Marnie's Snakes

[kueluck]

Poor Cee Cee, I hope she returns to her nomal self soon.

[ProXimuS]

Poor girl!(Well both of you really!) I hope she'll start doing better soon!

Is it possible(or a good idea) to hold back food for an extra few days/possibly week, and see if she is still throwing up? I know if it was an RI it shouldn't be coming from her stomach(well...I would assume), so if she doesn't eat for a little while and stops you can maybe narrow it down a little.

[EasternGirl]

She seems to be doing better now. She goes through weird spells. I had to change the substrate in her and Sadie's enclosure last night...it seems that when she was soaking, the water went over the sides of the bowl and got the substrate all wet around it. I'll have to keep a close eye on her because I put carefresh in the tank...it's all I have right now...and carefresh sometimes upsets her breathing. I don't see any other signs of an RI right now...not an acute one anyway...she just has bad spells sometimes...the vet said she has a chronic respiratory condition.

The rescued snake is still not eating...and still hiding. I think I am going to take her to my friend's house. She lives on White Clay Creek...there are lots of woods and a nice creek there...she should be safe to release there.

I had an emergency and had to break Bella's quarantine a bit early. It has been almost 60 days though, with no sign of illness. Our air conditioner broke yesterday and I had to put all of the babies in a plastic tub and move them to my son's room where there was air conditioning. The house was getting too hot...the adults were okay...but I didn't want the babies to overheat. Bella is now in with the eastern babies and little Joe. Tell me again, what age should I separate the boys and girls? I still have to determine the sex of the easterns.

[Invisible Snake]

I would say as early as 6-7 months old.

[guidofatherof5]

I start thinking about separating at 1 year.

[EasternGirl]

Okay...sounds good. I am going to have to try to figure out if the easterns are boys or girls...I still haven't gotten a new camera...I really need to post pics to get some help on sexing them. I'm not even positive that Bella is a girl!

[EasternGirl]

The new snake, the rescue snake...well, I still have him or her. I haven't been able to get myself to release her. I just haven't felt right about putting her outside somewhere that she isn't familiar with the environment. I can't put her back in the neighbor's yard because of the foxes and the kids. The good news is...she seems to be coming around. I'm still not sure if she is sick or not...but she seems to be adjusting to captivity...she comes out to see me and she finally ate last night! Two dishes of worms! I don't think she was finding much food where she was...she is very thin. I would like to put some weight on her. Then I have to determine if she is actually a her. My son named her Ziggy. Day to day...not sure how she is going to do...but she seems to be getting better. She likes to climb onto a plant I put in her tank and bask.

[mikem]

That's good she's starting to come around and start eating! I see you've added Ziggy to your signature, so I don't think you're going to release her Keep feeding her and she'll fatten up! Looking forward to seeing your new addition

[Dan72]

Sounds like your hands are full, good to hear that everything is working itself out and coming around as things seem to do.

[chris-uk]

Feed her, fatten her up, then make the decision. And with a name like Ziggy if you keep her and she's a he, the name could be used for either sex.