Jon's Garter Snake Thread ( Suzi )

[kueluck]

And I thought I was overprotective. If you want a good look of her, lure her out with some food then take out the hide and check it for shed.

[Foxrun402]

Will have to do it she loves nightcrawlers lol... and I got her fresh ones /grin

[Foxrun402]

I found her shed in her favorite hiding spot... she must have just been finishing up in the moss hide! No shed issues... looks clean... pics soon but at the moment I am have some issues with heating in her house lol.... will be much better when the heating pad arrives i hope

[Foxrun402]

Just a quick update... Suzi did shed as I mentioned and she is looking good now and loving her new arrangement I have chosen for her!


She loves to hide and I figured with the new setup she has TONS of hiding spots... yay for me when I need to see her lol... but she is happy!

Her tank was getting pretty good and toasty on the warm end at 106F (yikes) I solved this using a 40w soft light in the 5.5" mini dome.. outside temp is now sitting at 87 in direct light.. and 83 in the hide underneath the light =D


Now that her temps aren't the equivalent of an oven... She is much more active and exploring everything... the above picture was the first time i have really ever seen her in the plants! and she was going from 1 to the other and back again it was funny lol! All is well

[ConcinusMan]

Suzi looks awesome and so does her home.

[Greg'sGarters]

And after her first time shedding with me...


Eating pinky for the first time unscented!


And Viciously attacking night-crawler chunks! (her favorite)



Also have some security lol....
Live feed from inside her terrarium

as I said though... I will keep this post updated and am no longer updating "Hello from Nebraska"

Thank you!
- Jonathan

Very beautiful snake!

[ProXimuS]

She's so cute! She looks like my Tallie's non-albino twin

[Foxrun402]

Well was time to go and get pinkies and I had to pick up the thermostat from the post office... so I cleaned the place out got rid of all the old substrate and dumped in a whole fresh bag for her to have a clean home... picked up a 2nd digital therm for the cold side.. and then a carpet for the bottom of the terrarium as well... They suggest using a carpet so you don't spill directly on to the glass causing a crack with the heating pad, and also it prevents a snake from digging into the substrate and resting on the glass directly... better safe then sorry I guess

Now everything is done.. I am just wondering about the lighting and it getting too hot with light and heat pad on.... So I took away the basking lamp and left her with the florescent light

Setup Complete....(for now lol)

[Foxrun402]

Just wrecked a bunch of night-crawler chunks... and then let me pick her back up and put her in her pad... I stuck her in the hide with the thermostat/heat pad and she didn't move she just snuggled up in there like its gonna be her new favorite spot...

[ProXimuS]

Suzi is such a cutie

Looks like your warm side says 78 degrees. Could probably afford to be a little warmer.