Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Updates!

We have been very busy lately with a lot of changes going on! Ok, so first of all Perseus- He got some weird red splotches/lines/scales on his belly so of course I panicked and took him completely out from the ladies. Neither of them had anything going on. Looked around online and couldnt see what it might be. Def was not scale rot or a burn. Decided it might be from him climbing around a LOT looking for the girls or maybe from the branch in the second females cage. We blocked his view from the females, shaved down the branch and made any rough spots smooth. I kept monitoring him a couple times a day. It seemed to be staying the same if not getting worse so we started looking at what it might possibly be being caused by and found that the pine bedding we were using could actually be drying him out. So I bought a "Humidifying Spray" from the pet store and he has improved greatly. He also shed after the second of third day using the spray. I think the combination of rubbing on the branches, with the drying of the pine, and being in shed led to his red spots and lines. 
So, in light of this we changed all of the bedding back to cypress mulch. We originally went to pine bedding because it is so much easier to clean and just to use. With the cypress we have to cook it first to kill any bugs there might be, its more difficult to spot clean etc. But it does look nice and they seem to like it better. My red rat (Fireball) loves it. He has actually built/dug tunnels throughout. In fact, I thought he may have escaped because I couldnt find him. Then I saw just his little head poking up from the mulch in the back of his hide. So cute! 
This past weekend we "rescued" some adult BPs from a guy on craigslist. He was giving them away for free because of personal problems. We got two females and a male all breeder size normals. A little skinny (he had been feeding them "6 hoppers" at a time...) so we are going to fatten them up but other than that they seem to be in pretty good health. Also came with two free 55gal tanks too. 
Big surprise- My boyfriend got my a baby Columbian Red Tail Boa for my birthday! Soooo sweet and pretty! Hes got a little mustache and goatee. Well, we didnt sex him yet but Im calling it a him lol. We *might* breed him in the distant future but that is not my plan for him. He is just a pet now :) Thats it for now :D

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