Umm...Question...

[Jakesgirl]

Originally Posted by jarich

Hahahaha, love that this is your reference point.

And dont worry about getting mites from wood chips. Those are not reptile mites, but most likely wood mites. There are many different kinds of mites and only a few attack reptiles. Many, like those in the wood chips, just eat plant matter.

I know it makes me sound dumb, but that is literally what I used to measure him. -_- lol

And I didn't know that. Although I quickly found out he can move much quicker on the chips than he can on newspaper. >.> lol He's pretty active.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Jakesgirl

I'm just a little scared I might get something too big. Before he and I got together, my bf had a corn snake. He took the advice of someone who worked in a pet store and bought something a little bigger than what he had been feeding his snake, and it killed the poor thing. That scares me.

That's asinine. The snake died for another reason. Snakes simply don't eat what they can't eat. We don't need to baby these animals. This isn't directed at you, but we are arrogant to think we control that much of these creatures. Almost like without us, they'd never survive "the big bad world".

[Jakesgirl]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

That's asinine. The snake died for another reason. Snakes simply don't eat what they can't eat. We don't need to baby these animals. This isn't directed at you, but we are arrogant to think we control that much of these creatures. Almost like without us, they'd never survive "the big bad world".

That makes sense. Maybe the animal that he fed it was sick? Or maybe the snake itself was sick. He got it from a petstore, so wouldn't surprise me. That's why I got mine from a breeder.

[Jakesgirl]

While we are on the subject, perhaps someone could tell me what kind of morph my little boy is? I have pics posted of him.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Jakesgirl

That makes sense. Maybe the animal that he fed it was sick? Or maybe the snake itself was sick. He got it from a petstore, so wouldn't surprise me. That's why I got mine from a breeder.

Could simply be your boyfriend sucked at keeping snakes. Could have been a sick snake prior to buying it. Lots of reasons. I would bet one of my own ball pythons that it had nothing to do with the prey though.

[Jakesgirl]

Possibly. It was his first snake too, and I doubt he did as much research as I did. Because I know how he is. But he's been pretty good with Jake. Of coarse, I also keep a protective eye on him. I almost strangled him for tapping on the side of Jake's cage. lol Don't mess with momma bear. ^.^

[Jakesgirl]

Oh! Another question. My breeder told me its not safe to let him out of his cage for long periods of time, and sunlight is bad for them. Personally, I think that is a load of crap, because snakes use sunlight in nature to warm themselves. I'm pretty sure wild snakes don't curl up under sunlamps and heating pads. And I keep the house temp around 80-85 when I let him out to explore. He doesn't usually go far, and I watch him carefully. So he should be ok, right?

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Jakesgirl

While we are on the subject, perhaps someone could tell me what kind of morph my little boy is? I have pics posted of him.

Where? Post here.

[Jakesgirl]

That's my lil Jake.

[Aaron_S]

Normal, possible pastel. Take a pic closer to the body and head.

Also, definitely go with a rat pup first. Skip mice. If it doesn't leave a decent bulge, a really small rat. I'd say in the 40 gram range.

[Jakesgirl]

uploading them from my phone now. May take a while, my camera is good, but service is crap. :/

[Jakesgirl]

Stretched out, he's probably the full length of my arm, from longest fingertip to shoulder joint.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Jakesgirl

Stretched out, he's probably the full length of my arm, from longest fingertip to shoulder joint.

Once he's more settled. Find a scale that can read such little size. Weigh him. It's better than length for figuring out food.

[Jakesgirl]

will do. Here are the pics I just took.

[Jakesgirl]

And one of him this morning. ^.^