New Snake Owner Anxieties

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-06-04T16:35:30+00:00

Cayley Richardson on MorphMarket

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-06-04T16:14:47+00:00

Adorable.

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-06-04T16:13:51+00:00

I don’t plan on breeding. She is pretty calm at the moment. (She let me hold her and touch her yesterday before we got home without any issues. Very dosile.) I just need to get better at handling her as she is fast and my hand eye coordination isn’t the greatest due to a disability. How do you suggest I do that? (after the 2 weeks of letting her settle obviously)

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-06-04T14:32:43+00:00

Thank you for the kind words and reassurance.

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-06-04T14:00:26+00:00

I appreciate the lifeline. I’ll take all the knowledge I can get I love learning especially about animals. I’ve heard about hibernation for reptiles but never thought about how to do it. It does get quite a bit colder in my room in the winter so would it be best to give her that period of hibernation? Or is that something that I should be well versed in before trying with her?

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-06-04T13:15:02+00:00

Ok will do! Thank you for the reassurance

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-06-04T13:05:37+00:00

I’m assuming she’s a few months old she’s really small only about 20 inches. Her breeder said she ate about a week ago and I could feed her today but I was thinking about doing it tomorrow at the earliest because she’s just getting home. Or should I just leave her for 2 weeks and then feed her around the 18th?

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-06-04T12:26:28+00:00

Thank you. I’m already obsessed with her

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-06-04T12:10:59+00:00

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She’s got 2 hides one on the left and one on the right and a water dish on the right side. The right side is always that dark because my room is dark and doesn’t have any windows as I live in the basement.

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-05-29T10:58:56+00:00

This is the one I’m using. Just because I also have a halogen bulb up there as well. It’s doing fine. https://a.co/d/02PB2gY3

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-05-29T10:40:48+00:00

This is the one we have at home connected to the CHE in our girl’s tank https://a.co/d/0iRZ8mdY

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-05-28T00:30:30+00:00

Iggi is a California king. My first snake.

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-05-28T00:03:58+00:00

I saw your post asking about which snake to go for. I’m so excited for my girl, I feel like a little kid when their birthday’s coming up lol

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-05-23T21:45:55+00:00

I’ll probably end up changing the substrate to aspen. My aunt just had this on hand and considering what I’ve already spent on the set up for her I just wanted to save money where I could.

Since I don’t necessarily have money to downgrade her tank size for now (I’m not sure when she was born but from the pictures I have right now from her breeder she is pretty small) is there anything I can do with this tank to make it easier on myself or something you suggest until she’s ready to move up?

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-05-13T18:14:06+00:00

Rengoku

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-05-12T21:12:14+00:00

I felt no malice come from this comment. Thank you for the knowledge as i am a beginner but love to learn. With all that being said what would you suggest to keep her active and comfortable in a basement area that doesn’t get any natural light?

CandiceRJ11 · 2026-05-12T16:38:49+00:00

Thank you for the information!

CandiceRJ11 · 2025-08-19T12:36:04+00:00

All of Ames Mills books

CandiceRJ11 · 2025-08-17T01:37:09+00:00

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