Meet the newest member of our family, Slizzy - Page 2

wolf · 09-28-2005, 12:57 AM

I thought the marking on his head looked like a Lambda ... (cuz mostly you'll be looking down on his head with his tail pointed towards you)

Here's hoping that SonOfV has an excellent and enjoyable time learning with and about Slizzy!

And I hope that MrsV doesn't freak out too much the first time he escapes from his enclosure.

Sun_Sparkz · 09-28-2005, 01:59 AM

wow 40 babies?! you woulda made a fortune! (if you were selling them)

So how big will Slizzy grow? How big is his tank? He looks to small to eat mice... what are you feeding him? fly's and stuff?

BigV · 09-28-2005, 07:42 PM

THANK YOU!!

Edit:

Grrrrrr.... thanks for the really good tip. Unfortunately, the crap spam I did get and didn't like got through with that setting already in place. The only tighter notch on the belt is "Members of this blog". I don't think I want to go there just yet. I don't need another population of users to keep track of. I guess I'll just manually delete the crap out of there. Are there any other tips in this vein? Do I have to manually groom each post for bs comments?

BigV · 09-28-2005, 07:46 PM

mrnoodle:

Is that your snake? She's beautiful.

wolf · 09-29-2005, 12:25 AM

Was "Pinky" an underdone mouse, or did you happen to have some spare gerbil babies in the other room?

BigV · 09-29-2005, 10:13 AM

wolf, lheene, the pinkie was a baby mouse. They're standard fare in the frozen section of the pet food aisle. Each one is $1.29, but considerably less in bulk, I understand. We heat some water, then with the pinkie in the plastic bag from the store, we immerse it into the water to thaw then warm the mouse. This is known as f/t feeding, frozen/thawed feeding. Eventually, he'll graduate to f/t hoppers, baby furry mice, then to f/t adults.

When I was young, we fed live rodents to our snakes. That is not considered a good idea any more. There is some risk to the reptile of being bitten, and with the kind of training from a hatchling to take f/t food, that risk is now zero. Of course it is much easier to just order up a bag of 25 or 50 mice than it is to keep a colony of feed animals in the house.

Clodfobble · 09-29-2005, 10:11 PM

I started feeding my ball python only thawed dead rats after one bit him on the nose... but then after about a year of it, he just stopped eating them. He wouldn't eat again until I put a live one in there. I still try to get him smaller ones than he can necessarily handle to give him an advantage.

Mage · 10-17-2005, 08:37 PM

I like snakes....

09-28-2005, 12:57 AM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I thought the marking on his head looked like a Lambda ... (cuz mostly you'll be looking down on his head with his tail pointed towards you) Here's hoping that SonOfV has an excellent and enjoyable time learning with and about Slizzy! And I hope that MrsV doesn't freak out too much the first time he escapes from his enclosure. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 09-28-2005 at 01:03 AM.

09-28-2005, 01:59 AM	#2
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	wow 40 babies?! you woulda made a fortune! (if you were selling them) So how big will Slizzy grow? How big is his tank? He looks to small to eat mice... what are you feeding him? fly's and stuff? __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

09-28-2005, 07:42 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	THANK YOU!! Edit: Grrrrrr.... thanks for the really good tip. Unfortunately, the crap spam I did get and didn't like got through with that setting already in place. The only tighter notch on the belt is "Members of this blog". I don't think I want to go there just yet. I don't need another population of users to keep track of. I guess I'll just manually delete the crap out of there. Are there any other tips in this vein? Do I have to manually groom each post for bs comments? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 09-28-2005 at 07:46 PM.

09-28-2005, 07:46 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	mrnoodle: Is that your snake? She's beautiful. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-29-2005, 12:25 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Was "Pinky" an underdone mouse, or did you happen to have some spare gerbil babies in the other room? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-29-2005, 10:13 AM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	wolf, lheene, the pinkie was a baby mouse. They're standard fare in the frozen section of the pet food aisle. Each one is $1.29, but considerably less in bulk, I understand. We heat some water, then with the pinkie in the plastic bag from the store, we immerse it into the water to thaw then warm the mouse. This is known as f/t feeding, frozen/thawed feeding. Eventually, he'll graduate to f/t hoppers, baby furry mice, then to f/t adults. When I was young, we fed live rodents to our snakes. That is not considered a good idea any more. There is some risk to the reptile of being bitten, and with the kind of training from a hatchling to take f/t food, that risk is now zero. Of course it is much easier to just order up a bag of 25 or 50 mice than it is to keep a colony of feed animals in the house. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-29-2005, 10:11 PM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I started feeding my ball python only thawed dead rats after one bit him on the nose... but then after about a year of it, he just stopped eating them. He wouldn't eat again until I put a live one in there. I still try to get him smaller ones than he can necessarily handle to give him an advantage.

10-17-2005, 08:37 PM	#8
Mage Bored Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 24	I like snakes.... __________________ An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will

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