Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[Loren]

Well Lori, thats the neat thing about snakes. Just think about how many might really be out there in the wild when you are hiking, that you never see but walk right by. I'm sure I've just missed many of the animals on my wish list to find.

[Stefan-A]

I think almost everybody has managed to lose a snake in the terrarium at some point. The first thing my parietalis female did, was to squeeze her way in between the floors. I had raised the floor of the terrarium I was keeping my snakes in, and between the real floor and the upper one, was a 21mm high "crawl space". The male hadn't found it during the 6 or so months he had been living there, but it took the female about a minute to squeeze through in a corner where I hadn't cut the upper floor that precisely. I wouldn't have found her, if her nose hadn't been sticking out.





I ended up bored and having too much spare time, again and here's the result:

[Lori P]

Loren, that's what Jamie and I were talking about... snakes are masters of finding the tiniest, coziest hiding spots. I was thinking of all the times we've walked way back in the woods and come across deer or fox carcasses... who knows who had taken up residence in their little craniums?!!!

Rhea... I have to apologize sincerely. Sigh... this always happens... my blondness is creeping across this board now. LOLOL Just teasing you.

[Lori P]

ROFLMAO Stefan!!!!!!

[drache]

Stefan - you crack me up
Ingmar totally had that coming

btw
have you ever built a sauna?
I'm thinking I should do that before the snakes' outdoor habitat, because it'll be less complicated
right now I really want a Sauna

[Stefan-A]

Nope, never built one. Can't be complicated though, depending of course on which sauna style you're after.

[drache]

boy, did I just have a fright
I saw Layla, my black king lying upside-down right on the heat mat area and I thought she'd croaked
when I took her out, she looked horrible - pale and dull
then I took her to a better light and I saw that she's in shed - whew!
and she is otherwise fine as far as I can see
maybe she just wanted to warm her back?

[adamanteus]

That doesn't sound right to me, Rhea. I've never known a snake to lie on it's back unless it's unwell.

[Stefan-A]

I've heard of a few cases, where the snake has simply become disoriented. One was under a towel and another between sheets of newspaper bedding.

But it still doesn't sound right.

[drache]

I'm keeping an eye on her for sure
when I picked her up she felt fine (muscle tone and responsiveness)
also - I don't think she was upside down for very long
that tank is in plain view and I'd looked at something next to it earlier and when I saw her upside down, I saw right when I came into that room, which I'd been going in and out of all morning
earlier she'd just been buried in the bedding (care fresh)
do they get more easily disoriented when they're blind with shed?
I'm gonna check on her in the afternoon - make sure her moss is damp too