Delilah the checkered garter.

[Albert Clark]

Good job on the new enclosure and with Delilah. She really looks lovely. Congrats.

[Rushthezeppelin]

Well the enclosure is finished as of last night. Gonna wait till tomorrow morning for the silicone to cure all the way but here's her new home.

[Rushthezeppelin]

One other thing. As of today (I thought I noticed it yesterday but wasn't sure) I can confirm she's going into shed for the second time with me (first time was 4 days after she showed up in my place). It's not gonne be too big a stressor to change her enclosure while in shed is it?

[d_virginiana]

Nah. She'll be fine. Some don't like to eat or be handled while they're in shed (some don't care at all), but as long as the handling is minimal they'll forget about it pretty quickly. If you're worried about stressing her, you can move in a couple decorations or something from her old tank so she has the familiar smell around while she's getting used to the new place.

[Rushthezeppelin]

Most everything from her old tank is getting reused. Already took some of the plants out so that I could permanently affix them with the silicone. Ya she doesn't seem to change her habits much when in shed (at least the two times so far she has been in it) so I'd imagine she will be gravy. Will post some glamour shots once I have everything setup tomorrow and Delilah in the tank.

[Rushthezeppelin]

Well I got her all setup today. She's been exploring for the past hour, hasn't even stopped to warm herself up lol.

[Tommytradix]

how will you take the plants out to clean them if they are stuck in there?

[Rushthezeppelin]

All the plants on the shelf are not attached so those are easy. I was thinking if she does soil any of the affixed plants I can just pop their foilage off and clean em (it's the kind where you can pop the leaves off) then take a paper towel to the bare stems.

[Rushthezeppelin]

So I gave her a worm yesterday and now I feel kinda bad. She's started to shed on her lip but I'd imagine she's going to need to poop that worm out before she can wriggle out of her old skin. She's been working on it though as she was basking herself when I got home.

[Rushthezeppelin]

Is it a big deal if she's only shed the top lip scale so far. The other scales surrounding it are flaking at the edges but of course I want to make sure she can start the rest of the shed on those scales or if she might have problems with this shed.