Selkielass
10-26-2010, 12:15 PM
Last night, I realized that Ziva (My little albino Checkered) was about as large as Abby (My eastren) was when I found her. It might be time to move Ziva into the larger enclosure with Abby.
I've been preparing for this- I found an inexpensive plasticoated wire kitchen shelf that I've modified to fit in Zivas tall enclosure to provide a second story that is about 2/3 the size of the ground level. Piece of a plastic sign, paper towel, some plants, water and an ashtray hide and the expanded accomodations looked good to go. Ziva would have more room on this platform than in her little acrylic tank, and she needn't venture down to Abby's digs on ground level unless she wanted to.
I dropped in a dish with some pinky pieces on it, then introduced Ziva to her new digs. She quickly made herself at home in the plants, ate her Pinkies, then began making her way down the vine 'elevator' to explore the lower level. She was calm and curious the whole time.
Meantime, down below, Abby's tongue is flicking like mad. Ziva no soomer pokes her head out of the vines, but Abby starts to panic.
A big, fat 24inch eastern starts dashing around the aquarium in a panic at the sight of a baby less than half her size.
Ziva continued calmly exploring, while Abby became more and mor panicked. I finally ended the experiment when she began running into the glass in her panicked attempts to flee the terrible horrible pink monster that had invaded her space. Ziva is back in her little acrylic aquarium, and Abby had a second story deck to sun herself on.
Has anyone else here had any experiences with snake that are out-and-out afraid of other garters? Do you think she will become accustomed to company or are some snakes simply inclined to be antisocial?
Note; Abby is usually a *very* calm snake. She moves slowly, is amazingly patient with my son, and she likes to lounge around most of the day. The *only* other thing I've seen provoke this kind of reaction from her was the very first time I caught her out in the field.
I've been preparing for this- I found an inexpensive plasticoated wire kitchen shelf that I've modified to fit in Zivas tall enclosure to provide a second story that is about 2/3 the size of the ground level. Piece of a plastic sign, paper towel, some plants, water and an ashtray hide and the expanded accomodations looked good to go. Ziva would have more room on this platform than in her little acrylic tank, and she needn't venture down to Abby's digs on ground level unless she wanted to.
I dropped in a dish with some pinky pieces on it, then introduced Ziva to her new digs. She quickly made herself at home in the plants, ate her Pinkies, then began making her way down the vine 'elevator' to explore the lower level. She was calm and curious the whole time.
Meantime, down below, Abby's tongue is flicking like mad. Ziva no soomer pokes her head out of the vines, but Abby starts to panic.
A big, fat 24inch eastern starts dashing around the aquarium in a panic at the sight of a baby less than half her size.
Ziva continued calmly exploring, while Abby became more and mor panicked. I finally ended the experiment when she began running into the glass in her panicked attempts to flee the terrible horrible pink monster that had invaded her space. Ziva is back in her little acrylic aquarium, and Abby had a second story deck to sun herself on.
Has anyone else here had any experiences with snake that are out-and-out afraid of other garters? Do you think she will become accustomed to company or are some snakes simply inclined to be antisocial?
Note; Abby is usually a *very* calm snake. She moves slowly, is amazingly patient with my son, and she likes to lounge around most of the day. The *only* other thing I've seen provoke this kind of reaction from her was the very first time I caught her out in the field.