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booteylu
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 24/06/2012 : 21:47:06
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They can be popped or probed, both should only be done by an expert though as it can damage the snakes internal "bits"
Scale counts can be done but these are not definitive http://www.dksnakes.co.uk/a_beginners_guide_to_safe_ways_o.htm
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0.1.0 Carolina Corn - Eva
1.0.0 Butter Stripe - Butter |
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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2382 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2012 : 23:01:57
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ok, so is the coco fibre damp?
if it feels warm in there, its too hot.
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1.0 western hognose (hero)
1.0 phantom reverse pin dal brindle crested gecko (goyle)
0.2 red dal red harly (sprite) 99% full pin Harley crested gecko (TuLong)
0.0.3 miomantis paykullii
0.0.3 Bombina orientalis (oriental fire bellied toad)
0.3 fancy mice (snap, crackle and pop)
1.0 yorkshire terrier (jasper)
2.1 cats (echo, shadow and pokey) |
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BOWZER43
Egg
USA
63 Posts |
Posted - 25/06/2012 : 05:05:03
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Originally posted by Georgina
ok, so is the coco fibre damp?
if it feels warm in there, its too hot.
Its not too damp, the top is more dry than the bottom.
and when i touch the repticarpet on top of the mat its warm. i cant feel it unless im really close to it. |
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smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5091 Posts |
Posted - 25/06/2012 : 08:14:19
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Do you mean 3-4 weeks or 3-4 months? If he's only 3-4 weeks I'd have thought 2 pinks was too much...
Also as I said before hunidity is bad for corns, so you don't want damp substrate. It shouldn't feel warm to your hand, it should feel very very lukewarm, as if there is barely any heat at all. If it feels warm to you , it's too hot for snakey. Don't worry, you'll get it sorted, just need a few adjustments :) |
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QueenVic
Yearling
United Kingdom
849 Posts |
Posted - 25/06/2012 : 16:47:53
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Is the tank not a little too big for the snakey?
its a lovely set up though! love it.
As for sexing, there are various methods:
Candling (better on snows etc, but might work on amels.) shine a beam under the vent from the back, if its male you can see a red/purplish line in the tail, this is the hemipenis. If the tail is almost uniform in colour, its female.
Popping, where pressure is put on the vent (Dont do it unless you know exactly how!) and this will expose the hemipenis if its a male.
Probing, usually done to older snakes and means putting a probe into the vent to see how far it goes. Again, dont try that lol!
Also, when you have lots to compare you can get an idea just by the length of its tail. Females have shorter tails, males have longer to accomodate the hemipenis.
Ive heard of people doing a scale count on a shed, from vent to tip of tail. I think this is a little strange but may give you a very rough idea. |
0.1.0 Normal (Espher)
1.0.0 Snow (Midnight)
2 GALS
1 rat (Jasper)
1 very needy staffy (Coco)
Location: Ossett
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BOWZER43
Egg
USA
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Posted - 30/06/2012 : 16:34:42
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Originally posted by smart bunny
Do you mean 3-4 weeks or 3-4 months? If he's only 3-4 weeks I'd have thought 2 pinks was too much...
Also as I said before hunidity is bad for corns, so you don't want damp substrate. It shouldn't feel warm to your hand, it should feel very very lukewarm, as if there is barely any heat at all. If it feels warm to you , it's too hot for snakey. Don't worry, you'll get it sorted, just need a few adjustments :)
alrighty i will go back to one pinky for a while. |
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