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| Foxtrotsierra |
Posted - 14/03/2013 : 09:22:54
And I can get another corn snake 
Now, I have a definitely female snow, and would like a male (NOT for breeding I hasten to add).
They won't be housed together, but I have been reading on the forum about gentleman snakes getting err, randy, when they get older.
I have got Cathy in an 18" Monkfield viv, and she is loving it in there, so my question is, even though she is only a CB12, how far apart should the other viv be.
When Cathy needs her 'big girl' house, my husband is going to build it for her (he has researched as to what woods are suitable for her etc) and he said as he was building one, he might as well build two with space in the middle for all the bits and bobs that go with snake husbandry, but that will be a question for another year.
In fairness, would it be more prudent of me to get another female snake? I wouldn't want to cause either of them distress in years to come. To be honest, I just wanted a male so Cathy could have a Heathcliff to go with her! If that is going to cause distress, I have no wish to do that in the least.
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| mrsbunt |
Posted - 21/07/2013 : 10:37:12
Hi Fi not been on here for ages, loving Cathy's big girl home and well what can I say about Delilah she's super stunning!!! Sounds like both your girls are doing fab indeed xx |
| ScaryVonHayleystine |
Posted - 16/07/2013 : 12:37:59
Thanks super muchly Fi |
| Foxtrotsierra |
Posted - 16/07/2013 : 12:23:13
That is a really good start Hayley. I hope that Abbey's home gets sorted soon for you |
| ScaryVonHayleystine |
Posted - 15/07/2013 : 20:21:40
Well i got another email today, just getting my invoice and other information so hopefully within the week it'll be totally sorted, but shall keep you informed :) |
| Foxtrotsierra |
Posted - 14/07/2013 : 22:26:47
It is a start, that is for sure. Fingers crossed that you get some good news tomorrow. Let me know how you get on please - I hope they have the decency to send you out another |
| ScaryVonHayleystine |
Posted - 14/07/2013 : 21:43:28
When i got home from work today i had gotten an email from them. Stating - "I will refer this to our despath manager on Monday and get back to you. I am so sorry you have received a damaged item. They are all quality checked before they leave us, so it must have happended in transit. "
Quite odd spelling errors for a professional company but hey ho lets see if they stick to their word. Thanks for the link. |
| Foxtrotsierra |
Posted - 14/07/2013 : 06:27:11
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Originally posted by ScaryVonHayleystine
your too kind Fi ^^ Thanks for all your help.
My pleasure hun, it makes me so angry when companies rip people off. I do hasten to add that I am not a professional complainer - I actually hate doing it but I DO believe that you should get what you pay for. It wouldn't be as bad as if you had got a top for a night out and it was damaged (that would be just a pain in the rear end), but buying a viv really does give away the fact that there is a live animal needing it.
This is the website I was thinking of but couldn't find last night - it has all the info and tells you which bits of the law you can throw at them and what to do if they won't get in contact. I hope you can get something sorted for Abbey's new home (and not a broken one)
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/consumer-rights-refunds-exchange |
| ScaryVonHayleystine |
Posted - 13/07/2013 : 21:32:24
your too kind Fi ^^ Thanks for all your help. |
| Foxtrotsierra |
Posted - 13/07/2013 : 21:28:13
I know exactly how you feel (about the planning ahead, I like to do it too) but it isn't the fact she doesn't need it now. It is the fact that you have spent your hard earned money on it 
They have a duty of care to ensure it arrives with you "fit for purpose". I am not totally with it (I have been asleep and just woken up for a few minutes) but let me have a think about who you could contact and I will get back to you in the morning - even Trading Standards as a last resort might work. Big vivs aren't cheap, and it would have freed up one of your smaller ones for Gomez. Promise to have a think when I am fully with it in the morning |
| ScaryVonHayleystine |
Posted - 13/07/2013 : 21:15:57
The company hasnt contacted me back :( There isnt even a way we can fix it. Just a waste of money :/ I feel horrible because of it tbh. She doesnt need it right now, but i like to plan ahead. But once she has moved up then we are going to look for our Anery :) So see how things go. |
| Foxtrotsierra |
Posted - 13/07/2013 : 21:13:32
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Originally posted by ScaryVonHayleystine
Well heres hoping when box feeding occurs that D is as obedient as you hope :P *knocks wood as not to jinx*
And thank you so much ^^
Well, as my husband put it quite well "if she won't feed in it, you can store their sphagnum moss in it!" which I was quite impressed at as he is a man of few words 
Looking forwards to getting the boxes I ordered from the link above though, I didn't know about the company and the boxes (or RUBs, whichever you are going to use them for!) look great value for money, and I like the fact that the snake website I was looking at linked them. Will try and find the actual link that took me to them in the morning.
Got my fingers crossed that you can get Gomez. Any news on Abbey's viv yet? |
| ScaryVonHayleystine |
Posted - 13/07/2013 : 21:07:58
Well heres hoping when box feeding occurs that D is as obedient as you hope :P *knocks wood as not to jinx*
And thank you so much ^^ |
| Foxtrotsierra |
Posted - 13/07/2013 : 14:32:55
Thank you smart bunny, I must admit, I am rather chuffed at how Cathy's big girl home has turned out. She loves it and that is the main thing. I have seen some really fantastic ones on here but at the end of the day, it is in my bedroom so it isn't a show piece and it is full of the kinds of thing she seems to like the best (and it is her home after all!)
Delilah's feeding response did surprise me I have to admit. I didn't flinch but I probably looked a little slack jawed when she had done it 
Went up to town today to get her an interim RUB until the one I have ordered for her comes as I will be able to get her out for her next feed and I might as well start as I mean to go on with her. Given her enthusiasm shall we say, I don't fancy her being in the viv when she is fully grown and there is food involved! I thought she would be happily digesting away today - but nope. She is burrowing round, drinking and popping out of her hide to see what is going on. I have checked her temps and they are fine, and she hasn't had a regurge so I am so pleased with her, as I am with Cathy having her first proper fuzzie. I definitely lucked out yesterday for sure |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 13/07/2013 : 09:49:45
Awww her viv looks lovely Fi And lol at Delilah's rather keen response to feeding! Must be a bit hungry after being on a maintenance diet, I'm sure you'll have her all fed up in no time :D
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| Foxtrotsierra |
Posted - 13/07/2013 : 06:43:49
Kellog she wriggled out right in front of me - shed in one piece. Then she just had a little drink and sauntered off for a sleep! It was really quite funny at feeding time as this was the first time I was going with a proper fuzzie off the tongs (the last one was an oversized pinkie, I am sure of it and she took it off the hide as she was in blue). She had a good old sniff of the fuzzie, looked at me as if to say "all for me?" then made a huge lurch (can't quite call it a strike yet) and polished it off rather qickly . She is currently digesting *somewhere* as I am sure the other half will have words if I start opening the viv before 6am. Will check at about 8am when I do her water.
Delilah on the other hand - WOW is all I can say. I rang up P@H to ask what she was on as although her feeding records are great they didn't say if she was on doubles etc and I found out she was on single pinkies 7 days apart. I wanted a little bit more for her so thought I would feed her last night too (she should have been fed on Sunday, but having been so long 7 days apart thought she might enjoy a little meal whilst she was settling in. Well - little meal it wasn't. She is a striker! Took the pinkie clean off the tongs with a little coil round them for show. Once that was down her head was right up looking for more so as she weighs 18g, I didn't see the harm. Went down, defrosted another (little) pinkie shoved in a plastic bag in my hands rather quickly and that finally satisfied her (after another strike). I guess that is what getting a new corn snake is like! Will go off and investigate where she is digesting later when I do her water too.
So, two happy girls digesting away, phew!
Blackcat Thank you for the lovely words about Cathy's new home, she really does seem to like it a lot. I have to admit that yes, I am really pleased with how well she is doing, she really has done herself proud. The "feeding is a good thing" switch seems to have gone on with her and it is great.
Hayley I hope the links are of some use to you - I ordered a few boxes off there yesterday as feeding RUBs etc for the girls in time to come. Cathy is going to take some convincing to go in there but I don't think I am going to have any problems with Delilah. I have the feeling she will go wherever there is food for her! I love the name you have picked for the little anery that you want, Gomez is brilliant! Fingers crossed that you can get him soon |
| ScaryVonHayleystine |
Posted - 12/07/2013 : 22:49:18
Oh my giddy aunt! I LOVE THE NEW VIV!
And yes his name shall be Gomez as to go with Mo(Mortisha) hehe
Thank you for the links, i have saved them and shall look at them later as i have just finished a 14 hour shift and am quite shattered -_-
Thanks for your kindness m'love :) |
| Blackcat |
Posted - 12/07/2013 : 14:35:10
What a palace for Cathy - her new viv is brilliant
So glad she has 'now' shed - quite bold these days with her feeding and shedding, you must be so pleased with how well she is now doing.
I will try and remember not to mention the 'N' word in Delilah's company, nothing N about Carolina's |
| Kellog |
Posted - 12/07/2013 : 11:48:33
No wonder I couldn't spot her if she was behind the house  . Must admit I did wonder how you find her in all of that, one little white snake in a big viv with SO many hiding places!
That's brilliant news that she's shedding . And I take it that you are watching her do it  ??!!! And great timing so you can feed her tonight. She must know its feeding day and wants to wiggle out of her old clothes in preparation .
Xxx
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| Foxtrotsierra |
Posted - 12/07/2013 : 11:41:34
Shhh, don't say the "N" word Kellog - I have told Delilah she is a Carolina and she believes me
Cathy is in the viv, she is behind the house in the 3rd picture. That is her current "favourite place ever". It changes weekly so I have to pay attention to where she is. I thought I had lost her a couple of weeks ago . She was actually wound round the silk leaves and I swear I heard her sniggering!
Ah, change that - she is now wiggling out of her old clothes, so a good rest and drink and it will definitely be dinner time tonight for her for sure. I am just trying to keep up the momentum with her feeding as she is going so well. Delilah's feeding records show that she must eat whether or not she is in blue, shedding or anything as she hasn't had a missed feed (and her records go as far back as the beginning of March) so that will make one heck of a change!
Watch out for your email inbox, I shall email you rather than write heaps on here xxx |
| Kellog |
Posted - 12/07/2013 : 11:01:49
Haven't been on for a while Fi and its brilliant seeing how everything has progressed, and changed! Miss Cathy on fuzzies, even when blue and what a fantastic home she's got  . I love the fact that you've gone for what's right for her rather than what looks pretty, although as a herper it looks perfect to me . I really searched the pics to see if I could see her, but couldn't. Is she there and I've missed her?
As for Delilah, I think it's a perfect name for her and so different to Cathy's. Whats important is that it's a name that means something to you and it shows the love between you and your mum . I just had to smile thinking about her 'saving' Delilah from P@H and driving home with her, even though she isn't overly keen on snakes. That's parental love for you . And she picked such a beautiful, and original, snake. 'Normals' are so often looked over and it's sad that they are because then beauties like Delilah are missed....but without them, the wild, original corn snake, we wouldn't have all the morphs we have now. And she's such a contrast to little, white/pink Cathy ! Both so stunning in their own unique ways.
Hope Carhy sheds ok soon. I'll be interested to know whether she eats or not. I must admit that personally I wouldn't try to feed her, knowing that she's so close to a shed. It must be uncomfortable for her and my thinking would be that I'd wait that extra day or 2 and almost guarantee a feed rather than feed her so close to shedding, risk a refusal and have to wait another 6 days before trying again. But that's just me ....and you know Miss Cathy so much better .
Xxx
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