Category Archives: Updates

Alice has been refusing food for the past couple of months. She has been very active, apparently looking for a nesting place and searching for a mate. As a result she has been refusing food the past 7 weeks. Tonight, … Continue reading →

Alice had a good checkup at the vet yesterday. We will still do another fecal floatation when she defecates at a time that I can get it back to the vet. She also still has a small piece of stuck … Continue reading →

I noticed that all the videos were no longer showing up this morning. I found another way to display the videos and all of them are working again. This was probably broken for a while before I caught it 🙁

Sometimes, raising the humidity is not enough to help a snake shed cleanly. Since Alice has reached adulthood, she usually ends up with a little piece of shed on her nose or lips. When I got home yesterday, I found … Continue reading →

Alice’s eyes were almost clear again on Saturday. Today, she has been hanging out on the warm side most of the day. Hoping she has a good shed this week.

Checked Alice this afternoon and found that she is getting ready to shed again. Her eyes are just starting to turn blue. Now that she is approaching five years old, her shed cycles have spread out to about twice a … Continue reading →

Alice accepted a medium rat this evening. This is the first time she has accepted food since January 31. This was a smaller medium rat so I am hoping she will be ready to feed again in about a week. … Continue reading →

Decided to move Alice back to aspen shavings after using cyprus mulch for the past couple of months. When I put her back in her habitat, she immediately started to tunnel again. She could tunnel in the cyprus, however it … Continue reading →

For the past couple of years Alice has gone off feed around this time of year. She has refused food the last three feeding attempts. Last year she went off feed for two months. Hopefully, this will not be another … Continue reading →

Winter heating can really dry out a house and make it difficult to maintain correct humidity levels for some reptiles. I have raised Alice using aspen bedding, however I wanted to see how she would like a change to Cyprus … Continue reading →