blondie098
Gray-bearded Member
(note: title was changed after we got him)
We have been over in the beardie forums for years... Love my beardies, they are my kids too.
We have a new member arriving in a couple days, all I know at this point is that he is a California Kingsnake, he's about 1 year old, approximatley 18 inches, eating 2 hoppers a week. He was listed on my local FreeCycle, and it always gets me when people list dogs, cats, etc... but snakes are much harder to rehome, and I am glad they see that its time to rehome him because the child has lost interest.
That's where we come in... my 14 year old daughter has been wanting a snake for a couple years. So we go get him this Thursday... we have already researched a lot to familiarize ourselves with proper husbandry, and will correct anything that the present owners have misaligned...
My #1 question is, what is average size for 1 year old? I am not sure what morph he is yet, haven't seen him.
My #2 question, is it normal for 2 hoppers to be fed weekly at this age? He's about 18" but I am not sure of the width of his head yet.
Any helpful advice for newbies is welcome, we all gotta learn somewhere... should be an interesting journey
We spent hours earlier googling caresheets, so I think we're pretty well prepared. If he doesn't have proper hides we can do that immediately, I sew/quilt and already make hedgie pouches / tunnels... so I've got a dozen in inventory, will just pull something when he arrives
Picking up Thursday:
Kingsnake
viv with UTH
lights
water dish / furniture / extra frozen hoppers
Have ready when he arrives:
numerous wattage bulbs to get viv to 85-88 on basking
extra accu-rite dual temp for getting viv to proper temps
cave that dragons outgrew
bag/snuggle pouch and tunnel (fleece & cotton)
substrate (sanichips) and paper towels
Do any of you use UVB for your snakes? I know there is debate on that, just figured I'd ask... I have older bulbs that are not suitable for dragons anymore, I usually offer them on freecycle for turtles, but do have those if needed, as well as a brand new coil UVB bulb that was bad for dragons from the get-go, when I joined these boards, we immediately packed that away, so it has less than a weeks use.
We have been over in the beardie forums for years... Love my beardies, they are my kids too.
We have a new member arriving in a couple days, all I know at this point is that he is a California Kingsnake, he's about 1 year old, approximatley 18 inches, eating 2 hoppers a week. He was listed on my local FreeCycle, and it always gets me when people list dogs, cats, etc... but snakes are much harder to rehome, and I am glad they see that its time to rehome him because the child has lost interest.
That's where we come in... my 14 year old daughter has been wanting a snake for a couple years. So we go get him this Thursday... we have already researched a lot to familiarize ourselves with proper husbandry, and will correct anything that the present owners have misaligned...
My #1 question is, what is average size for 1 year old? I am not sure what morph he is yet, haven't seen him.
My #2 question, is it normal for 2 hoppers to be fed weekly at this age? He's about 18" but I am not sure of the width of his head yet.
Any helpful advice for newbies is welcome, we all gotta learn somewhere... should be an interesting journey
We spent hours earlier googling caresheets, so I think we're pretty well prepared. If he doesn't have proper hides we can do that immediately, I sew/quilt and already make hedgie pouches / tunnels... so I've got a dozen in inventory, will just pull something when he arrives
Picking up Thursday:
Kingsnake
viv with UTH
lights
water dish / furniture / extra frozen hoppers
Have ready when he arrives:
numerous wattage bulbs to get viv to 85-88 on basking
extra accu-rite dual temp for getting viv to proper temps
cave that dragons outgrew
bag/snuggle pouch and tunnel (fleece & cotton)
substrate (sanichips) and paper towels
Do any of you use UVB for your snakes? I know there is debate on that, just figured I'd ask... I have older bulbs that are not suitable for dragons anymore, I usually offer them on freecycle for turtles, but do have those if needed, as well as a brand new coil UVB bulb that was bad for dragons from the get-go, when I joined these boards, we immediately packed that away, so it has less than a weeks use.