new baby snake please help asap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ConcinusMan]

Good luck with Mom and the baby. Just make sure baby is not in an enclosure that has openings that baby can squeeze out of. Babies can be very sneaky

Yes they can. Babies escape much easier (and much more often in my house) than any other size. Do not underestimate them. "Supermax" class quarters are needed to hold them. Not even a tall glass wall will stop them. They'll scale it and escape.

[Mommy2many]

Babies become "sticky" by becoming wet, from, say their water dish. they then scale the sides of the enclosure like spiderman and sneak out the crevices in the top. Sneaky snakes

[ConcinusMan]

Oops. Sorry, I just edited and mentioned that. You're totally right. You have to be careful with plastic tubs too. If the edges of the lid are only slightly flexible, they'll squeeze through it. I have a slide lock tank with a tiny hole in the middle of the screen. No way that I can see for them to get to it. Came home one day to find one with his head in that hole, dangling. Still can't explain how he got there.

[Mommy2many]

Sorry, now I see it. Looks like we were mentioning that at the same time

[twostripes42]

so she ate some cut up worm today and is doing great but is this encloser good
i have a her on paper towels with a little pile of moist shredded paper towels in the corner i have a small shallow water dish and two hides a few fake plants and shes in a medium critter keeper witch is almost three times as long as her is there any thing i should ad or remove?

[RedSidedSPR]

Sounds OK.. nothing wrong that i can see.

Why not use your other cage?

[twostripes42]

im not useing the other one cuz i only have one baby and i have some lizards on there way that are going into that on but if i had more babies and it wasent allready being used i would use it

[RedSidedSPR]

I see.

You will need a bigger cage soon though.

[twostripes42]

ya im going to a reptile expo in about 2 weeks and i'm going to get her a tank i think a 5 gallon or a 10 gallon is that to big or is it different then pythons and nothings to big??

[ConcinusMan]

Basically nothing's too big. They're not as sedentary as pythons and most do not feel the need to feel boxed in although plenty of plastic plants may help them feel more secure. But you could also easily house say, 10 babies in a 10 gallon until they grow. A fine screen secured nice and tight will be necessary since as it was mentioned, they can scale glass walls when damp and squeeze through the slightest gap.