Her first shed...

[kibakiba]

It's still hard to do. I cut one in half to feed to the babies and I had to get my mom do finish it. I cant even touch meat if it has blood on it. Sucks for the babies, they love pinkie parts.

[EasternGirl]

Haha...I hear ya...the first time I had to cut up an earthworm, I had to get my mom to do it! Now I do it all the time...no biggie. I will try cutting the frozen pinkies...I just think of it as...my snake needs to eat, and she is more important than the mice or worms. I don't think I could feed live mice or rats to a snake, though. I used to have rats as pets!

I am such a proud mama today...attached is a pic of Selena's first shed...

[kibakiba]

Yeah, I did too, I can cut worms and fish up fine and I don't mind cutting of the pinkie tails, legs and heads to feed the babies, its the other parts that gross me out. I feed the dismembered pinkies to my adults usually.

[ConcinusMan]

OMG! you forgot to feed your snake? Oh wait. Just skin. Whew!

[guidofatherof5]

Nice job Selena.
May you have many more sheds.

[drache]

congrats, and many more to come

[EasternGirl]

Thanks guys! I managed to chop up a pinkie today. It isn't bad at all when they are frozen. I just put the thawed pieces in Selena's enclosure and I am waiting to see what happens. I tried offering them to her with tweezers....um...apparently she has not gotten that brave! Lol...she freaked out and hid from me again. It is comical...but kind of sad...when they butt their heads into the glass and try to get through it. Pobrecita!

[EasternGirl]

She ate the pinkie! I would say she ate the whole thing...but the funny thing is, she always leaves one piece. She does it with the worms too. Now, she is basking. Should I be concerned that she ate too much because she ate a bunch of worm pieces yesterday and the day before? Maybe I should wait a couple days before feeding her again?

I bought a 40 watt night bulb for heat for her...but I am worried it is too hot for her. I ordered a reptile lamp stand so that I can situate the lamp above her enclosure so it isn't too hot. I still have a 25 watt basking lamp for her. I wonder if she has everything she needs? I read things about vitamins and water cleaner and wet moss. I don't have any of those things....just aspen bedding, dome lamps, plants and hide rocks...and a water dish.

[ConcinusMan]

65-75 degrees at night is fine. up to 90 during the day is OK as long as there is a gradient. In other words, she needs a warm area but also a way to cool down. That's one reason I like long tanks. It can be 70's on one end and upper 80's on the other, which is perfect. Lets the snakes choose their own comfort zone.

[EasternGirl]

She went back and ate that last bite of pinkie...guess she really likes them. Yeah, she's a pretty smart girl...she likes to lay right under her basking lamp...but she'll move when she has had enough. I haven't been using any type of heat at night so far...I just shut off her basking lamp and put a towel around her tank. It stays about 60-65 degrees in my house at night. I just don't want her to get too cold at night.