Marnie's Snakes

[Light of Dae]

I'm switching back to coco husk soon here. It works awesome by itself, they can borrow it in and all. I noticed that it keeps the smell down too.... Been using this 'crinkle cut colored paper' by carefresh... I like it, snakes like it.. My only complaint about it is, it does nothing for smell. I just cleaned the tank and smelled fine, a few hours later n one poop. You can smell it as soon as you open the tank. Coco husk seems to eliminate the smell.

[kibakiba]

Cee cee will eat when she's ready. Just keep offering her food.

[EasternGirl]

Thanks, Chantel. Michelle...I tried one of those recycled paper products and I didn't care for it much either. I didn't like the way it flew all over the place.

[EasternGirl]

The babies had their first food fight tonight and scared the crap out of me. One baby grabbed the other baby by the throat and wouldn't let go...I had to pick them up and pry the one off of the other. I'm not sure who the perp and victim were in this scenario...I believe little Zeus may have been the biter and Ariadne the bitten. The bitten snake seems fine...I didn't see any wound or problems with the neck or head...everyone seems okay tonight...but I keep checking in on them to make sure that no one was injured. What do I do to prevent this? When I tried to feed them with the hemostats, they seemed afraid of the stats...they are considerably bigger than the scrubs. I have been putting the food on a little dish. I was actually picking up pieces with my finger and they were eating it from my finger when this happened. I was feeding each one individually, as you would with the stats. Should I separate them to feed them?

[kibakiba]

Starve them for a while, so they'll take food off the hemostats... or just watch them carefully when you feed them. When I fed in a dish, I didn't let any of them go near each other.

I cup my babies in my hand and let them calb down, and then finger feed them when they're ready.

[EasternGirl]

Well...you have a point...that was my bad..letting them all go up to the dish at the same time. Before, they were taking turns...I fed them trout tonight and it seemed to make them go crazy! They really loved it. I always make sure to sit there and watch them eat...in case they have any issues...I will make sure they take turns...and I am going to try the hemostats again. Thanks. As far as holding them...they are very wiggly and skiddish when I hold them....they are fast! They wiggle and squirm right out of my hands. It makes me nervous because I have dropped them a couple of times...and one almost got away! They will take food from my fingers though...so absolutely adorable!

[ConcinusMan]

The babies had their first food fight tonight and scared the crap out of me. One baby grabbed the other baby by the throat and wouldn't let go...I had to pick them up and pry the one off of the other.

Welcome to my world. This is "par for the course". It's the daily routine. 1) wake up. 2) have coffee and breakfast. 3) feed a buttload of baby concinnus'. 4) pry them off of each other....

Trout you say? That's like introducing crack to the ghettos of Los Angeles. Violence will follow.

LoL

[EasternGirl]

Lol, Richard!

[EasternGirl]

My new snakes are on their way. Steve took them to be shipped a little while ago and I just started tracking their journey...they have not gotten on the plane yet. Tonight, I will be a nervous new mom again. I will let everyone know when they have arrived safely...they are due to arrive before 10:30am tomorrow morning...at which point, I will tell everyone their names and once they have settled in, provide pics of course.

[Invisible Snake]

Sounds great. Are they going to be babies? Will you quarantine them both? With whom will you be housing them?