eonnemisis
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To start of with its safe to say -im the noobies noob that ever did noob
the story so far - 2 weeks ago i inherited 5 x 8 month old Coastal X diamonds from my uncle
(mum was a diamond - dad was a coastal) my uncle mated them and the babies hatched around 14 feb 2008
my uncle had a stroke and became unable to care for his aniamls, his son has taken the parents and was basically ignoring/neglecting the babies - so i confiscated them as left in his care he would have let them die. (may even consider confiscating parents as well)
and yes i have a valid licence - (i have blue lip tree frogs)
so my dilema - up untill 2 weeks ago i had never considered having a snake let alone actually holding a snake. - it took me 4 day to work up the courage to pick one up.
(getting better at it day by day)
i have sold 2 snakes off to people my uncle had lined up. (1 of which is to be bicked up next week)
so i have 2 babies left that i have decided to keep, but dont really know if what i'm doing is right. (i've been doing a lot of reading on this site)
i have built them a house 100cm wide, 55 deep 45cm high
UVA/B flluro for daylight
a 100w red repitle globe for heat
left end of house is at about 28 deg
middle about 25 and right end about 22 (the thermostate sits in the middle and is set to 25)
i have set a timer to operate for 12 hours 7am till 7pm with a thermostae on the heat globe to moderate, at night i let it turn off and cool naturally (house is central headed and never drops bellow 17 deg)
the babies have been seperated into sepeate containers with a hide (toilet roll) a water container and is lined with paper - i have them roughly in the middle of the house and rotate their positions)
does my setup look ok - and should i be letting them out of their tubs to have a wander in the big cage and if so for how long before putting back to bed.
next - coz they are diamond coastal cross, should i care for them as a diamond or a coastal or split the difference
i'm not really sure what side they take after - so heres a picture of neville
2 of the smakes are feeding well and are on the fuzzie mice (freshly defrosted)
but poor little neville aparently has never fed at all - he is 8 months old and has apparently shed once - should i be REALLY worried about him, i tried to feed him a pinky again today, he runs away from it, not even a stike, i tried braining the pinky and dipping it in chicken stock and nothing, (i;ve left it in overnite to see if he will take it) is there anything i can do, i'm afraid he is going to die.
so if anyone can give me some pointers on if im doing it right or point me in the right direction that would be fantastic, its been 2 weeks with these guys and im already hooked, i just want to make sure i'm going to take the best possible care of them.
the story so far - 2 weeks ago i inherited 5 x 8 month old Coastal X diamonds from my uncle
(mum was a diamond - dad was a coastal) my uncle mated them and the babies hatched around 14 feb 2008
my uncle had a stroke and became unable to care for his aniamls, his son has taken the parents and was basically ignoring/neglecting the babies - so i confiscated them as left in his care he would have let them die. (may even consider confiscating parents as well)
and yes i have a valid licence - (i have blue lip tree frogs)
so my dilema - up untill 2 weeks ago i had never considered having a snake let alone actually holding a snake. - it took me 4 day to work up the courage to pick one up.
(getting better at it day by day)
i have sold 2 snakes off to people my uncle had lined up. (1 of which is to be bicked up next week)
so i have 2 babies left that i have decided to keep, but dont really know if what i'm doing is right. (i've been doing a lot of reading on this site)
i have built them a house 100cm wide, 55 deep 45cm high
UVA/B flluro for daylight
a 100w red repitle globe for heat
left end of house is at about 28 deg
middle about 25 and right end about 22 (the thermostate sits in the middle and is set to 25)
i have set a timer to operate for 12 hours 7am till 7pm with a thermostae on the heat globe to moderate, at night i let it turn off and cool naturally (house is central headed and never drops bellow 17 deg)
the babies have been seperated into sepeate containers with a hide (toilet roll) a water container and is lined with paper - i have them roughly in the middle of the house and rotate their positions)
does my setup look ok - and should i be letting them out of their tubs to have a wander in the big cage and if so for how long before putting back to bed.
next - coz they are diamond coastal cross, should i care for them as a diamond or a coastal or split the difference
i'm not really sure what side they take after - so heres a picture of neville
2 of the smakes are feeding well and are on the fuzzie mice (freshly defrosted)
but poor little neville aparently has never fed at all - he is 8 months old and has apparently shed once - should i be REALLY worried about him, i tried to feed him a pinky again today, he runs away from it, not even a stike, i tried braining the pinky and dipping it in chicken stock and nothing, (i;ve left it in overnite to see if he will take it) is there anything i can do, i'm afraid he is going to die.
so if anyone can give me some pointers on if im doing it right or point me in the right direction that would be fantastic, its been 2 weeks with these guys and im already hooked, i just want to make sure i'm going to take the best possible care of them.
