Wolf Snake

riddick07 · 08-23-16, 05:36 PM

She has not eaten for me but she has shed and laid a bunch of slugs. Considering that I'm not even a little worried about her not eating yet!

The blue/grey tinge is gone now it was obviously the shed giving her that coloration. She is even shiner and has more white markings on her sides now. Some of her cuts are still there but her worst one looks much better after that shed.

And then the slugs from last night. That was a surprise when I opened the container! Too bad they don't look any good.

Her fecal came back clean. Her personality so far seems very laid back and easy going. Even when I get her out from the warm side she hasn't even flinched let alone struck out at me. Seems curious. Just have to get her to eat and we will be good to go with this little one. So far I'm very happy with her!

**Minkness** · 08-23-16, 05:55 PM

Wow! That is amazing! Sending positive vibes your way!

SWDK · 08-23-16, 08:35 PM

Looks great Victoria! Beautiful dark and rich color with a fresh shed. I'm sure you'll get it feeding shortly.

toddnbecka · 08-24-16, 12:44 AM

No doubt about the sex of that one, though it seems odd that a WC snake wouldn't have mated sccessfully and dropped at least some fertile eggs.

macandchz · 08-24-16, 07:50 AM

looks nice and shiny now. very nice!

dave himself · 08-24-16, 08:45 AM

Stunning snake Riddick she looks almost artificial she's that shiny

**Pareeeee** · 08-24-16, 03:57 PM

Wow, what a beautiful snake. I love how shiny she is! Congratulations!

Piggybuns · 08-24-16, 05:01 PM

Amazing snake! If Batman was a snake, or had one... it'd be this one! XD

RAD House · 08-24-16, 08:01 PM

How is her temperament? What do they handle like?

riddick07 · 08-24-16, 08:33 PM

The first thought I had when I opened her bag after shipping was that it looked like a fake snake! Glad I'm not the only one lol

She's been great so far. Very tolerant and doesn't freak about being picked up. Since she hasn't eaten I'm only handling her when I clean the cage. She does have an annoying tendency to somehow get a corner of the paper towels in the water bowl soaking the whole cage shortly after!

pet_snake_78 · 08-25-16, 07:10 PM

What have you offered for food?

Pogie · 08-27-16, 06:43 PM

Oh pretty! I like that she is so dark and shines like she does. Almost looks like she is wet!

riddick07 · 10-18-16, 01:44 PM

So after trying to get her to eat anoles for quite awhile I gave up on that as a food for her. I ordered skinks this weekend since they mostly eat skinks and geckos in the wild. They came in this morning and looks like she ate that no problem

So I have two more skinks for her before I have to order more. I ordered her two sizes since I wasn't sure how big either one actually was in person and the one size is way too big so now I have 3 other skinks I have to find homes for or feed to the other snakes..but at least she's eating!

Albert Clark · 10-18-16, 02:04 PM

Beautiful reptile! Nice that she is eating for sure. Why don't you consider scenting mice with the skinks to transition her over to rodents?

riddick07 · 10-27-16, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Albert Clark

Beautiful reptile! Nice that she is eating for sure. Why don't you consider scenting mice with the skinks to transition her over to rodents?

Eventually I'll try harder but about 2 months not eating and that after being imported, shipped again, and laying she's not in great shape weight wise for any real argument about eating mice. I offered her a live scented fuzzy but she wasn't interested. Once she is a better weight I can keep trying scented fuzzies and nothing else but right now when she doesn't eat that fuzzie she gets a skink.

She ate another skink the other day and I'm going to try some house geckos next if they don't get more skinks in. I'm for her switching eventually since it's a pain to get lizards and expensive to ship them to me!