Found a new snake!

[guidofatherof5]

I wish that tail was nice and straight.
I'm saying male. It stays wide long enough.

[EasternGirl]

Really? Uh oh! I wish I had a better camera...I took that pic with one hand while holding the snake in the other...tomorrow I can get Julian to take a pic while I hold the tail straight...if he/she makes it through the night. I say "uh oh" because that means that I will have to get the other tank ready then...I don't want to put a male in with the girls. Guess I will have to find another name too...

[guidofatherof5]

[katach]

She could be just super stressed. Glad you found her.

[EasternGirl]

Right, Steve...I agree...and changed his name, accordingly, to Sammy. I will now have something to do tomorrow...I will get up in the morning and start working on building a nice viv for Sammy. I am hoping you're right, Kat. He seems to be doing a bit better now...he pooped and started exploring his surroundings in the temporary enclosure I have him in. I do hope he makes it because he is a super sweetie...he will just sit in my hand and enjoy the warmth. I think he will be a good snake to finally get Julian to try to hold a snake. He won't hold Cee Cee or Selena...they are a bit too jumpy for him and I don't think it's a good idea for him or the snakes...

[guidofatherof5]

Right, Steve...I agree...and changed his name, accordingly, to Sammy. I will now have something to do tomorrow...I will get up in the morning and start working on building a nice viv for Sammy. I am hoping you're right, Kat. He seems to be doing a bit better now...he pooped and started exploring his surroundings in the temporary enclosure I have him in. I do hope he makes it because he is a super sweetie...he will just sit in my hand and enjoy the warmth. I think he will be a good snake to finally get Julian to try to hold a snake. He won't hold Cee Cee or Selena...they are a bit too jumpy for him and I don't think it's a good idea for him or the snakes...

Keep both names in hand. I simply made a guess on what I saw.
A better photo might prove me wrong.
Just going with my first impression with the evidence available.

[EasternGirl]

Gotcha...I will put up a better pic tomorrow. He/she seems to be doing pretty well now...more active...exploring the enclosure. Now for a question on a different topic...I am reading some posts and hearing about diet supplements and wondering if I should be giving supplements to my snakes...I made note of the supplement powder that you use...do you think I should be using that?

[katach]

depends on what you are feeding. if you are feeding just worms or just fish, then dust. if you mix in pinkie parts and they go for it, probably no need to dust.

[EasternGirl]

Well...they go long periods of time when all they will eat is fish. I was feeding them just fish for a while...but then I realized from reading posts on here how unbalanced that was so now I have been trying to alternate with worms and I went out and bought some pinkies the other day...they get picky of course, and all they want is fish...but I am going to try mixing pinkies and worms in with the fish and so forth. I think I will go ahead and buy the supplement so that I have it in case.

[EasternGirl]

Okay...here is a better tail pic...def male, huh? I just don't know what to think...he was doing so much better last night and I was all ready to set up a viv for him today...but now he is all sluggish again. Is it possible that he was in brumation and something happened...like I'm thinking he fell through to the basement? Or perhaps because it was 70 degrees here three days ago and then it suddenly dropped to 40 degrees, it threw his system into shock? His body seems very cold.

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