Diane The Texan
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I have a baby Burmese Brown here in Houston, 5 inches long.
Once he is big enough to keep track of in my backyard, I plan to keep him outside (w/ a ceramic lamp in a tort house for Fall/Winter, bringing him in when it freezes).
Until then, I keep him inside in a longish dish pan with a Styrofoam house, a towel area, a shallow water pan and sticks/leaves all on the floor. He never comes out of his toweling or house. Each morning, I have to get him, put him in lukewarm water for 10 min (he always tries to climb out of it) and stick his nose in soaked tort pellets or collard green leaves. He does not each much and then goes right back to his house or toweling. Is this normal?
He seems to eat well only every other day, 1/day. He does not show interest in sweet potatoes, zucchini, squash or cactus pad I purchased at Fiesta, a Mexican market. I don't think I have the standard plants they like in my backyard (hibiscus, dandelions). What else can I feed him?
Once he is big enough to keep track of in my backyard, I plan to keep him outside (w/ a ceramic lamp in a tort house for Fall/Winter, bringing him in when it freezes).
Until then, I keep him inside in a longish dish pan with a Styrofoam house, a towel area, a shallow water pan and sticks/leaves all on the floor. He never comes out of his toweling or house. Each morning, I have to get him, put him in lukewarm water for 10 min (he always tries to climb out of it) and stick his nose in soaked tort pellets or collard green leaves. He does not each much and then goes right back to his house or toweling. Is this normal?
He seems to eat well only every other day, 1/day. He does not show interest in sweet potatoes, zucchini, squash or cactus pad I purchased at Fiesta, a Mexican market. I don't think I have the standard plants they like in my backyard (hibiscus, dandelions). What else can I feed him?