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    Thamnophis inspectus Zephyr's Avatar
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    Re: another one bites the dust

    Sorry for your loss. ):
    Maybe add some more ventilation: Babies seem prone to suffocation.
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    Re: another one bites the dust

    Hmm... I don't know... So sorry for your loss. I would just say to try some things and hope things take a turn for the better.
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    Re: another one bites the dust

    Sorry to hear that.
    I use 6 qt sterilite boxes for babies, on paper towels, with a deli cup water dish, with good success. They are at ambient temp in the reptile room which ranges from 78-84 f. summer, and 72-84 winter. My snakes all shed ok using only whats listed above. Once they are yearlings or so they get a real cage.
    Perhaps you could let the babies live together in a 10-20 gallon cage but put them into the small containers for feeding time? This would allow better heat gradient and humidity gradient, and more space and air.

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    Re: another one bites the dust

    sorry for your loss. sounds like the caging is too small...I use the small 6 or 7 quart sterilite tubs for 1 to 3 small babies...with a deli cup for a water dish.

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    Re: another one bites the dust

    Loren, That's exactly how I do it.

    Each litter is in it's own tank, separated for feeding and returned.

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    Re: another one bites the dust

    i'd put them all in a 20ish glass cage..... sorry for your loss
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    Re: another one bites the dust

    Thanks for all the sound advice and i shall do that.

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    Re: another one bites the dust

    I have put them into this set up now and hope they will be ok from now on.




    It is pluged into another viv that has a thermostat which is controling the temp.

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