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Jan. 12th, 2009 03:06 pmAristotle nommed down two giant mice last week, making one of the proudest snake-ladies to ever have have slithery friends.
Feeding the week prior had been skipped on account of general surliness and not liking the fact I gave him a new hide rock, but this week- he zoomed right out from under his favorite stick the second the mouse hit turf. I'm also attempting to break him of his love for the dead-mousie-dance, which seems to be coming along well (although I recognize that now I've spoken these words, he's immediately going to do his best to be a contrary bastard and play me for a fool).
My only issue right now is the fact his new hide is gigantic and does not leave enough room on that side of the enclosure to properly feed him without having the prey drug through his "yard" of aspen chips. So, I have to take the hide out every feeding occasion, which he doesn't care for. I need a wider tank, despite the Engineer telling me I'm full of soup on this one and that my problem is just having too much stuff in the tank (I have two hides, a stick, some plants, and the water dish- not too much, I say).
I'd love to be able to get some proper photos of him, but he's had this ring of peely shed around his neck from his last shed that won't come off no matter how much I soak him and spray him down. This time around, I've been amping the humidity levels of his tank up in the hopes of him having a good shed (for once). If that happens, I'm busting out the photo equipment.
Feeding the week prior had been skipped on account of general surliness and not liking the fact I gave him a new hide rock, but this week- he zoomed right out from under his favorite stick the second the mouse hit turf. I'm also attempting to break him of his love for the dead-mousie-dance, which seems to be coming along well (although I recognize that now I've spoken these words, he's immediately going to do his best to be a contrary bastard and play me for a fool).
My only issue right now is the fact his new hide is gigantic and does not leave enough room on that side of the enclosure to properly feed him without having the prey drug through his "yard" of aspen chips. So, I have to take the hide out every feeding occasion, which he doesn't care for. I need a wider tank, despite the Engineer telling me I'm full of soup on this one and that my problem is just having too much stuff in the tank (I have two hides, a stick, some plants, and the water dish- not too much, I say).
I'd love to be able to get some proper photos of him, but he's had this ring of peely shed around his neck from his last shed that won't come off no matter how much I soak him and spray him down. This time around, I've been amping the humidity levels of his tank up in the hopes of him having a good shed (for once). If that happens, I'm busting out the photo equipment.
