle them to move and clean.

None505 · 06-23-14, 08:14 AM

Thank you.

pdomensis · 06-23-14, 08:48 AM

Gophers are great and almost impossible to mess up. Enjoy!

reptocarl · 07-07-14, 09:55 PM

I have a three y.o. male bull. I got him as a hatchling from a breeder. Your snake isnt a bull. Its a great basin gopher. Still a pit and still awesome. These snakes grow large fast. Mine was eighteen inches when i got him and now in three years he is five and a half feet and still growing. I started out with a 29 gallon tank then approx a year later got him a proline 48x24x18 im going to have to get him an even bigger cage. Im thinking of having Ed at proline make me a 60x30x24. I use a rhp controlled by a proportional thermostat and keep his day temps at 83°f on his warm side. He has day and night lighting that are on timers and the rhp shuts off at night and comes on when the day lighting comes on. Ive experimented alot with substrate and am using and sticking with shredded aspen because it seems to be what he is happiest with. I started feeding mine rat pups early so he wouldnt get finicky about switching to rats later. Mine is still on a seven day feed schedule except when he goes into a shed. After he sheds i feed him and that starts the seven day schedule anew. I put in an extra water dish in his cage to raise the humidity during a shed cycle. I think pits are the most awesome coolest snake around because of their sometimes belligerent personality. Good luck with yours.
Carl

None505 · 07-12-14, 02:00 AM

Thank you.

bugboy · 07-20-14, 10:17 PM

I once found a full grown bull snake by the lake it was a cool encounter it flattened out its neck and everything