The mites showed up about 2months ago and I have been trying to get rid of them since. The pet store told me to wipe their bodies with mouthwash on a cloth, it doesnt irritate their skin. But the mite still seem to be there and getting worse!! I am very very concerned. I have cleaned their cage multiple times, and I have taken out all extra necessities such as branches or rocks. I have left a circular and pond looking water dishes in the cage. Also a heat rock. I cleaned the cage and I have tried leaving bedding out of the cage and using newspapers like sites say to do but it doesnt work. I put new bedding in about 1 week ago after they were rinsed off, I cleaned off the watering dishes and heat rock too. I need some responses to help me rid my 1foot long ball Python and 21/2 feet long Albino Burmese Python of mites. Thank You!
Answers:
To get rid of mites, you have to break the mite life cycle. You have to get rid of not only the living mites that you can see, but also the mite eggs that you can not see.
The "official" answer is to use Provent-A-Mite(PAM ,$20 per can) and follow the directions exactly (do NOT apply this directly to your reptile). The more common answer is to use Equate Bedding Spray ($4 per can, sold at WalMart as a lice treatment.same active ingredients as PAM). Here are the steps to follow:
Remove the snake from it's cage and soak it in warm water (luke warm, not hot!). Add a drop or two of Ivory dish soap to the water. This will break the surface tension of the water and more easily drown the mites. Make sure that the water is deep enough to come up to the snakes back, but not so deep that the snake has to actually swim.
While your snake is soaking, clean the cage COMPLETELY. Remove any cage furnishings and water bowls and sanatize these items (or replace with new). The cage should look brand new when you are finished cleaning. If you are using a home made wooden cage, this will be more difficult.
After cleaning, seal any vents and you want to spray the Equate (what I use) or PAM in the cage (give it a decent fogging, hard to say how long without knowing the size of the cage). The idea is to keep the "fog" inside the cage to treat the entire cage. DO NOT SPRAY WATER BOWLS WITH INSECTICIDES.
Let the cage sit, still sealed, from an hour or two to allow all the fumes to dissipate (sp?). The fumes are what will harm the snake and you should never, ever spray these products directly on your snake.
Once the cage is completely dried and no trace of fumes remain, you can then remove your snake from it's soaking tub. Use paper towels to dry your snake. You will notice alot of dead mites on the paper towel as you wipe the snake down. Return your snake to it's cage, but do not give it a water bowl for another 24 hours. Use newspaper or paper towels as a substrate until you are sure all mites are gone.
The PAM and Equate bedding sprays both have a residual effect that will kill any mites that come into contact with a treated surface for roughly 30 days. However, since you already have a mite infestation, you need to repeat this procedure in two weeks.
If you are looking for a product that you can spray directly onto the reptile, I would recommend Reptile Relief. I use this on every new snake that I aquire as I place the animal into quarantine. While not as effective as the stronger products I outlined above, it does kill mites (works in a different way and is safe to apply directly to the snake, providing you follow the directions on the bottle).
I hope this answers your question. As a point of reference, my husband and I are professional reptile breeders and dealers. We have had to deal with mites on occasion when bringing in new animals. If you have several animals, you will need to treat every one of them as if they have mites (even if you don't see any). Mites travel.
Good Luck!
boiling them will rid them of these pests
find a mite killing fumigator . wrap the cage in plastic, fumigate according to directions. prolonged exposure should saturate %26 kill the mites. then put the snakes back..good luck..chirp1
mineral oil works like a charm and its cheap soak them in it and the oil will smother the mites an is safe for the snake makes them shine i had the same problem a few months ago
Start w/ an empty tank, disinfect with a mixture of 75% water 25% bleach. Scrub good and rinse. Scrape down walls with a razor blade to remove any eggs and larvae. Also disinfect anything going back into tank and if possible replace anything with a porous surface(anything wood or plant material) . Use newspaper to line the tank.
Snakes should be soaked in a diluted Betadine bath. If the snake persists in climbing out of the tub or is too small to put in a bathtub, place it in a plastic, lidded container into which air holes have been punched, filling it 3/4 full of the Betadine/water solution. You may wish to bathe the snake in a plain water bath first to allow it to drink first, adding the Betadine after it has done so. If the snake defecates in the water, drain the tub, clean it, and draw a fresh Betadine bath.
Whether or not the snake's head was under the water, dab the eyes and heat pits with mineral oil after removing it from the bath. Check the groove under the chin as well as under all the belly scutes and in the vent folds to make sure there are no mites, dead or alive, lodged in those areas. If you find mites in these areas, you can remove them by gently rubbing them from between the scales and folds with a cotton-tipped swab dipped in mineral oil.
Unfortunately because mites are so hard to treat you will often have to repeat the treatment about 2 weeks later
DO NOT FUMIGATE YOUR SNAKES CAGE!! Spraying poison in any pets environment is just plain stupid. Snakes absorb warmth through thier skin and will absorb poison and kill them. Personally having a pet Burm is a dumb idea for a pet anyway, no offense I used to relocate displaced reptiles and 9 out of ten of them were Burms and Retics people bought because they look cool when they are small but when they reach 20+ feet they are dangerous. And if you can't get rid of mites its apparent you are a beginner herper and shouldn't have such monstrous pets. Back to the question at hand, get some mite pads for the tank. If you have wooden cages chances are they are in the wood. If in aquarium, take them to a qualified vet to have them checked out with a fecal specimen. They may have picked up a parasite somewhere/somehow. Pet shops are not the people to ask because most employees in a pet shop are there because its thier first job and really don't know what thier talking about. My apt has pissants and to avoid them getting in the tanks, i wipe some vinegar around the outside of the glass and they don't cross the vinegar line, even though they get anywhere else. If you talk to someone in a pet shop speak with the owner or supervisor. They will be the ones who know what they are talking about. best bet still is take a fecal specimen to a qualified vet to check for parasites. Once again: DO NOT EVER USE POISON IN ANY PETS CAGE, IT WILL POISON THE PET ALSO. And you and I both know albino burms go for around 200 bucks starting. That would be a very expensive lesson learned. You can use bleach to disinfect the cage just make sure there is 1 part bleach, 10 parts water and then rinse out. We use bleach in the animal hospital I work at to disinfect everything, it is toxic straight up but not dilluted with water. I would also take a fecal sample to a vet for testing, that would be the best bet. You could have got mites from a feeder mouse and not known it. I have seen a lot of sketchy pet shops that don't take proper care of feeders because feeders are there to die anyway.
I'll second the idea that you should be very careful what kind of mite remover you apply to your snakes as it may kill them. The dish soap in water idea is a good one. The reason why you are getting a re-infestation is because the mites aren't just in the snakes' cages! They are loose in your house. Here is a simple way to clean your house and remove the mites permanantly. Go to Walmart or a grocery store and purchase a large box of Borax powder. Also purchase two large 32 oz cylinders of table salt. Now whatever rooms the snakes have been in or that their cages have been in, you must cover the floor with borax. If you have kitties or ferrets, you cannot let them in these rooms, as borax will kill them if it gets on their paws and they eat it, but to humans it is harmless. Wait 10 days, then vaccuum thoroughly and apply the salt in the same way. The salt is not harmful to anything, but it can dehydrate, so make sure your animals have pleanty of water. The borax kills the adult mites and the salt will kill the eggs and larva.
Now until you get your mites all the way gone, once you have done the borax thing, you can keep the mites from spreading by surrounding the cages with a ring of borax. That way you don't keep reinfesting, but I cannot stress enough how important it is to do all your treatments at the same time. It will make sure that you have to reapply as little as possible.
To kill the mites on our gerbils, we used mite spray for birds, and followed the instructions. I'd call your vet and see if you can use the bird mite spray because that worked very well for us.
From now on, try to wean your snakes onto eating frozen food, as dead mice/rats have dead mites.
my son's snake got mites a while back, we sterilized the cage and equipment with bleach and he wiped the snake down with rubbing alcohol, no problems since
the first thing to do is use vasoline and rub it all over their body except the eyes and nose, leave it on for 2 days and then wash it off. this smothers the mites. make sure you are not using cedar bedding as it is known to carry mites in the wood therefore passing it to your snake. clean cage, and accessories well with bleach and let air dry for 24 hours. this should help cure the problem.
use baby oil it will smoother the mites
Saturday, May 22, 2010
I have recently lost my pet snake?
Its been almost two weeks since my pet snake escaped.I have looked everywhere..I even put flour on the floor where i think he might be.. But so far there have been no sign of him.any suggestions??
Answers:
If you have a relationship with this animal -- call it by its name. If you don't have a realtionship, perhaps it is not really a pet.
Set out trays of water. Snakes and all animals need water, It will come to the water.
Find it soon before hybernation season comes. If you don't find it, look for the place that would seems most underground - in the bottom of a close or a cabinet, between your stored sheets and towels, under coushions or pillows, etc.
Look under the sofa cushions.
That happened to me once. My snake got out from a small hole in the top of the terrarium and I couldn't find him. About a week or two later I say a very big trail of ants going inside of my door. I have one of those crappy plywood doors with some cardboard inside of them, and when I tore open a few holes, I found a dead snake curled up in a ball halfway up the door.
So I'd say search where you'd least expect.
if your snake its mice, get a mouse, and let it free in your house where you think he might be. Put the mouse in some sort of like powder, so wherever he runs it leaves a trail. wherever the trail stops, thats where he got eaten, and your sname will be around there somewhere.
set traps.let live chooks and mice run around in the house when the snake has finished eating these he/she should be big enough to see from far away and then you can catch it
Look somewhere that has a heat source. I found mine under the fridge once, and under the tub another time. I also found one of mine on top of the rat cage (outside the house, how it got there still amazes me.) But I wouldn't reccomend letting rats to inside your home. Put one in a tank instead. Almost anything that it can wrap around, and if it is wrapped around something, obviously you shouldn't pull on it.
Good luck.
well, im not really sure, those other suggestions are pretty well put and i think u should follow thoz. my brother caught this HUGE rat snake then put in a glass jar,w/ out the top on it of course) and broght it outside in his back yard and it escaped. so now its lurking around in the neighborhood..
Here is something that may work for you, as snakes gravitate toward heat sources as well as dark places. First of all, check around heat sources in your home, such as televisions, under the refrigerator, around any other appliances. If that doesn't produce a result, try this: Get a cardboard box with a lid (such as a shoe box) and cut a hole in one side near the bottom that will be large enough for your snake to enter. Place a heat mat (make sure it isn't so hot that it will burn the snake) beneath the box and set it somewhere out of the way. Do this at night. Check it in the morning, and you just may have a snake waiting for you in the box (just make sure you lift the lid slowly as to not startle it too much). I hope this helps!
Answers:
If you have a relationship with this animal -- call it by its name. If you don't have a realtionship, perhaps it is not really a pet.
Set out trays of water. Snakes and all animals need water, It will come to the water.
Find it soon before hybernation season comes. If you don't find it, look for the place that would seems most underground - in the bottom of a close or a cabinet, between your stored sheets and towels, under coushions or pillows, etc.
Look under the sofa cushions.
That happened to me once. My snake got out from a small hole in the top of the terrarium and I couldn't find him. About a week or two later I say a very big trail of ants going inside of my door. I have one of those crappy plywood doors with some cardboard inside of them, and when I tore open a few holes, I found a dead snake curled up in a ball halfway up the door.
So I'd say search where you'd least expect.
if your snake its mice, get a mouse, and let it free in your house where you think he might be. Put the mouse in some sort of like powder, so wherever he runs it leaves a trail. wherever the trail stops, thats where he got eaten, and your sname will be around there somewhere.
set traps.let live chooks and mice run around in the house when the snake has finished eating these he/she should be big enough to see from far away and then you can catch it
Look somewhere that has a heat source. I found mine under the fridge once, and under the tub another time. I also found one of mine on top of the rat cage (outside the house, how it got there still amazes me.) But I wouldn't reccomend letting rats to inside your home. Put one in a tank instead. Almost anything that it can wrap around, and if it is wrapped around something, obviously you shouldn't pull on it.
Good luck.
well, im not really sure, those other suggestions are pretty well put and i think u should follow thoz. my brother caught this HUGE rat snake then put in a glass jar,w/ out the top on it of course) and broght it outside in his back yard and it escaped. so now its lurking around in the neighborhood..
Here is something that may work for you, as snakes gravitate toward heat sources as well as dark places. First of all, check around heat sources in your home, such as televisions, under the refrigerator, around any other appliances. If that doesn't produce a result, try this: Get a cardboard box with a lid (such as a shoe box) and cut a hole in one side near the bottom that will be large enough for your snake to enter. Place a heat mat (make sure it isn't so hot that it will burn the snake) beneath the box and set it somewhere out of the way. Do this at night. Check it in the morning, and you just may have a snake waiting for you in the box (just make sure you lift the lid slowly as to not startle it too much). I hope this helps!
I have recently lost my pet snake?
What can I do its been nearly 3 weeks, I have heard movement in the walls, so i figure that if he is in the walls he'll be able to find food.and that maybe I will find him eventually
Answers:
Devote some time to find your pet snake. Try searching for any holes in the wall or any place where the snake can get into =) GOOD LUCK!
go to get the walls down, and get him out of there
omg!i say you get yo and look for that pet of yours!!A.S.A.P.!!
Dude i lost my snake for nearly a year. i was doing laundry and i saw a snake and screamed. my exhusband came over and it was my old pet snake. she was 3 feet when i lost her and now she is nearly 7 1/2 lol the snake will show up in time
I don't have the gonga answer of answers but to shed some light on your delema, My brother and I grew up with snakes ever since we we're eight years old and yes,..have lost snakes as well which brings to mind one in perticular.a five foot bull or gopher snake, (same snake,2 differant names) we knew it was in the walls and after getting into a lot of trouble by Dad (ouch!) for poking about six, fist size holes in the living room one day to drop mice tied to string like a lure, my brother and I not only found out that the snake had a madeshift door into the attic but a nice little nest up there as well! Total time of retrieval.seven months. Sugestion:: if you can hear the snake, put on about five pairs of underwear, two pairs of shorts and jeans and make a hole about a foot from the bottom and extract it. Good luck.
snakes are usually drawn towards heat. Place a electric blanket and try to make th place very dark. Place food out for it every crack in the wall and it'll smell it. It wil probably smell it and come and settle down. Put clothes and other stuff to make it content. Check every morning, afternoon every hour and you'll find it
good luck.
Try finding any holes or cracks where the snake could get in. Then either buy or make a cage that is mostly screen and place it somewhere that the snake can get to easily and the smell can be spread. Put a mouse or rat or whatever you feed your snake in the screen cage. Also place a container of water for the snake and maybe a heat pad all in the same area. Check every once in a while and you should soon have your snake.
Hi!
I hope you have already found your snake by now. If not, don't give up hope. Unless your snake has actually escaped your home and made it to the great outdoors, this little bit of advice has always worked for me:
Get yourself a bag of of good potting soil (that does not contain fertilizers or pesticides.they come in various sized bags). I prefer to purchase this nice clean, fluffy soil (snakes love it) instead of using it from my own yard, due to possible parasites like mites); You can either leave the soil in the bag and cut the top open, or, if you are worried about a little dirt spilling in your house you can always place it in a bucket or a tub and place it along a wall. Place several of them if possible, for maximum effect in shorter time. Snakes will usually travel along walls as opposed to traveling across an open expanse. The snakes smell the dirt (it smells like outside) and they will go and bury themselves it it. I have found every missing snake this way, from ball pythons and boas to kings %26 gopher snakes. It always works if they are still in your house!
As far as hiding places if you are still into searching, these are places that lost snakes have been found: Inside your closets (check inside shoes %26 bags, purses, suitcases, POCKETS, even pockets of clothing that are hanging -- don't ask me how they get up there, but they can -- even on the top shelf of a high closet; any open container type dark spaces), under sinks (bathroom %26 kitchen -- I have even heard they have been found curled up under a toilet plunger), under refrigerators for the warmth and water sources -- although if they are under the fridge when the fan motor kicks on -- it's not always good news for the snake; under and inside of stoves for heat. If you happen to be "lucky" enough to have field rodents occasionally grace your home, the snake will be looking for their nests, too. These are generally the first places to look, as hunger, or the scent of a rodent may have been a reason your snake decided to leave his enclosure. GOOD LUCK!
Answers:
Devote some time to find your pet snake. Try searching for any holes in the wall or any place where the snake can get into =) GOOD LUCK!
go to get the walls down, and get him out of there
omg!i say you get yo and look for that pet of yours!!A.S.A.P.!!
Dude i lost my snake for nearly a year. i was doing laundry and i saw a snake and screamed. my exhusband came over and it was my old pet snake. she was 3 feet when i lost her and now she is nearly 7 1/2 lol the snake will show up in time
I don't have the gonga answer of answers but to shed some light on your delema, My brother and I grew up with snakes ever since we we're eight years old and yes,..have lost snakes as well which brings to mind one in perticular.a five foot bull or gopher snake, (same snake,2 differant names) we knew it was in the walls and after getting into a lot of trouble by Dad (ouch!) for poking about six, fist size holes in the living room one day to drop mice tied to string like a lure, my brother and I not only found out that the snake had a madeshift door into the attic but a nice little nest up there as well! Total time of retrieval.seven months. Sugestion:: if you can hear the snake, put on about five pairs of underwear, two pairs of shorts and jeans and make a hole about a foot from the bottom and extract it. Good luck.
snakes are usually drawn towards heat. Place a electric blanket and try to make th place very dark. Place food out for it every crack in the wall and it'll smell it. It wil probably smell it and come and settle down. Put clothes and other stuff to make it content. Check every morning, afternoon every hour and you'll find it
good luck.
Try finding any holes or cracks where the snake could get in. Then either buy or make a cage that is mostly screen and place it somewhere that the snake can get to easily and the smell can be spread. Put a mouse or rat or whatever you feed your snake in the screen cage. Also place a container of water for the snake and maybe a heat pad all in the same area. Check every once in a while and you should soon have your snake.
Hi!
I hope you have already found your snake by now. If not, don't give up hope. Unless your snake has actually escaped your home and made it to the great outdoors, this little bit of advice has always worked for me:
Get yourself a bag of of good potting soil (that does not contain fertilizers or pesticides.they come in various sized bags). I prefer to purchase this nice clean, fluffy soil (snakes love it) instead of using it from my own yard, due to possible parasites like mites); You can either leave the soil in the bag and cut the top open, or, if you are worried about a little dirt spilling in your house you can always place it in a bucket or a tub and place it along a wall. Place several of them if possible, for maximum effect in shorter time. Snakes will usually travel along walls as opposed to traveling across an open expanse. The snakes smell the dirt (it smells like outside) and they will go and bury themselves it it. I have found every missing snake this way, from ball pythons and boas to kings %26 gopher snakes. It always works if they are still in your house!
As far as hiding places if you are still into searching, these are places that lost snakes have been found: Inside your closets (check inside shoes %26 bags, purses, suitcases, POCKETS, even pockets of clothing that are hanging -- don't ask me how they get up there, but they can -- even on the top shelf of a high closet; any open container type dark spaces), under sinks (bathroom %26 kitchen -- I have even heard they have been found curled up under a toilet plunger), under refrigerators for the warmth and water sources -- although if they are under the fridge when the fan motor kicks on -- it's not always good news for the snake; under and inside of stoves for heat. If you happen to be "lucky" enough to have field rodents occasionally grace your home, the snake will be looking for their nests, too. These are generally the first places to look, as hunger, or the scent of a rodent may have been a reason your snake decided to leave his enclosure. GOOD LUCK!
I have kept this turtle for a few years. Terrapin to be exact and i realised that his finger nails are?
getting too long, so i was thinking if i should cut it. Can it be cut or do i need someone like a vet to do it? Is there any gadgety in the market to trim its nails?
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What you have is a male terrapin. He has the long finger nails or claws to tickle the females throat to get in the mood for mating.
I am not joking this is really what they do.
Please do not cut them as it will not do him any good.
No, leave the poor animal alone. It's bad enough he's not roaming out in the wild, so just let nature take it's course on his nails for pete's sake
I use a regular nail file on my turtle's claws, but yes you can trim them with cat nail trimmers too, just be careful to look for the quick and not cut it to keep from hurting him.
I would suggest contacting a veterinarian about it. Though you can cut his nails you have to be very careful with reptiles. They have a blood vein that runs into their toenails. From what I'm guessing is that the turtle is fairly old I would say that the vein has grown almost to the end of the nail. If this vein is cut during nail trimming it can cause severe problems and possibly death in extreme cases. Look around for a vet the deals specifically it reptiles. They should be able to answer the question better.
you should not cut the turtles nail.let it be as if it was.
No, you should leave its' fingernails alone. I have 2 Cumberland sliders, and they each have long nails. I've asked my vet, and he said to leave them alone.
It's true that the males "tickle" the females as a sort of "Hey baby.want to make whoopie?" kind of move. They grow to a certain length and then stop. It's a natural adaptation and should be left alone.
What you have is a male- they have long foreclaws and they should NOT be trimmed.
By the way, 'terrapin' is not a species name but a general category of turtle.
http://www.redearslider.com
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com.
no, leave them alone, you have a male turtle
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What you have is a male terrapin. He has the long finger nails or claws to tickle the females throat to get in the mood for mating.
I am not joking this is really what they do.
Please do not cut them as it will not do him any good.
No, leave the poor animal alone. It's bad enough he's not roaming out in the wild, so just let nature take it's course on his nails for pete's sake
I use a regular nail file on my turtle's claws, but yes you can trim them with cat nail trimmers too, just be careful to look for the quick and not cut it to keep from hurting him.
I would suggest contacting a veterinarian about it. Though you can cut his nails you have to be very careful with reptiles. They have a blood vein that runs into their toenails. From what I'm guessing is that the turtle is fairly old I would say that the vein has grown almost to the end of the nail. If this vein is cut during nail trimming it can cause severe problems and possibly death in extreme cases. Look around for a vet the deals specifically it reptiles. They should be able to answer the question better.
you should not cut the turtles nail.let it be as if it was.
No, you should leave its' fingernails alone. I have 2 Cumberland sliders, and they each have long nails. I've asked my vet, and he said to leave them alone.
It's true that the males "tickle" the females as a sort of "Hey baby.want to make whoopie?" kind of move. They grow to a certain length and then stop. It's a natural adaptation and should be left alone.
What you have is a male- they have long foreclaws and they should NOT be trimmed.
By the way, 'terrapin' is not a species name but a general category of turtle.
http://www.redearslider.com
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com.
no, leave them alone, you have a male turtle
I have just bought an adult blood python and i need any help i can get on how to care for them?
today it bit the spray bottle i was sparying and it got all defensive, how do i get it to calm down and not bite me when i go to hold it? if there are any websites with trustful info. i would gladly appreciate it if you would include a web link, thanks.
Answers:
Red Bloods are a more aggressive python and are known for being nippy. You should have done more research before getting it.
You may not be able to calm it down.
Did you ask the seller how often the snake was handled, if ever? If never, calming it now will be even more difficult. If it was handled regularly then it could just be the stress of being in a new place.
Make sure you have the cage temps and humidity levels correct and make sure there is plenty of fresh water available.
If you just bought it, leave it alone for about a week. Don't even attempt to hold it or even feed it. This will give it time to calm down and get used to the new surroundings. After a week, try feeding the snake and then a couple days later, Attempt to pick it up.
If you are nervous or worried about being bitten, you can use a small snake hook to break the initial feed response.
Good Luck!
Take it back from where you got it. Get a real pet like a puppy or a kitty!
Go to http://www.gregcooper.net/reptiles/blood.
If you only just bought it, it's probably hungry and very agitated. They don't like changes to their environment, especially if you put it in a small cage or enclosure. They need some room. An old, hollowed-out console TV set can make a great snake cage.
Also, as he's probably feeling punchy, he may have thought you were about to drop some food, maybe a mouse, into his cage and struck a bit too fast.
Let him eat, then wait a few days and start gently handling him. The more you handle them, the tamer they get.
Good luck!
hehe man congrgulations u got a python i am grateful. Me my self have 5 python (3 blood python 2 royal python) and 2 california king snakes. So actually dont buy adult snakes this is because they cant adapt new environment u must not feed them nor touch them> u should let the lovely snake for few weeks alone (not more than 1 month) importand check on the water and light k rem put it on. DONT KNOCK THE GLASS this will make ur python more agressif. After about 3 weeks u can feed them with white mice or ur rat at the house they like it very much. Trust me k i know a lot bout snakes. If u want more info ask me (brian_keewai@yahoo.com) OR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/python.
Wow. Very intelligent. Yeah! Let's all go buy pythons without knowing how to care for them! Yay! It's okay if they die, I'll just get a new one, they're dispensable.. not. God. Take it back. Do you friggin research BEFORE you buy the friggin snake. It makes me mad because I did years worth of research before getting a corn snake. And she's not gonna die anytime soon, unlike your snake, which probably will.
Listen to Aly, with any pet not just exotics you need to know what you get into before you buy. All people don't make good pet owners and snakes are no exception they are not easy animals to care for.it takes a big commitment and you need to make that before you do anything else. That said maybe you are committed and do understand what is involved, but snake has just thrown you a curve ball. Bridgette, my sinaloan milk-snake female did exactly the same to me. She has a total disregard for me, In the the 10 years I've been keeping snakes I have only been bitten a dozen or so times. At least 5 of these I can lay at her doorstep. She is a really good feeder and a beautiful creature. She just doesn't seem to "like" me. What I'm saying is certain snakes as with any animal just have a aggressive temperament, it can get better with time. So just stick it out. Just a quick question, at the pet shop/dealer where you bought it, didn't you handle it? Always handle a snake before you buy..
haha. i still have a tooth stuck in my hand from a blood. good luck with that one because that snake is going to * you up.
You probably should have done this sort of research BEFORE getting a snake like a python. Good luck with it. Remember, they like your neck, so just wrap it around your neck, and start poking him a lot. ;)
I agree with Gilly Bean
also did you think to find out how to care for it before you bought it? would you spend money on a car if you couldn't drive it for 3 years? Duh take the snake back or find someone more knowledgeable then you are and give them the snake, you aren't going to be able to handle it you should have started out with a corn snake or if you wanted a python you should have gotten a ball python not a friggin blood python. Hope you have good health insurance for when he bites your friggin finger off
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Red Bloods are a more aggressive python and are known for being nippy. You should have done more research before getting it.
You may not be able to calm it down.
Did you ask the seller how often the snake was handled, if ever? If never, calming it now will be even more difficult. If it was handled regularly then it could just be the stress of being in a new place.
Make sure you have the cage temps and humidity levels correct and make sure there is plenty of fresh water available.
If you just bought it, leave it alone for about a week. Don't even attempt to hold it or even feed it. This will give it time to calm down and get used to the new surroundings. After a week, try feeding the snake and then a couple days later, Attempt to pick it up.
If you are nervous or worried about being bitten, you can use a small snake hook to break the initial feed response.
Good Luck!
Take it back from where you got it. Get a real pet like a puppy or a kitty!
Go to http://www.gregcooper.net/reptiles/blood.
If you only just bought it, it's probably hungry and very agitated. They don't like changes to their environment, especially if you put it in a small cage or enclosure. They need some room. An old, hollowed-out console TV set can make a great snake cage.
Also, as he's probably feeling punchy, he may have thought you were about to drop some food, maybe a mouse, into his cage and struck a bit too fast.
Let him eat, then wait a few days and start gently handling him. The more you handle them, the tamer they get.
Good luck!
hehe man congrgulations u got a python i am grateful. Me my self have 5 python (3 blood python 2 royal python) and 2 california king snakes. So actually dont buy adult snakes this is because they cant adapt new environment u must not feed them nor touch them> u should let the lovely snake for few weeks alone (not more than 1 month) importand check on the water and light k rem put it on. DONT KNOCK THE GLASS this will make ur python more agressif. After about 3 weeks u can feed them with white mice or ur rat at the house they like it very much. Trust me k i know a lot bout snakes. If u want more info ask me (brian_keewai@yahoo.com) OR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/python.
Wow. Very intelligent. Yeah! Let's all go buy pythons without knowing how to care for them! Yay! It's okay if they die, I'll just get a new one, they're dispensable.. not. God. Take it back. Do you friggin research BEFORE you buy the friggin snake. It makes me mad because I did years worth of research before getting a corn snake. And she's not gonna die anytime soon, unlike your snake, which probably will.
Listen to Aly, with any pet not just exotics you need to know what you get into before you buy. All people don't make good pet owners and snakes are no exception they are not easy animals to care for.it takes a big commitment and you need to make that before you do anything else. That said maybe you are committed and do understand what is involved, but snake has just thrown you a curve ball. Bridgette, my sinaloan milk-snake female did exactly the same to me. She has a total disregard for me, In the the 10 years I've been keeping snakes I have only been bitten a dozen or so times. At least 5 of these I can lay at her doorstep. She is a really good feeder and a beautiful creature. She just doesn't seem to "like" me. What I'm saying is certain snakes as with any animal just have a aggressive temperament, it can get better with time. So just stick it out. Just a quick question, at the pet shop/dealer where you bought it, didn't you handle it? Always handle a snake before you buy..
haha. i still have a tooth stuck in my hand from a blood. good luck with that one because that snake is going to * you up.
You probably should have done this sort of research BEFORE getting a snake like a python. Good luck with it. Remember, they like your neck, so just wrap it around your neck, and start poking him a lot. ;)
I agree with Gilly Bean
also did you think to find out how to care for it before you bought it? would you spend money on a car if you couldn't drive it for 3 years? Duh take the snake back or find someone more knowledgeable then you are and give them the snake, you aren't going to be able to handle it you should have started out with a corn snake or if you wanted a python you should have gotten a ball python not a friggin blood python. Hope you have good health insurance for when he bites your friggin finger off
I have it in a seperate cage and I didn't think corn snakes stayed with thier parents?
or even knew thier parents. I was under the assumption that once the mom lays her eggs she has nothing more to do with them. The snakes are completely seperated and can't see each other.Don't know if that will help or not
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Baby corn snakes can all be kept together in a cage. Once the mother has laid her eggs she stays with them until u remove them and put them in an incubator. Never keep bigger snakes with baby snakes as there's a possibility the babies can be squashed by the bigger snake :-)
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I think she refers to this question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;.
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It's good that you have them in separate cages. Snakes don't have motherly instincts. They don't love their kids. Keep them separated. It's rare, but sometimes corns eat each other. This risk is heightened if one is bigger than the other.
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Baby corn snakes can all be kept together in a cage. Once the mother has laid her eggs she stays with them until u remove them and put them in an incubator. Never keep bigger snakes with baby snakes as there's a possibility the babies can be squashed by the bigger snake :-)
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I think she refers to this question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;.
????. thanks for the 2 points
It's good that you have them in separate cages. Snakes don't have motherly instincts. They don't love their kids. Keep them separated. It's rare, but sometimes corns eat each other. This risk is heightened if one is bigger than the other.
I have iguanas in back yard and they are a nuisance.how can I get rid of them without harming them?
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Pour some Carbolic Acid (you can buy it from a chemist or hardware store) on the bounderies of your backyard- it's safe, reptiles just cannot stand the smell- they will go away.
Animal control will remove them from the premises. You can also call your local humane society.
would call animal control, dont try to approach them; if they become agitated they can be dangerous. Their tales are like knifes.
if its big like a giant iguana call pets control..but if babies just give them a bit of a stone throwin..they'll go
catch them if you can. if it doesnt work get animal control to get rid of them. but i think they like squash so try to lure them into a cage and close it after they are in it.
How are they a nuisance, most full grown iguanas are very lazy and don't move a lot. If they are full grown and you really really can't stand them, then I recommend calling animal control, if they are babies, then I recommend trying to catch them, either bare handed or a trap that doesn't harm them so you can place them elsewhere. Babies do bite but it doesn't hurt at all. Full grown, wild ones bite too and that hurts. Good luck.
Owner of a 4 year old, 6 foot long, male green iguana.
where do you live to have such a blessing in your backyard? I wish i did. Please don't hurt them. Maybe someone could catch them for you and give them to a caring home.
i have 1 and i would say don't approach them and if you do be protected, a full grown 1 can and will try to take a finger off!
safe trap them and ship em to me, for details on safe traps email me at mruniverse16@yahoo.com!
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