my new green tree python

[trickedoutz31]

thanks peeps yeah he/she is a really amazing python, ive been looking at other gtp hatchies now and before i owned one they all looked the same but now i notice all the small diferences between them all

 

[TahneeMaree]

Awwww! I want one even more nows

 

[orientalis]

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am i forgetting anything???


Hi and well done with your new purchase, i bet your stoked.

Well, i was just going too offer you some advice, even though you probably already know.....

if you are going to keep up the heat, keep up the fluids too.

Neonate GTP do not generally drink from water bowls, the majority of fluids are taken from droplets pooled on the skin or perch / enclosure, so keep up the fluids, keep a watch on it's skin and make sure you don't let it become too dry.
A light spray in the morning(very light) and a good spray early evening is what works well.

All the best.

PS.
another way is too inject 1ml of water into each food item too.

Hope this helps

 

[trickedoutz31]

cool thanks for hea heads up i didnt know about the injecting water into their food .. im going to look into that it sounds like a good idea

 

[trickedoutz31]

ok foundout that envy was layed on the 30th of aug and hatched 52 days after that making her DOB 20th of october so envy is 2 months old she weighed 10.4grams at birth and has had 1 shed and 5 feeds and was incubated in a incubator with a 50/50 mix of substrate and water at 31.5deg C

 

[trickedoutz31]

tryed feeding it a pre killed pinky mouse yesterday but had no luck... i tryed teasing it too by lightly hitting it on the neck to make it allert and ready to bite but all it done was move away. and when i put the mouse up to its mouth a little bit of water got on its lip then it went psyco like it was having a fitt. shaking its head about like as if it was trying to shake the water droplet off its face .... i checked the water temp and it was only room temp so i dont think it burnt its mouth and it wasnt boiling water it was only hot water from the tap and it had been sitting for a bit to cool down before i fed the rat that was in the water to the gtp.

im going to try again tomorrow before i go away camping so hopfully it shows some intrest

 

[Owzi]

Did you try to feed it at dusk or early in the night? Was it in an ambush position? I think thats a good time to try, they are always much more alert at this time. Is the meathod you are using to freshly kill the mouse the same as the breeders? Perhaps the water was enough to put it off feeding (with the move and change of enclosure also adding to it)?

 

[serpaint]

that is so cute!!! envy.... yes I feel it too!

 

[shellfisch]

Awesome, the 10 cents is all id be left with too after buying one.

HAHAHAHA!

I am MASSIVELY JEALOUS! He/she is a beauty!

 

[trickedoutz31]

well got some bad news Envy passed away monday afternoon

 

[KRONYK94]

she passed.
sorry to hear dude

 

[shellfisch]

I am SO SO SORRY to hear that mate.

 

[lemonz]

WHAT! thats so sad, im so sorry : (

 

[CarpetPythons.com.au]

My goodness? That seems strange. Did she eat for you during the time that you had her? Do you know why she died?

 

[euphorion]

sorry to hear that mate PM'd you

 

[Danish]

Sorry to hear that mate,
that realy sucks!!!!!!
It looked like a very small snake,maybe it should of had a few more
feeds under its belt before the breeder sold and got the snake abit more established,
how long did you have it for?

 

[torry666]

:shock::cry: Thats not the update I was expecting. So sorry to hear that. R.I.P Envy.

 

[trickedoutz31]

hey all yeah Envy died cause i didnt offer a good enough thermal graident and the whole enclosure was heated at 31-32 deg, and no Envy never wanted any food i offered over the month i had him/her

 

[scorps]

hey all yeah Envy died cause i didnt offer a good enough thermal graident and the whole enclosure was heated at 31-32 deg, and no Envy never wanted any food i offered over the month i had him/her

Are you out of pocket or is the breeder going to give you another snake, Gtp's need a thermal gradiant but I still dont think that would kill it. Perhaps get an autopsy

 

[lovey]

I was thinking the same as scorps. Did you get the necropsy?

Sorry for your loss.