Reptiles - October 2007

My baby ball python wont eat.
He seems healthy. (moving around, drinking ect.)
The pet store didn't specify what type of mouse they were feeding him. He just wont eat a frozen pinkie mouse!!
HELP!

2007-10-05 12:16:18 · 8 answers · asked by snigglebiff696969 1

2007-10-05 11:54:00 · 5 answers · asked by Brian 1

What do I do to entice him? I don't have any worms or such to put on the food to wiggle so I need a way for him to be enticed to eat the veggies.

I know it's not because he isn't hungry, I will offer him veggies first before crickets. But he needs that balanced diet so what should I do?

2007-10-05 11:19:35 · 6 answers · asked by Mike Hart 1

2007-10-05 11:02:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

his diet consists of meal worms,wax worms,kale,parsley,and collard greens. Other wise healthy and very active

2007-10-05 10:39:54 · 3 answers · asked by stonyplaingirl 1

hi =]

my 3 year old leopard tortoise had bubbles comin out of his mouth and nose about a 2 months ago, i took him to the vets and he had a injection, he was totally fine and normal after that, then yesterday a bubble came out of his nose again so today he went to the vets and he had a stronger longer lasting antibiotics injected in to him, the vet said he had an upper resprirartion infection, do you think he could have something up his nose, and what things should i feed him to help it eventually go, he has his temps up to about 30 degrees and 22 degrees at night, im just worried about him, and i hope im doin everything right or if there is anything i can do that will really help??
thanks

2007-10-05 09:35:51 · 5 answers · asked by alice b 2

I have a 6 week old baby bearded dragon. I got him 2 weeks ago, and he was acting fine. He would spend most of the day basking, even though his rock has a hide in it. Just yesterday I noticed that he had been hiding in his rock and had gotten really dark. I wondered if it was Brumation but I know especially for babies it is really important that he be basking. Is it ok for him to be hiding? Or should I find him a rock without a hide in it. Do you think anything is wrong? Is this normal behavior.

And he is still eating normally.

2007-10-05 08:10:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been told not to hibernate them because I am inexperience and I do not want to breed them. How do I make sure they don't hibernate?

2007-10-05 07:20:50 · 6 answers · asked by Mike Hart 1

2007-10-05 05:21:58 · 9 answers · asked by John M 1

2007-10-05 04:37:22 · 10 answers · asked by lindy 1

Also how do I know he has enough food in his belly to last hibernation.

2007-10-05 01:07:18 · 3 answers · asked by Mike Hart 1

My turtle has a cold for about a week now, and for the past 3 days ive noticed he's opening his mouth wide very often an making a wierd sound. This is not normal because his never done it before. Is like if theres something in his mouth bothering him, or like gasping for air im not sure. Please someone help meee???????

2007-10-04 18:13:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My teacher today put them in a bucket of ice for a few minutes, turned it upside down, came back, took a pair of pliers, and then ripped out the frogs throat. We had to do this because we were trying to see a living parasite in the frog's lungs, which would have died with gas. Still, was that humane?

2007-10-04 16:24:05 · 11 answers · asked by zaichev 1

My sister-in-law almost stepped on a snake in our front yard and freaked out and killed it. I'm wondering if anyone knows the name of the snake and if it is poisonous. We live in Tucson, AZ. Here are links to the pictures, copy and paste:

http://photo.ringo.com/236/236183965O825914541.jpg

http://photo.ringo.com/236/236183955O955426538.jpg


Its head is chopped off.

Thank you for any helpful answers before hand :)

2007-10-04 14:17:11 · 13 answers · asked by dulcenena488 1

i will take tricks, techniques, and whatever. also what is the best way of initially approaching them while still keeping them calm.

2007-10-04 12:11:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i found one morphing into a beetle can they be fed to my leopard gecko

2007-10-04 12:07:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i really dont know what it takes to raise one as a pet or how costly it will be. i got this idea a long time ago but never found out how to do this. anybody that has experiance in raising alligators please help me understand. thanks

2007-10-04 11:04:27 · 12 answers · asked by justin 1

OK THIS IS WEIRD .... I was just going to turn my AC on and on the vent was a BIg but umm about and inch long and about half and inch wide and ways i didnt think twice but i squashed it and the SOB had blu blood! ... it was brown on the out side and what looked to be a horn ... at the nose . any suggestions????? thank you

2007-10-04 08:49:59 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

We have lake in our community. I saw alligator in it yesterday (2 feet from bank of lake). I knew sometimes alligators come there. We usually call security, I don't know what happens next.
But anybody have any idea how can I keep my family safe as well as enjoy living in closeer to nature.

2007-10-04 05:20:34 · 7 answers · asked by SH 3

2007-10-04 01:12:55 · 2 answers · asked by SEXXYDIMPLES 1

I have a viviarium with a heat pad and a lightbuld wired into a living earth unit with thermostat control. I have checked the fuse and it hasnt blown so I cant understnd why every time i buy a bulb they blow within a day of being used. I am a girl so Im not very technically minded!

2007-10-03 21:15:01 · 5 answers · asked by Vickie H 3

I'm going to a reptile show (never been to one). I would like to buy a nice cage can i do so without going over budget, I'm also interested in getting a tropical lizard that gets medium size can "chill" with me with out being flighty or stressed and eats insects. Or maybe an adult turtle (can i even buy one?).

2007-10-03 17:58:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am purchasing a corn snake on friday. I will buy the following:
1 Corn Snake- 40
1 20 Gallon Long Aquarium w/ secure lid- 56
1 Basking bulb with fixture- 20
1 Under tank heating pad- 24
1 Night-Glo Black Bulb with fixture- 20
2 Half Log hides- 14
1 Large Corner Dish- 10
4 Pinkie mice- 11
1 Bag of Repti-Bark- 8
1 Digital Thermometer- 10
1 Hygrometer- 6

I have the under tank pad and the basking bulb on the same side. Is that okay? I plan for each light to be on for 12 and 12... ok? Should i get a UVA/UVB bulb or basking bulb? Does it matter? Could the UVA/UVB substitute the basking bulb? So, would the UTH, the UVA/UVB Bulb and the Black light be all the heat/light needed? What else would be good? Anything useless?

2007-10-03 16:22:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My red eared slider has always been very docile (he's around 2 years old), but just a few days ago, when my dad was cleaning a little algae off his shel with a toothbrush, he bit him! He bit really hard, it bled pretty bad. so, are they supposed to do that? cuz I thot that they don't bite. thanks!

2007-10-03 16:05:01 · 9 answers · asked by bookworm_628 2

2007-10-03 16:03:55 · 4 answers · asked by kahlien05 1

if the male is an albino cornsnake and the female a regular cornsnake what would the babis look like?

2007-10-03 16:02:57 · 3 answers · asked by kahlien05 1

This has been something i have been wondering for a while.
Do they change thier skin cells quickly? Or is it something else?

2007-10-03 15:39:16 · 11 answers · asked by VB 1

mine is about 6 months old

2007-10-03 15:08:30 · 5 answers · asked by early june 2

I have a juvenille bearded dragon and in addition to feeding him crickets daily, I offer him veggies (collard greens, squash, etc). Can I freeze chopped veggies to help them last longer so that I do not have to cut fresh veggies daily? If so, how long can I freeze them for? Any other methods people use to store and keep cut veggies longer?

Thanks!

2007-10-03 14:38:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What light wattage do you use for them, and is it a special kind of light?

2007-10-03 14:04:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous