Marnie's Snakes

[EasternGirl]

So my whole platform idea backfired on me...I was hoping the snakes would use them to bask on top of them...but instead, they like the little cave like cubbies underneath so much, they won't come out of them! They have been inside of them since I put them in there! And it's dark...so now I can't see the snakes. I have to take a flash light and peek in there now and again to make sure everyone is okay. I ended up taking the second bin off the top in Cee Cee's enclosure...so she just has one bin in there now. She and Seeley refuse to climb to the top...so I figure maybe with just one bin, they may actually come out from their little cave and try to bask on top of the bin at some point .

[guidofatherof5]

Way to go Marnie's snakes. Show her who's in charge.

[GarterGuy17]

I tried the exact same thing only with substrate though , I make a little mountain in the middle of the tank and put a hide inside so it looks like a cave but all she does is burrow now ! She likes the aspen very much The picture is in the Everyones tank setup thread .

[chris-uk]

I would give them a little more time, you know how fickle the little buggers can be. A few days isn't long enough to know whether they will get used to something new.

[EasternGirl]

Very true...I'm impatient...I get all excited about something new that I want them to enjoy!

[EasternGirl]

Okay...so the problem with Seeley's eating is definitely that he is holding out for worms. He was refusing to eat for that two month period...which was, incidently, when I did not have any worms. Then I got some worms and he began eating again. He did eat some pinky and fish pieces a couple of weeks ago...in between worms...but now today, he refused the pinkies and fish again. And now he is giving me that sad hungry face. He wants worms. I'll make him a little dish of a mix with worms in it tomorrow...picky little bugger!

[chris-uk]

Just increase the fish/pinky percentage in the worms gradually.

[EasternGirl]

I will try that. He is very odd in his eating. He would only eat worms when I first found him...which made sense, since that is what eastern garters eat in the wild around here. Then last summer all he would eat was fish...he never cared for pinkies much. When he finally decided to try pinkies again, Cee Cee snatched one from him and now he is off pinkies again. But now he doesn't want fish...just worms. So now I will have to go back...as if it were when I first found him...trying to slowly get him to eat fish and pinkies again...odd.

[EasternGirl]

I don't know what is going on with Hermes. He is staying in the cool side of his tank all the time lately...hiding. It isn't even that warm on the warm side. I have a 40 watt red bulb on the warm side. Up until about a week ago...he stayed on the warm side all the time...basking in his hanging plant, under the lamp. I thought maybe it had to do with him getting ready to shed...but he shed days ago. He ate yesterday...so I don't think he's sick.

[kibakiba]

Just a preference thing, Snap is usually on the cool side of the tank when it's around 60 degrees... but during the day when it's a bit warmer on the cool side she goes to the warm side, where it's probably just under 5 degrees warmer than the cool side... if that made any sense.