Monday Jun 28, 2004

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I helped my little brother return his schoolbooks for the end of the year today.
on the way back we biked through the park, funny how some things come full circle.
over ten years back there was a big storm and a huge oak tree was blown over and it fell over alittle stream creating a sort of bridge.
i used to play on that treetrunk all the time as a kid pretending it was the bridge to my castle or the deck of my pirate ship.

today i was there with my little brother and the tree is still there.
most of the branches are gone and it's a bit slippery from rot but isn't it amazing that a tree that fell over and died ten years ago is still there?
it was a nice feeling walking across the stream on the tree trunk one more time with my little brother for old times sake.

speaking of the little brat, i always thought he enjoyed the park in the same way i did, the peace and quiet, clean air etc.
turns out one of his favourite things to do is hide in the bushes next to the golf fields and jump out and go BOO! right when a golfer wants to swing causing them to blotch their swing.
i never thought he was such a little pest, then again i hate golfers.
i hate how many parks and tracts of woodland they cut down for their huge golfcourses that they then reserve for a select few rich people to play their stupid games on.
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the_cheat:
hehe, well, as my friend KatieJane put it, we all love boobs...it just shouldn't be made publice commentary. tongue

[Edited on Jun 29, 2004 3:09AM]
kris:
You must be talking about an anery corn snake. Super cute! Babies aren't really harder to raise than adults. All of my snakes, save the rescues, were raised from babies. I have only lost one baby over the years. It was a blood python and it died in January of this year from a heart defect at 6 months of age (I had had it since birth). The only thing you really need to worry about its wether or not it has parasites and is eating. You said that it was already eating dead mice, so I would just get a fecal sample and take it to a vet and have them look at it. They can tell you immediately if it has parasites, they give you a small (very small!) amount of antibiotics, and the problem is solved. In the states, to get a fecal sample looked at by a vet, it's about $35, but you'll have to check around in your area. Antibiotics aren't that expensive either. However, captive bred babies usually don't have parasites unless they've been housed with wild caught or some such animals. You probably don't have anything to worry about.

For housing, it's just like an adult corn snakes, except you need to start off with a very small enclosure and for hide boxes, use small candy boxes. Do they have NERDs where you live? Or like a matchbox, maybe. Something not much bigger than the snake itself, so that it has something very secure and closed in to hide in. Baby corn snakes usually have a bit of an attitude at first, which is really cute. When they bite, you can't even feel it. You feel a little thump where they hit you, but there isn't a pinch or anything. They will also rattle their tails like a rattle snake. I love baby corns. You should get one!

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