New anerythristic red sided baby!

[guidofatherof5]

At 6 days old he may not be ready to eat just yet.
I find feeding guppies to babies works best when you put the baby on a small container.
The small contained puts the baby in close contact with the food.
With a small amount of water in the container it gives the guppy a little swimming room.
That movement is what will hopefully cause a feeding response.

[ConcinusMan]

It's a bit early. Have patience.

[RdubSnider]

Yeah Steve is right on with the cup method. Putting the cup n a dark place like the cabinet helps alot. Good looking snake. They get better and better looking every shed. Have fun

[zooplan]

Red sideds without red???

There´s no space for that in my place!

I like RED.

Hope you´ll have a lot of fun with your new addition,
although they don´t look like Redsided to me,
they might be beautyful from another point of view.

[Scott F]

Hey Jesse,

It was nice to meet you and your family. Those are nice photos, they are hard to get good pics of when they are that small. Good luck w/ him, keep us posted on how he is doing for you.

Scott

[ConcinusMan]

Red sideds without red???

There´s no space for that in my place!

I like RED.

I hear you there. However...

Well, you do know that an anery red sided, mated with an albino red sided, will produce double hets? (het "snow" is actually double het for anery and albino). Or maybe this anery is het or possible het for albino already? Two recessive traits - anery and albino phenotype in combo equals snow red sided. That's the only thing that makes the anery red sided worth anything IMO. By themselves they are rather unimpressive but they can turn an albino into a snow.

At any rate, don't much care for anery red sides myself but that genotype is required in combination with albino to produce snows. still a long shot in any mating combo.

[RedSidedSPR]

Yup. That's an anery snake alright.

Kinda already knew that...

I would recommend that you be very careful that the little guy doesn't get too warm. Damp moss or paper towels to hid in is a good idea too. Don't keep the tank wet necessarily, but keep a damp place for him to retreat to and make darn sure it's easy for him to find and access clean cool water for drinking. A little cooler and a little damper than you would normally keep adults is a good idea. Babies are very susceptible to heat stress and dehydration compared to adults.

What do you recommend? Right now he has a heat getting it around 80-82 in one corner, but stays around room temp on the other side. (76-77).
My adult is 85 and 77.

I find feeding guppies to babies works best when you put the baby on a small container.
The small contained puts the baby in close contact with the food.
With a small amount of water in the container it gives the guppy a little swimming room.
That movement is what will hopefully cause a feeding response.

That's what I did. The guppies weren't cooperating! They just lay there. Hardly swam or flopped at all.

It's a bit early. Have patience.

I'm in no hurry.

[ConcinusMan]

What do you recommend? Right now he has a heat getting it around 80-82 in one corner, but stays around room temp on the other side. (76-77).

Sounds OK. It should get a bit cooler for 8-10 hours at night IMO. Perhaps just 70's at night. Probably won't hurt one bit to mist the tank once or twice a day. I do this for the baby tanks especially when the heat sources tend to dry the air and bring the humidity below 50 percent. And also, like I was saying before, some damp material in one part of the enclosure to retreat into is a good idea. I use moss but even paper towels or newspaper will do. Just use care to ensure that it isn't a situation where the entire enclosure stays wet all the time. Just the cool side and just damp, not wet. You can use your judgement based on the snake's behavior as far as temps go. If he's constantly clinging to one side or the other seeking warmer or cooler temps, adjust accordingly.

[RedSidedSPR]

The lamp is turned off at night, so it's room temp (high 70's) at night.

My concern with damp stuff and misting, is the humidity right now is high 60's. (sometimes 70 at night...) Any more would be really pushing it.

[ConcinusMan]

OK, well you're the "daddy" use your judgement. It's not rocket science.