lunaradius
Not so new Member
Hello all!!
My name is Varinia I am 30 years young I live in Florida I am married with two children. I was raised around snakes my Dad always had them it has been about 15 years since I have had one (well not me my Husband) so here it goes....
I have 9 dogs, 5 cockatiels, 1 prarie dog and I am a local rescue for sugar gliders I have 10 little buggers I love my suggies!!
My cousin decided to buy a snake from a "friend" of his for my Father (my parents live live with me,hubby and the girls because of my MS)
He brings it over and leaves. So the poor little guy is in a ten gallon tank no rock no nothing! he has some kind of paper bedding (yesterdays news I think), a bowl of water and a little mouse.We left the mouse in it over night and my Husband called from work and asked me to check to see if he has eaten the mouse well the mouse was setting up house in the tank so when my husband got home I got the mouse out and I was looking at it well the mouse was infested with MITES! and the snake was fixing to shed so we took him out and put him in another with a larger bowl of water and I put a heating pad under half of the tank and added a rock until I get him a reptarium (my husband would not let me put some pretty plastic vines in there :lol: )
now here a good question these people who had him was taking him to the vet for a shot once a month but they don't know for what ??????
he is healthy (I am taking him to my vet) just to make sure because of the mouse.
(The mouse is my new friend LOL I told my husband the snake can't have him because of the mites) I have a lot of questions so as soon as I get my feel around this forum I will be asking ALOT
See ya around the forum!!
~~Varinia
My name is Varinia I am 30 years young I live in Florida I am married with two children. I was raised around snakes my Dad always had them it has been about 15 years since I have had one (well not me my Husband) so here it goes....
I have 9 dogs, 5 cockatiels, 1 prarie dog and I am a local rescue for sugar gliders I have 10 little buggers I love my suggies!!
My cousin decided to buy a snake from a "friend" of his for my Father (my parents live live with me,hubby and the girls because of my MS)
He brings it over and leaves. So the poor little guy is in a ten gallon tank no rock no nothing! he has some kind of paper bedding (yesterdays news I think), a bowl of water and a little mouse.We left the mouse in it over night and my Husband called from work and asked me to check to see if he has eaten the mouse well the mouse was setting up house in the tank so when my husband got home I got the mouse out and I was looking at it well the mouse was infested with MITES! and the snake was fixing to shed so we took him out and put him in another with a larger bowl of water and I put a heating pad under half of the tank and added a rock until I get him a reptarium (my husband would not let me put some pretty plastic vines in there :lol: )
now here a good question these people who had him was taking him to the vet for a shot once a month but they don't know for what ??????
he is healthy (I am taking him to my vet) just to make sure because of the mouse.
(The mouse is my new friend LOL I told my husband the snake can't have him because of the mites) I have a lot of questions so as soon as I get my feel around this forum I will be asking ALOT
See ya around the forum!!
~~Varinia