#apepi

(nothing, he's not very bright)

My sweet boy's light went out, so I heated him up in my arms for a day. New one is in, didn't realize I ran out

I solved the mystery of the perpetually hungry Apepi and I'm dumb (or overworked from PhD) to not realize it's because he sees Sophie's white rat toy that looks exactly like his feeders running around when I play with her in the mornings and evenings lmao

Extraterrestrial Apepi was fed three days ago on an appropriate schedule, but is still hongery. Already mildly thicc, 3 ft born runt in a 6 ft enclosure, more room than probably 90% of your fellow pets to run around smh

Dingus

Daytime slurper in redone enclosure

Dropping them in the bathtub full of water is a bad idea, but sometimes your snek will be dumb and get crispy no matter how high the humidity is, and will need some help. His soil is moist, digital readings at 85-90% throughout the day, it just happens when they nap too long in the heat (his temps are fine too, 95-75 °F across the enclosure). I can't raise the humidity any higher to where it would make a difference in what already occured, and it's causing him stress to not see out of one eye.

A snek sauna where you saturate a towel in warm water and put them in a tupperware or pot if they're too big with the lid cracked for air lets the shed hydrate with minimal stress, and they rub it off themselves without much invasiveness. Even if it doesn't come off while they're in the pot, they'll probably rub it off in the enclosure. If not, can repeat for 10-15 mins a day until it does.