Vacation trip

Chaos_in_1983! · #1 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 12:11 AM

I'm gonna be on a diving trip for three weeks, and I don't have anybody who'll take care of Lola, is it ok if I feed her the last day I'll be home and then feed her when I come back, will three weeks w/o eating harm her??

I really wish I could bring her with me [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_frown.gif[/img]
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deadboy · #2 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 12:16 AM

You will need someone to check make sure she has fresh water and spot clean when she poops. how big is she? A smaller snake i really wouldnt let go that long without food, a bigger one possible but im not sure.
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Chaos_in_1983! · #3 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 03:32 AM

She's a 32 inch long BCI... I've had her for a month, maybe I can get my sister to change the water, but I'm sure she won't even get close to a mouse. If I get my sister to change the water , do you think I could leave her without feeding for that long?
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Bry · #4 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 08:02 AM

Well, if the boa seems healthy, it won't hurt to go 3 weeks without food. You will, however, need someone to make sure she has water and her poop is spot-cleaned.

Bry
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captainmorgan · #5 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 04:23 PM

3 weeks won't hurt her at all. She'll be glad to eat right when you get back. Water is the key and picking up turd so no bacterial infections occur. Can you find someone to water her?
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JonnyB · #6 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 04:56 PM

Chaos I would agree that 3 weeks will not hurt the snake at all
though you should really have someone check on her AT LEAST every
other day to make sure that her temps arn't going crazy and she has
plenty of water and she is clean. when I have to leave my babies
at home I try to have care sheets printed out with heat, humidity, feeding stuff
like that highlighted I would feed the day befor you leave and as soon as you get back
3 weeks aint going to hurt
it sucks leaving them for that long I have to leave mine for 2 months at a time g/f takes care of them but I still worrie
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Chaos_in_1983! · #7 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 05:49 PM

My Sister said she was ok with changing the water and cleaning the poop, but as I mentioned before, she won't feed her 'cause she hates mice and rats, even hamsters. About the temps going crazy, I don't need to regulate temps, since I live in Nicaragua and the temps we got here are RTB's natural environment temps.

So I guess I'll be leaving Lola by herself for the first time, in a couple of weeks I'll be diving in the cristal clear waters of Belize! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] and Lola's gonna be her all by herself [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_frown.gif[/img] , but at least I know she won't starve to death.

Thank you all for your help! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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JonnyB · #8 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 06:58 PM

Belize is a beautiful place I got thrown out of a hotel bar down there once It's like 2 blocks from the tourist dock where the cruse ships drop people off make sure to check out the down town shops that are accross the water from there [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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Chaos_in_1983! · #9 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 09:01 PM

Where exactly did you go in Belize, I´ll be taking a boat from Honduras after a week of diving in the Bay Islands, and then I´ll head to the Lighthouse reef, to dive the Great Blue Hole, It´s gonna be awesome! I can´t wait, just a couple of weeks left! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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JonnyB · #10 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 09:10 PM

we went to belize city
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Chaos_in_1983! · #11 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 09:13 PM

Did you do any diving?? I hear it´s one of the most beautiful places to dive, it has the second largest barrier reef in the world after the Great Barrier Reef in Australia!
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SteveP · #12 (**permalink**) 06-11-2003, 10:36 PM

Diving in Belize, boa hunting in Honduras, drinking margaritas on the beach...It doesn't get much better than that...Chaos, I hate you (read: I'm extremely jealous!!! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] j/k)

My wife and I have been talking about taking a trip to Costa Rica, but since you live in CA, what other destinations would you recommend? I've only been as far south as Oaxaca City, MX...but the further south I went, the more I loved it.
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Chaos_in_1983! · #13 (**permalink**) 06-12-2003, 03:15 AM

Hey SteveP, thanks a lot!, when you say hunting boas in honduras, I think you are refering to my post about the Corn Island Boas, right? well it is my patriotic duty to inform you that Corn Island belongs to Nicaragua...just so you know, hehe.

Well, regarding about the destinations in CA, mmmmmm a good spot might be the Bay Island in Honduras, I've never been there, I'll spend a week divin there before going to Belize, Guatemala has all the Mayan pyramids, if you like nature and colonial towns you can visit me here in Nicaragua, lot's to see here, rainforests, pretty little colonial towns, awesome volcanoes, beautiful beaches and lagoons... and if you like ecoturism and that sort of stuff go to Costa Rica.

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SteveP · #14 (**permalink**) 06-12-2003, 04:14 AM

Beware of Gringos knocking at your door...for they come seeking boas and cerveza!!! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img] Actually, there aren't many places I wouldn't mind seeing in CA, and one of these days I'll make it there. And the Corn Islands ARE off the coast of Nicaragua...it was a slip of my geographic tongue!!!

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