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General Update
Last week I tried feeding Alice a large rat instead of the two medium rats. She refused the large rat. I did not stay and watch, so I do not even know if she showed any real interest in it. … Continue reading
Alice Eating A Medium Rat
Alice has a tendency to eat more like a Racer or Indigo in that she does not constrict her prey item. She does best when she is allowed to crawl over to her meal rather than it being held right … Continue reading
Big Meal Friday
I had a few smaller medium rats and decided to see if Alice would take a couple of them for today’s feeding. She is gentle in taking her food and just crawls over to it and tugs it around until … Continue reading
Apologies for Recent Downtime
Recent issues with the home server this site was on forced a quick move to a new server early this morning. I am still working on the site as the feeding history is not working at this point. The plan … Continue reading
New Photo
Alice coming out of a different moist hide I was testing with her. This was taken back in May.
Update
I collected a fecal sample from Alice yesterday evening and drove it over to the vets office today for testing. Later today, I offered Alice a medium rat which she accepted. Hopefully she is back to her normal self and … Continue reading
Feeding Issues Again
Alice has been refusing food for the past couple of months. She has been very active, apparently looking for a nesting place and searching for a mate. As a result she has been refusing food the past 7 weeks. Tonight, … Continue reading
Good Checkup
Alice had a good checkup at the vet yesterday. We will still do another fecal floatation when she defecates at a time that I can get it back to the vet. She also still has a small piece of stuck … Continue reading
Video Links Fixed
I noticed that all the videos were no longer showing up this morning. I found another way to display the videos and all of them are working again. This was probably broken for a while before I caught it 🙁
Helping With Incomplete Shed
Sometimes, raising the humidity is not enough to help a snake shed cleanly. Since Alice has reached adulthood, she usually ends up with a little piece of shed on her nose or lips. When I got home yesterday, I found … Continue reading