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11-Jan-08, 04:01 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: central Queensland Age/Gender: 34  | | | |
i agree with the others ,a well fed python is a happy python.a mate of mine power feeds his water pythons to calm them down in their early years.i think they are too fat to bother striking.he then slims them down once they start behaving.it works but i dont necessarily agree with it.
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11-Jan-08, 04:03 PM
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hi im pretty sure the pet shop at figtree does as well.
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11-Jan-08, 04:07 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: central coast. nsw Gender: | | | |
Seems to be rat outlets everywhere. Mmmm..
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11-Jan-08, 04:12 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 34 | | | |
Rachelp, can i ask who you purchased your diamond from? Was it a local person?
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11-Jan-08, 04:37 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: On the water or in the Bush. Age/Gender: 40 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rachelp  I forgot to mention that we keep his tank at ambient temperatures in Wollongong, with no heat lamp except during winters when he's been fed. We also have a standard UV light set to 10:14 light dark. | Ok, as already stated, he should be on 1 or 2 medium rats a fortnight.
You will also need to provide a heat spot in the morning so that will help
him diggest his food, especially now that you WILL increase his food intake.
Cooling will also do him a world of good and prelong his life.
Cooling is not feeding him during the winter months, weather i'm breeding or not.
I never provide night time heating for my diamonds,[ unless the female is gravid ] so that when the cooler weather approaches
they natural go off their food and start up again in october'ish.
Doing all the above, should calm your boy down a fair bit, but only time will tell.
See if you can find a local breeder for your rats, as pet shops can be quite dear at times.
Good luck.
Cheers,
Aleks.
P.S - just had a thought, he might need a lady snakey............. 
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11-Jan-08, 05:46 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Wollongong Age/Gender: 36 | | | |
I live in wollongong and there a dozen shops around this area that you will find adult frozen rats , where abouts are you ???
I'm in Woonona and i get mine from the produce place on the high way ....
I also get some from Rays Rodents , he drives through the gong a few times a month and i meet him at the bottom of Mt Ousley , if you like i can pm you with his details , he is much cheaper than pet shops .....
If you are close by to me stop in , i have a few chics and quals in the freezer you are welcome to ....
PM me if you like for any help ....
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11-Jan-08, 06:28 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Wollongong & Canberra Age/Gender: 30  | | | | Ok, thanks to everyone for the advice- you're all so quick- it's great! Everyone’s been very helpful (well, except for a few stroppy posts, but I guess that’s my lot this week…perhaps a couple rats would fix it?)
There’s no shop that sells frozen rats in Wollongong city. If Warrawong does, they’re not consistent because we’ve been there twice in the past year with no luck. I’ll definitely check out the store in Albion park (thanks Serpentongue). We’re in the process of moving, so If anyone has any suggestions for places to get frozen rats in Canberra, I’m all ears!
In my defense, our snake is not starving. I agree he’s underfed and hopefully a fuller belly will stop him acting out so much. But, all our reading says that diamonds are notoriously overfed in captivity, as this subspecies eats a lot less than the other carpet pythons. “keep ‘em’ a bit hungry” was the advice we got from the breeder and my herp scientist friends (I’m a biologist, but of the marine variety).There’s also at least one peer-reviewed paper on diamonds that have shown how much they eat in the wild (if I can find it soon, I’ll post it). Our snake definitely eats more than these guys. Having said that, captivity is different than the wild so I really do appreciate all the expertise here!
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11-Jan-08, 06:32 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Wollongong & Canberra Age/Gender: 30 | | | |
Yeah, I thought about the lady snakey thing too Mungus. He started moving all around his tank a few months ago, even after he'd just been fed, seemingly looking for something. Don't know if it's the warmer temps or breeding season, or being underfed or all three! Maybe we do have a boy...?
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11-Jan-08, 06:33 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: On the water or in the Bush. Age/Gender: 40 | | | |
rats have more nutrients then mice - pure and simple.
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11-Jan-08, 06:35 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Wollongong & Canberra Age/Gender: 30 | | | |
Serpenttongue... bought him from a breeder in Dapto several years ago. Lost the contact details which is a pity since this guy had gobs of herps
Also, our diamond is 'only' 5 feet. sorry for the initial typo- I think it made the situation seem even worse!
And thanks so much Dickeyknee... will pm you in a tic
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11-Jan-08, 06:40 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Wollongong & Canberra Age/Gender: 30 | | | |
Just a random thought before I log out of here for the evening... apparently diamonds' natural food are mostly lizards, small rodents, and birds?
Has anyone ever tried to feed their snake lizards or any other creative foods in captivity?
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11-Jan-08, 07:24 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 34 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rachelp Serpenttongue... bought him from a breeder in Dapto several years ago. Lost the contact details which is a pity since this guy had gobs of herps | And he still has gobs of herps!!! 
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11-Jan-08, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by serpenttongue And he still has gobs of herps!!! |
hahah whatta quawinkydink 
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11-Jan-08, 07:49 PM
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Has anyone ever tried to feed their snake lizards or any other creative foods in captivity?
You are not allowed to feed lizards to any snake. They are protected as well.
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11-Jan-08, 09:23 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Wollongong Age/Gender: 36 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by serpenttongue And he still has gobs of herps!!! | One of yours hey mate .......
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