New addition to the growing collection.

[Bloutitt]

Did you name him Mephisto possibly because of the Diablo game series?

[GarterGirl]

Originally Posted by Bloutitt

Did you name him Mephisto possibly because of the Diablo game series?

While we are definitely nerdy enough for that, that is not in fact why we named him Mephisto. Most of our snakes are named after various forms of 'satan,' because we are cheesy goth kids at heart and enjoy riling people up (that's what happens when you put two atheists in the Bible Belt for a few years.)
We currently have Mephisto, Samael, Bael, and Beelzebub. We can't help it, we're dorks. Beyond the snakes, we have a tendency to name our animals after various deities from various pantheons anyways.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by GarterGirl

Hm. Maybe I hear it because I'm in Arizona, where it's nearly impossible to keep their humidity up? Don't know. It's not just what I've heard though, I've seen a lot of them that shed in flakes and have obvious spots that are retaining sheds.

Don't have a fail set up and you'll be fine. I don't remember what you have it in but if it has a screen top you'll be in trouble, regardless of where you live.

The bedding wasn't an issue- the issue was the mites in the bedding.
We use a few different things for bedding, but generally a blend of mulch/bark, coconut fiber and moss. We like natural looking vivs, though I think we'll avoid the live plants for Maphi.

Bedding doesn't have harmful mites contained in it. They may contain wood mites but not snake mites.

[Bloutitt]

Originally Posted by GarterGirl

While we are definitely nerdy enough for that, that is not in fact why we named him Mephisto. Most of our snakes are named after various forms of 'satan,' because we are cheesy goth kids at heart and enjoy riling people up (that's what happens when you put two atheists in the Bible Belt for a few years.)
We currently have Mephisto, Samael, Bael, and Beelzebub. We can't help it, we're dorks. Beyond the snakes, we have a tendency to name our animals after various deities from various pantheons anyways.

Haha love it \m/

[sweatshirt]

Originally Posted by GarterGirl

While we are definitely nerdy enough for that, that is not in fact why we named him Mephisto. Most of our snakes are named after various forms of 'satan,' because we are cheesy goth kids at heart and enjoy riling people up (that's what happens when you put two atheists in the Bible Belt for a few years.)
We currently have Mephisto, Samael, Bael, and Beelzebub. We can't help it, we're dorks. Beyond the snakes, we have a tendency to name our animals after various deities from various pantheons anyways.

I like you =)

[GarterGirl]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Don't have a fail set up and you'll be fine. I don't remember what you have it in but if it has a screen top you'll be in trouble, regardless of where you live.

Bedding doesn't have harmful mites contained in it. They may contain wood mites but not snake mites.

His current set does have a screen lid, though we've covered about 3/4 of it to help keep it in. It's temporary while we work on a larger enclosure. Taking some advice from here and a few other sites, we've managed to keep the humidity at around 50%.

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by GarterGirl

His current set does have a screen lid, though we've covered about 3/4 of it to help keep it in. It's temporary while we work on a larger enclosure. Taking some advice from here and a few other sites, we've managed to keep the humidity at around 50%.

50% is too low, especially at shed times, you need to up it to nearer 60%

[GarterGirl]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

50% is too low, especially at shed times, you need to up it to nearer 60%

He does have a shed box for shedding now. I'll work on getting the humidity a bit higher in the full tank.