Yeah he doesn’t do eggs anymore. We’re back to live for now. -.-
And I think he might have a grudge toward me after this tonight- he had a lousy shed because I didn’t ever catch him in blue so I didn’t know to increase his humidity and well he needed a soak.
He did NOT like being scooped out of his shoebox and wrangled into his deli with some tepid-warm water and his rock to cling to. He spent the rest of the time fighting so hard to get out that I called it off after a few minutes. He was too upset.
He can SHOVE with that pencil sized nose. Hopefully that much of a soak will help him get rid of the last bits of shed. At least his face is nice and clear, so no fear of stuck eyecaps. He’s back in his box of hides and sphagnum now, recovering from the trauma.
I have to say this for the species: He never hissed or tried to bite me, and I was sure he was going to.
Aww, poor guy. Sounds like he had a stressed reaction to your efforts to help him. (I always wish we could explain in some way they could understand when we are trying to aid animals and/or young children.) How is he doing now? Did he get the stuck bits off successfully?
That is a true compliment to house snakes! I truly love a good disposition.
Yeah he’s feeling fine now, back to treating me with shy reserve, and he got the rest of his shed off. I was sure to give him some damp moss to help and it seemed to work.
He’s a chill little guy under the Baby Noodle Panic, and I can see him getting bolder as he grows up. For now, he seems to feel most secure with nearly total cover.
He’s not Fossorial, but he is “Leaf-Litter”-ial, as it were, determined to live UNDER the moss and forest floor detritus. Hey, if he likes it, that’s what I’m giving him.
So my house snake Marmalade decided prey live was not for him (again), last Sunday. When I removed the mouse I accidentally left the lid on his tub unlocked and sitting cockeyed. He was on the loose until Tuesday evening when I found him inching along a baseboard headed down a hallway. Thank goodness I found him before my husband did! Or my 2 dogs! Lol!
Anyway, glad your little noodle bug is doing well now!
Oh gosh! Glad you spotted Marmalade before the dogs did! Not sure about the husband, lol, though mine has been known to squeal when startled by the appearance of an escapee. (Dan himself had described this as “squealing like a little girl.” I object to this terminology. I was once a little girl. Never in my life squealed like he can! )
Lol! Well if my husband had had his glasses on he would have seen Marm for sure and he would have yelled, not squealed! But escaped snakes are somewhat common in my house so I think he just yells now for my benefit! Lol
Not that I’m careless…… but “stuff” happens right?
It does indeed. I suppose there’s a long-term keeper out there who’s never had an escape. Maybe. I haven’t encountered them. Snakes got mad escape skillz.
House Snakes can practically teleport.
Picture a baby cornsnake, but with the wiggly wiles of a python and all the climbing power. Now make it nocturnal, and sneaky as all get out. There you have a House Snake.
Today I rescaped Finnley the BP’s former baby bin to give Sangfroid my House Snake a new Juvenile size Enclosure to live in.
It’s a sort of overgrown fern-choked garden. Sphagnum moss can look like convincing small scale bracken. Under those ferns and moss is a whole lot of 1 inch tubing, in almost mazelike configurations so he can feel very hidden. Under the Buddha is a warm burrow, and there’s a hidden cool hide besides all the tubes as well. I might make that into a Humidity Hide.
This gives him roughly the same setup he’s already got: Warm burrow + cover and a cool burrow, so he can choose where to go to. This one just has way more room and even more cover… and is much prettier than a shoebox to look at.
Just letting it sit for 24-48 hours while I fine tune the heat and humidity, and then we’ll move him in!
thank you!
It’s basically one of these, sold for baby turtles, but I took out the insert and fastened the screen thing on top into place permanently, and added Under Tank heating and thermostat, all to use it as a baby bin for a hatchling ball python. Since he’s outgrown it, I’ve reworked it for Sangfroid, after making triple sure to go over all the hardware and secure it.
It’s about 19Lx12Wx 10H, so roughly a ten gallon, but Sangfroid is currently living in a barely half gallon volume of space, so this is an upgrade for the tiny lil noodle.
I can go into details on my modifications if you like. It’s USELESS for turtles, but with a little work, it’ll do very nicely as a little ten gallon for a pacman frog or quarantine/baby bin for some critter.
*mine was a brand called Calpalmy, who offered the green, but Amazon says they don’t know if they’ll ever list it again. I have seen it in a few pet stores, though.
I was thinking it could be a fun little bin for a baby corn. They don’t stay little long, but I’ve generally got another youngster who could be moved into the youngsters’ display bins as they grow and move. The angled face on your unitmakes it nice to look down into, and I have a place on a counter which could be ever so much nicer with something like that. Might have to see about picking one up.
THe visibility is very nice, and I like front opening enclosures. It comes with a weird platform thing in it I had to remove, and then dremel down the bits that held it.
Then I put a hole low in the wall on one side for a thermostat probe, and took off the screen thing on the top, folded in any wires, and siliconed it into place.
The screen bit is in the center, so for overhead heating, one could install a larger screen piece in a self cut hole on one side or the other. *( The plastic is ABS, which does have a certain tolerance for heat, but it’s not metal. If you guys try this, make your screen hole big enough that no part of the heated elements come too close to the plastic.)
I’ve put an LED grow light on the screen and then covered the rest of it to hold humidity (but I live in the driest part of the USA, people not in Utah/Colorado/Northern AZ should have less humidity loss issues.)
I put an under tank themostat’ed heat pad under one end, and another small one on the side of the tank itself to raise air temp a little because I keep a cold house. Because of this, I also stuck it up on some rubber plant-pot feet to give airflow beneath it.
It’s a bit of a DIY project but 45$ and one afternoon’s crafting for a ten gallon that’s easy to scrub out and front-opens? Heck yes, I think it’s worth it for a Hatchling Bin.
Well I have to say is that this set up is incredible! Your imagination is so amazing! You should design snake enclosures for a living. I am sure you would be successful! Mr Sangfroid is one lucky little noodle!
Sounds like a terrific side gig! It may not totally pay the bills (although stranger things have certainly happened lol), but it may help pay some of them. You’ve got a built-in fan base here!
I’ve got a couple youngsters who are “Aspen-ial.”
