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whats up slap!
i have owned a ton of royals over the past 3 years, but now maintain 6 in my collection. what you are doing sounds fine! the feeding sounds fine, and the soon to be housing will be fine.
royals are escape artist!! no dought about it. if you have a flaw in your caging, they will find it.
my guys ove around all night long- they are prolly on a "hunt" of some sort. this is normal. it does not mean stress or anything. about the drinking/ soaking- i see my guys drink all the time, but i hardly ever see them soak.
with the handling- when you first get a snake- it definitly needs an adjustment period. when i get mine, they dont see me for at least 2 weeks- then i attempt a first feed.
what vosjoli was aying i agree with to a point. some snakes do need a long settling in period. i currently have on thats been on it for 7 months now...... and counting.
fact, whether its a ball or burm or a boa, some snakes will deal with captivity hard and may never adjust. this is not true with all though........... [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] thank god!
about the 15 minutes a week thing- no offence mr vosjoli, but i thnk thats garb!!! how the #$%^&#$%^&#$%^&#$%^& can you get a time on the type of situation this is!
what should of been said was if the snake is really stressed, do it in small handling sessions. with that being said- i can see what he means- do it a lil' once or twice a week for maybe 15 minutes each time.....
when ever i hold my royals- i hold them for hours at a time. sometimes i take them out side, and i am out all day long- into the night with them. they love it!!! fresh air- real sun!!! i put them back in their enclosures- and they rush to get back out. they still eat fine, shed fine, grow fine, etc......
what you are doing is good, but take it slow- these are new snakes. handle slowly i the begining, make sure all are established! meaning feeding regularly. just cause it ate once, doesnt mean it'll happen so easty the next time.
good luck with the snakes [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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