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EH??????? Queen 'O Green what does that mean and what relevance does it have to shedding of skin? lol

haha, Cali I was wondering the same thing I think she ment to reply to the sand as substrate for crickets thread..

yeah me to! lol I read the sand post after this and it does make sense!

While your on here could I pick your brain as im worrying a bit a I do not know if I should or not!

I have literally just fed noodle my cali and she eat it bum first which is the first time she has done this! now she is wriggling a lot more than she normally does after a feed! is this normal and will she be ok?

Like I said I do not know if I should be worried as this is the first time she has done this.

please re-asure me lol

How big was the rodent in compairson to Noodles girth? Sometimes they do this if the rodent size isnt big enough, and sometimes they do it for no reason at all lol. Both of my corns used to take their pinks rear-end first. Just keep a close eye out for regurges, although I think she will be fine.

the pinkie was 1 1/2 times the width of the snake she had no problem eating it other than the fronts legs! just couldnt get it in so she had to break the arm in the end! heard the crack and everything.

No regurge yet but will keep you posted!

thanks for calming me down! your a star!

Haha, no problem. She should be fine, I usually make sure all the legs of the rodent are up against its body, it makes for easier swallowing but its really not a huge deal, youll just get to hear that nasty cracking f a bone every now and then .

yeah I think she is going to be ok as still no regurge! and if im right in thinking it normally happens within about 20-30mins after feeding? if its gonna happen that is. Vomitting is after that period am I right?

well I didnt get much of a chnace to make sure she took it head first as I think she was rather hungy put it that way! as soon as I went to put it in the feeding tank she went for it made me jump so I drop it in off the tweezers! f/t by the way so not live! then she kinda went straight for the bum! tried to pry it off her to change it before she started eating it but she had none of it! lol

The bone crunching sound was'nt that bad just surprised at her strength to do that! its totally fascinating! I LOVE IT!!!

I saw the pics of libbi! it is my favourite snake I think and I really want one! they are so gorgeous! but I had to do the sensible thing of getting a small easily cared for snake such as a cali king for my first snake as didnt wanna get a big one to start off! but one day!!!

Are they good tempered? easy to care for? etc etc?

Well, they can vomit anytime after they eat really. Like I said I really dont think you have anything to worry about. And dont even bother trying to turn they rodent the right way, she will figure it out eventually haha.