couple of questions

[spottedpython]

ok most of yous know my female spotted python weighs 90grams would she be any good for breeding or not.

and i tryed feeding her today but she wouldn't take it. but i will keep trying she hasn't lost any condition by the looks of her and i tryed feeding my diamond python she took it but when she almost finshed it she regeritated it what could of made her do that the mouse was a small to medium mouse. when she first grabed it it got away and then the second time she killed it the breeder said she was taking dead but shes not with me i've tryed wiggling it in front of her nocking it on her nose but she won't take it dead.

[Gregory]

Originally Posted by spottedpython

ok most of yous know my female spotted python weighs 90grams would she be any good for breeding or not.

Not for this season. Feed her up and she should be good next year.

[soulweaver]

the mouse could of been bad which is why no one wanted it!

[craig]

could be to cold?

[spottedpython]

my spotted is kept at 30 degrees celsicus and the same with my diamond python thats during the day

[moosenoose]

Is 30 degrees normal temps for a diamond? Surely that is just during summer - I don't know? I'm only asking. I thought diamonds had to be kept at lower temperatures?

[peterescue]

You have a temperature gradient. The whole enclosure isnt kept at the one temp. The highest temp is the proximity of the heat source and you should provide a way of allowing your animal to position itself to regulate its own body temp. ie an tree branch.
Peter

[Artie]

moosenoose, It is very important not to keep the enclosure too hot and let them have a thermal gradient, and NO heat at night, and let them hibernate (brumate) in winter.
Diamonds have a lower preferred body temp, approx 28 degrees, and it is important to cool them at night. Diamond Python Syndrome is thought to be linked with keeping them too warm 24x7 and all year round.
Heating 8 to 9 hours on in summer. Roughly 4 hours in May, June middle of the day, July no heat at all, August 4 hours,September slowly up to summer again.
They also seem to have greater requirements of UVA&B than other carpets.

[spottedpython]

my diamond python is only 6 months old shes to young to hibernate

[dobermanmick]

what do they do in the wild then ?

[spottedpython]

i got told wild and captive are different if thats the chase why are people feeding dead wild snakes don't feed on dead they kill there own prey

[Artie]

Originally Posted by spottedpython

my diamond python is only 6 months old shes to young to hibernate

You don’t have to hibernate the first year, (even though I did);
Some people wait for a couple of years.

In the wild, not much choice dobermanmick,

I guess there might be a lower survival rate, but as I said I’m only guessing.

[Fuscus]

Most adult pythons slow down their feeding this time of year. I won't attempt to feed my larger animals until september. Also just because captive snakes have adapted to dead prey, doesn't mean that can adapt to 24/7 constant temps.

[spottedpython]

so could i hibernate her next year or should i wait longer

[Adam]

The snake will eat if it wants regardless of what time of year it is!!!! 30 deg. is ok but make sure the whole tank isn't that warm, you can have a warm spot of about 33 deg. The snake may have regurgitated because the mouse was too fat down the bottom end and it was getting too hard to swallow, having said that the mouse shouldn't have been too big for a 6 month old Diamond. However it depends on how fast your little one is growing. I don't BRUMATE any of my snakes the first year ever!!! Some of them stop automatically but some just keep eating like thier is no tomorrow!!!! Give the little one the chance to grow in it's first year then start the cooling. The survival rate in the wild isn't very high and when we keep them in captivity we are playing God to a certain degree but that come with the territory I am afraid, at leats the guys we have kept won't get eaten or starve to death.Anyway hope this helps and NO the spotted is way too samll for this year. SNAKES DON"T HIBERNATE PEOPLE, THEY BRUMATE. Please can we get this right so we ALL sound like we know what we are doing.