Emily's Snake Thread

[ProXimuS]

Ok so I'll do it too:D And hopefully in the not too distant future I will have more to add!


So I wanted to start with this pic.
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This is something he likes to do pretty often. He'll go and rest his chin on the branch, the waterbowl, just any ledge. It's really cute:) He'll sit there for a couple hours sometimes, I think maybe he likes to sleep like that, but not sure since he doesn't have eyelids....:p Does any one elses snakes rest their heads like this?

Heres another pic from the other day(the first one is from today).
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Today is also feeding day:D

[chris-uk]

He looks like a mellow, relaxed snake. If he's resting his chin and not moving for a while there's a good chance he's sleeping. My female radix will sleep almost anywhere and if she's really sleeping I can touch her without her waking up - it's really disconcerting.

[Invisible Snake]

Nice looking guy! My garters do it all the time, they constantly lay their heads on the rim of their water bowls. I think it's because they associate the water with where they find food. I sort of tested the theory by introducing a fish smell around their enclosure and as soon as they got a whiff of it they went to their water bowl and hovered over it for about 15 minutes waiting for any signs of movement inside it. A couple of them even dunked their heads in it waving side to side.

[ProXimuS]

Yea I know for sure mine associates his water with food. If it's been a little longer than normal between feedings he'll start nonchalantly passing by/over/in his waterbowl. Something he doesn't do often. At least not back and forth and back and forth:p

[mikem]

I've witnessed the resting on the water bowl thing too. Now that you have your own thread, you must add more pictures! :cool:

[Invisible Snake]

Hey Emily what will be the next snake you get, a garter or a ribbon?

[snake man]

He looks like a nice little fella.

[ProXimuS]

Hey Emily what will be the next snake you get, a garter or a ribbon?

Hmm...Lots of garters on my mind, but I'd really like to get a female T. p. orarius so they can breed. But I'd probably still want to wait even after I get a second (or more!) snake until I start breeding them...I'd also like an infernalis, a blue puget, albino checkered, radixes have really been growing on me(I love their faces:))..Hmm I could go on a little, but those are the main ones that come to mind. But I really do like them all:D

And I will be putting up more pics;)

[Eight]

He looks like a mellow, relaxed snake. If he's resting his chin and not moving for a while there's a good chance he's sleeping. My female radix will sleep almost anywhere and if she's really sleeping I can touch her without her waking up - it's really disconcerting.

I can do this with my kingsnake, I choose not to mostly though. He really does have quite the temper if startled.

Emily, you have a very nice ribbon there. I really hope to get a couple myself some day :)

[kueluck]

Yup, see the head resting thing all the time on Zena. On the water bowl, grapevine, den, floor, my arm..... Oh, and nice lookin' fella, does he have a name, or are you just not into naming your snakes.

[guidofatherof5]

He looks like a mellow, relaxed snake. If he's resting his chin and not moving for a while there's a good chance he's sleeping. My female radix will sleep almost anywhere and if she's really sleeping I can touch her without her waking up - it's really disconcerting.


They do it as a joke. Many times I've let out a "Oh, no" thinking I had lost a snake due to the fact they refuse to move. Only to reach in, touch them and have them look at me like "what's going on man, I was sleeping"
The little jerks. It's not funny. It's not funny.:mad::D

[ProXimuS]

Yup, see the head resting thing all the time on Zena. On the water bowl, grapevine, den, floor, my arm..... Oh, and nice lookin' fella, does he have a name, or are you just not into naming your snakes.

His name is Proximus, but I mostly call him snakey:p

[EasternGirl]

I have witnessed all of the above...snakes resting their heads on water bowls, snakes resting their heads on just about anything including just lying in the substrate looking like they are dead and scaring the crap out of me...heck, I have found Possum lying upside down not moving and he has really scared me to death! Little Joe's new thing is to just lie inside his moist moss hide all the time and not move...I have to open it up from time to time to check and make sure he is okay! Hermes sleeps under his water dish all the time...and Bella now lives inside a cardboard box...I rarely see her...I think she is going to shed soon. Garters like to mess with us to keep us on our toes!

[ProXimuS]

Here's some pictures I took today. We had an outdoors photo shoot:)
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[-MARWOLAETH-]

Nice pics of a Handsome little lad.Also what plant is that in the 2nd and 3rd photo? It looks like it's made of craft felt lol

[ProXimuS]

LOL They are pretty cool. I do believe it's called "Hens and Chickens"(?) It's a type of succulent plant. They grow like crazy! All you have to do is take a petal(technically its a leaf, those aren't really the flowers) and lay it down, don't even have to bury it, and it will start to grow. That's how we've ended up with so many:p

[guidofatherof5]

LOL They are pretty cool. I do believe it's called "Hens and Chickens"(?) It's a type of succulent plant. They grow like crazy! All you have to do is take a petal(technically its a leaf, those aren't really the flowers) and lay it down, don't even have to bury it, and it will start to grow. That's how we've ended up with so many:p

Hen and chicks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_and_chicks)

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Cool I wonder if they would make a suitable plant for a snakes cage.

[guidofatherof5]

My snakes would dig them up and use the to start a shed. I don't think they would be harmful.

[mikem]

Looks like a fun photo shoot, nice shots :cool:

[ProXimuS]

And from what I've been told about those plants, they turn a darker purple color when it snows, or I guess when it gets really cold too. Not like I would know.....It barely ever even gets in the 30's in winter here, let alone freezing:p

[-MARWOLAETH-]

And from what I've been told about those plants, they turn a darker purple color when it snows, or I guess when it gets really cold too. Not like I would know.....It barely ever even gets in the 30's in winter here, let alone freezing:pThey'll be well adapted to the Welsh weather then:)I'll be off to the gardencenter to see what I can find.

[EasternGirl]

Great pics! Love them. That flower looks almost like a lotus! Very cool plant.

[guidofatherof5]

I think these snakes are able to sense changes in things like light durations, light intensity along with changes in air pressure, humidity and other seasonal changes.
Much of this can't be changed it's pre-wired in them.
Much the way my boy Tank (Chelydra serpentina - common snapping turtle) is restless. He's hoping for a mate that just isn't going to happen.

[ProXimuS]

I've noticed Proximus has been rahter reclusive the last few days. It seemed a little weird considering he had been abnormally active the past week or two before. I had really barely seen him, and just barely saw his head the few times I did see him. So, this morning I got him out and checked him and noticed he looks real dull colored and his eyes are going a little blue. I'm excited he's going to finally shed again! He's only shed once since I found him and that was in May.

I also just bought him his first nightcrawlers, but will have to wait till after he sheds to try and feed them. I'll be putting up some shiny pics after he's done shedding:)

[ProXimuS]

Here is a blue picture of him today.

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So, just to be sure, I think what I have read on here is that the eyes go blue, then they clear up, then they shed. Is that right? I always thought they would go blue and shed. I was out of town last time he shed, so I didn't get to witness anything.

[Invisible Snake]

So, just to be sure, I think what I have read on here is that the eyes go blue, then they clear up, then they shed. Is that right?

That is correct.

[ProXimuS]

Wow, so I looked at him today and his eyes have already cleared up. About how long after they clear up do they typically shed? That day? A few days?

[Invisible Snake]

In my experience anywhere from 1-3 days after their eyes have cleared.

[guidofatherof5]

In my experience anywhere from 1-3 days after their eyes have cleared.

Sounds right.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

It varies a lot.

[ProXimuS]

Can anyone explain why it does this? Is it, once the old skin starts to seperate from underneath that it cleats up, then comes off?

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Can anyone explain why it does this? Is it, once the old skin starts to seperate from underneath that it cleats up, then comes off?Its because the fluid that separates the two layers of of skin sets clear.

[ProXimuS]

Ok cool, thanks!

[ProXimuS]

He did it! He did it! He finally shed again:D

I got him out this morning, to see what he was doing and found him like this:
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So I got that pic, and put him back up. Looked over about 20-30 minutes later and he was done!
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So there is his shed, and his new pretty skin pics:D

Now he's huuungry, so he's going to eat today, and I'm going to try and give him a night crawler. He hasn't had any night crawlers yet, but I think today is a good day to try it;) Going to give it with some fish, worked with no problem with the pinkies.

[guidofatherof5]

Wipe the head of the night crawler with the fish. Then offer it up.

Sweet proximus.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

It's nice to see a nice shiny Proximus:).

[ProXimuS]

Wipe the head of the night crawler with the fish. Then offer it up.

This is what I'll have to do next time...I sort of thought of that, but figured he would eat it with the fish in his water. Welllllllll, he didn't:rolleyes: I don't know if it was able to crawl out on it's own or if he pulled it out, but I found it still alive on the paper towel, so I put it outside. Since it was in the water for so long I didn't know if it still might die, so I didn't want to put it back in the worm container. He ate a couple of fish. I guess he wasn't as ravenously hungry as I assumed he was:p

[ProXimuS]

Does any one think if Proximus hasn't grown in a little over 3 months, that he's done growing?

[Invisible Snake]

Snakes continuously grow throughout their lives, but as adults their growing drastically slows down. You posted in another thread that Proximus is 21 inches, that seems to be around the average size for adult ribbons. I don't think he will get much longer and don't be surprised if he only sheds every 2-3 months. :)

[snake man]

Nice happy looking snake.

[ProXimuS]

Snakes continuously grow throughout their lives, but as adults their growing drastically slows down. You posted in another thread that Proximus is 21 inches, that seems to be around the average size for adult ribbons. I don't think he will get much longer and don't be surprised if he only sheds every 2-3 months. :)

I just hoped he would get a little bit bigger. He's not even 2 feet! I still love him even if he is a teeny boy:p

[kueluck]

I love the first pic, like he's wearing an old elizabethan type collar.

He did it! He did it! He finally shed again:D

I got him out this morning, to see what he was doing and found him like this:
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So I got that pic, and put him back up. Looked over about 20-30 minutes later and he was done!
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So there is his shed, and his new pretty skin pics:D

Now he's huuungry, so he's going to eat today, and I'm going to try and give him a night crawler. He hasn't had any night crawlers yet, but I think today is a good day to try it;) Going to give it with some fish, worked with no problem with the pinkies.

[EasternGirl]

Pretty Proximus!

[Invisible Snake]

I just hoped he would get a little bit bigger. He's not even 2 feet! I still love him even if he is a teeny boy:p

I guess size really does matter :rolleyes::p

[ProXimuS]

Well, I tried another nightcrawler today. I rubbed some silversides allll over it, and offered it from my hand. Nothing still:rolleyes: I even tried putting him in a seperate container with the fish and worm piled together, not in any water, and he wouldn't take it. Didn't even eat any fish. I think I'll try one more time after a little while, and if not I'm giving the worms to my friend who has a beardie.

[ProXimuS]

HA-HA! Success! I tricked that little brat:p I've tried a nightcrawler another time since that last post, to no avail. Decided today to try one more time. This time I cut it up into fifths(Which wasn't very fun, I felt pretty bad, and it wouldn't cut good. I had to keep going back over it with the knife, theeen when I cut it near the head, it started bleeding:() I put the chunks in with a couple fish and he ate two of them:cool: I now know the trick!

[kueluck]

I know, it's a nasty job, but it's for the love of snakes and that beats all.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Nice one Proximus.

[EasternGirl]

Good job getting him to eat! I know it sucks cutting up the worms...I still do this thing where I say "sorry, sorry, sorry" as I am cutting them up. My mother laughs at me. But you will get used to it. Just remind yourself that your snake has to eat and get a sharper knife. ;)

[ProXimuS]

I was quiet with the little worm, because my grandma was in the living room(right by the kitchen) and I don't know if she would be pleased with me using one of her knives to cut up a worm:eek::p I think I might get some designated worm scissors like I've read some people do on this forum.

[Invisible Snake]

I've never fed worms to my snakes, what happens when you cut them up? Does blood squirt out everywhere? Do the worms make any sound while they're being cut up?

[ProXimuS]

Lol No, just a little blood around the head area(at least on this one, and this was my first time cutting up a worm...)and the rest just oozed out like dirt poop:p I mean, they are pretty much one long intestine....

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...they squirm around a bit and sometimes you see a little blood...but mostly soil...worm poop...squirts out. It does feel a little horrible cutting them up...but it's for my snakes..so...

I always tell my family that there is a hell somewhere waiting for me with a bunch of giant worms with huge knives...:D.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Talk to Steve he must spends hours cutting up worms for his little ones.I bet he's quite an expert on that particular subject:D:p

[EasternGirl]

This reminds me...I need to go and buy worms on my way home from school today.

[ProXimuS]

So I went to a local head shop the other day and got a scale for Proximus("No, officer, I swear, it's for my snake!":p) I just weighed him today, and he weighs 27g. He's 21 in. and 27g. What do yall think about that? Should he weigh more? I think he was 17g when I took him to the vet in May.

[guidofatherof5]

Post us a current photo. Those number are hard to see.;)

[ProXimuS]

I'll get a good pic up tomorrow.

[ProXimuS]

Woopsie! Never got the pic and my camera is in a box at my friends apartment:rolleyes: I'll get a pic when I can, I'll be moving him and most of my stuff in the next couple days, so we'll see when he get's settled in.

Well I'm happy to say the baby Earthsnake officially ate two small cut up nightcrawler pieces!(I guess I'm keeping her, if she contintues to do well:))Well, I didn't actually see it but I gave her 8 pieces and in the morning there were only 6 left! The bowl I put them in has curved in edges so I don't think the pieces could have cralwed out. I've tried to feed her a handful of times, but never thought to count the pieces first...

I'm calling her a her because I read they can be visually sexed the same as garter snakes. Even though she's a baby, she looks, to me, definite female. Assuming she is a she I'm calling her Virgo, after her scientific name Virginia striatula. She's been mostly active at night. Actually only active at night. I've never seen her in the day. But sometimes, I come home at night, and flip on my bedroom light, and there she is, in the middle of the cage. When I see her out I quickly do what I need with the light on and turn it back off for her:) She's a good girl!

So back to Proximus. I tried tricking him with some cut up nightcrawler pieces with his fish(which worked last time) and the little S.O.B. passed them all up and just ate the fish:rolleyes: What a little brat:p We'll just keep trying at it...He had two pinkies today, so I know he's happy. He's out exploring right now.


P.S. Speaking of her only coming out at night I actually just saw her peeking her head out of the substrate in the light for the first time:)(Not exactly daytime, but "lighttime")

P.P.S. Is it ok for me to post about Virgo on this thread or do I need to just post that stuff in the "Other Pets" thread?

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Congratulations on getting Virgo to eat:).And I hope Proximus behaves and eats his worms;)

[ProXimuS]

Update and pics:)

So everybody did very well for the move. I mean it wasn't much of a move, just like 10 minutes away, but a move nonetheless:p I put each snakey in a little sock and then put them in their containers. I ended up not tying up the socks, because I figured they would be a little nervous and not even want to come out during the ride. Well, Proximus said " 'F' that, I'm checkin out this car ride." :p He came out and was checkin everything out until I put him back in his cage at the apartment. Baby Virgo stayed in her sock until I got her out. Since we got here(last Thurs.) Virgo ate twice, so that makes 3 times total since I found her:D Proximus hasn't eaten yet since we got here. I tried feeding him and he ignored it, so I gave it a few days and I'm trying again today. Other than that he's been fine, possibly even more active than at my grandparent's house. Maybe because he just got here and he's still being curious and nosey:p

Anyways here's pics from today.

Proximus:
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Virgo:
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In the second picture, if you look sort of on the side of her body right above my middle finger, you see a little grayish bump thing. She's got a few of them on her body. I didn't notice it when I first found, but she was getting bitten up by fire ants. The ants were latched onto her like ticks. Then a day or two later I saw some grayish spots. Then a few days later they turned into bumps. Now they're going away. Could those be ant bites? I didn't get super concerned, because thats what I assumed they were.

[guidofatherof5]

Both look great. Hellooo Proximus. Nice to see more Ribbons on the forum.
Sounds like a reaction to the bites.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

What species is Virgo and how big will she get?

[ProXimuS]

She's a Rough Earth Snake (Virginia striatula). They only get to be like 7-10 in. long, so she'll stay small. She's probably about 3-4 in. now.

[ProXimuS]

So....Surprise! Proximus is in blue phase again. I'm confused:confused: His first shed was in May(the first one with me). Then didn't shed again for 3 months, so I assumed(after asking yall) that he's just about done growing, and that he'll probably only shed every 3 or so months. Well now he's ready to shed again. I woke up this morning and found him in pretty much the same spot he was in last night. I got home and fed him, and still had barely moved. I got him out a minute ago, because I was worried he was getting sick. Nope, just shedding again. He's ready to be a big man;)

[guidofatherof5]

Very nice.

[Invisible Snake]

Sometimes when my snakes go into opaque phase it worries me, beacuse I won't see them at all for like 2-3 days. They will stay under the substrate or in a cardboard for days without me seeing them. I start thinking did they escape, did one eat the other or maybe he's under the substrate dead :3

[guidofatherof5]

Sometimes when my snakes go into opaque phase it worries me, beacuse I won't see them at all for like 2-3 days. They will stay under the substrate or in a cardboard for days without me seeing them. I start thinking did they escape, did one eat the other or maybe he's under the substrate dead :3

I never worry about my snakes:D

[ProXimuS]

**And now,Introducing: Tallie:D**

Here is my new little girl from Steve, Tallie. Born in March this year. My little female albino Red Sided Garter(Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). Named Tallie, from her scientific name parietalis.
Here's her little setup:
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And here's the baby:) She's so tiny and adorable!
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I offered a worm piece, but she wasn't super interested. Currently she's checking out her whole tank. Up and down and inside of this and around that, just exploring everything, multiple times:p She seems to be enjoying herself:)

[guidofatherof5]

Glad she made the trip ok. She's such a pretty young scrub.

[ProXimuS]

Very beautiful little girl:D

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Congratulations on the wee one!
Such a nice looking young lass:D

[ProXimuS]

I'm happy to report baby Tallie ate three night crawler pieces earlier! I didn't witness it, because I had left the room to get food ready for the other snakes, but my roommate saw it, and said she was eating very voraciously:DYay! I tried to see if she would take some from my finger, but she didn't. I'll have to get some hemostats, then maybe try hand feeding.


Also Proximus shed today:) Perfect shed, both eye caps and tail.

[guidofatherof5]

Way to go Tallie. Oh, you too Emily.:D
I was just getting ready to PM you to see if she had eaten yet.

[ProXimuS]

Yep! Super excited about that. Seems like she likes it alright here so far:)

[Lisa4john]

Tally's so cute! She's a bit younger than my girls and a lot smaller. It's amazing how much difference a few months can make. :-) Congrats!

[ProXimuS]

Thank You:)

[-MARWOLAETH-]

She's gonna be stunner when she grows up :)

[ProXimuS]

She's gonna be stunner when she grows up :)

She already is;)


But I still can't wait till she gets big:D

[EasternGirl]

Tallie is Little Joe's sister! Little Joe says "Hi Tallie!". Now we are family. :) Kat also has some siblings to my snakes...it's very cool. Now...to respond to your question about Proximus, I was thinking that given the weight and length that he sounded a bit thin...but looking at the pics, he looks healthy to me. Now that I think about it...I believe that Seeley is about 38 grams and about 2 1/2 feet long. Some snakes are just small in diameter and weight. Virgo is very cute! I think we have those rough brown snakes around here...or maybe it's rough green snakes...we have rough something...lol.

[ProXimuS]

Tallie is Little Joe's sister! Little Joe says "Hi Tallie!". Now we are family. :)

How exciting! Are they from the same litter, do you know?


Edit: I also want to continue my report from earlier, that Tallie finished her worms pieces! I gave her 9 total, 6 were super small, like the size of tiniest noodles in Spaghetti-o's:p And the other three(the first ones she went after!) were close to 1/4 inch.

[Lisa4john]

Yay, Tally! Good job! :)

[ProXimuS]

I let Proximus swim a little today:D

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A little blurry, but cute! I had my hand resting in the water, and after a while of swimming around, he came up and rested his head on my hand:) When he was done swimming, I let him and Tallie see each other through the glass. He didn't seem to notice, and was just trying get inside of her cage:p(She is in his old cage.) But she came up and seemed to be pretty excited to see another snake.

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Her head is barely above his, to the left(kinda blends in with the substrate). I'm going to have to get them each a friend as soon as I can:)

[guidofatherof5]

Proximus looks like a happy little swimmer.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Cute photos:)

To make finding her easier you could use some orchid bark chips I saw and albino marcianus that was on bark chips and it make it's colours really stand out.

[ProXimuS]

Yea, I was thinking about getting something darker, because she's almost perfectly camouflaged in the aspen:p When you sat orchid, do you mean orchid colored?

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Id don't know why its called orchid. Its a dark brown colour like this stuff.
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTM9eAG7gSkWFahJk4vBxmQpLL86QTTH phB7buLaZ3mKa2nkG7q

[ProXimuS]

Oooh I see...Weird:p I'll have to look at what kind of safe, darker bedding they have next time I go to the store.

[EasternGirl]

Yes, Emily, Tallie and Little Joe are from the same litter. I had reptibark in my tanks for a while. The albinos seemed to really like it...and yes, their colors really stood out in it. I use it from time to time. Just make sure you get the actual reptibark if you buy that. I bought a generic kind and it really had a strong pine smell. From what I understand about reptibark, it is made of pine but treated so that the aromatic oils that can be bad for snakes are removed. I don't think they did that with the generic brand I bought. Check the bag of any kind of wood substrate you buy...unless it's aspen which is safe. It should tell you if the aromatic oils have been removed.

[ProXimuS]

So, Tallie ate her third meal here today! Second meal was some pinkie feet and a tail and one body piece, and three worm pieces. Finished it;) Today she had just some night crawler pieces. One was bigger than any I've given so far(maybe 1/2 inch) and she went straight for it:D

Virgo shed the other day. She was in blue phase at the same time that Proximus was, at least I tought, but I never found her shed. Well, I found it the other day, and it's got black spots where here bumps were. When I got her out I noticed the spots on her look like she has no scales where those little bumps were. I tried to get the best pictures I could. On the pic of her, I put a red circle around one of the areas of the spots.

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The spots look healed, just no scales there. It just seems strange that would happen from ant bites

[RedSidedSPR]

Wasn't aware of the latest addition somehow. She's awesome

[guidofatherof5]

Looks good. I'm sure any cut/bite/injury could cause the loss of scales.
The outcome is a held snake.
Good news all the way around.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Nice one Tallie,keep it up:)

[ProXimuS]

Here is Tallie today, after eating some lunch:)

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She's so pretty:) I can't wait till she gets bigger, and her markings get bigger:p

[-MARWOLAETH-]

It's good to hear she's thriving for you:)

[RedSidedSPR]

Purdy.

[snakechick]

Tallie is so cute! I will enjoy watching her grow :). Love the pics.

[ProXimuS]

So, today(about 30 minutes ago) I let Virgo go. She hasn't eaten since she shed about 3 weeks ago. I'm not sure why she stopped, but I don't want to keep her till she dies possibly, just trying to make her eat again. She's still very active, so I think she'll be ok. I also wanted to do it before it got too cold. I'll miss her, but I think she'll make it out there:)

Proximus and Tallie are still doing good. Tallie still has her crazy apetite:D

[guidofatherof5]

Letting Virgo go was probably best.
Glad to hear Tallie is being a pig.

[Lisa4john]

I'm sure she will be fine, it can be tough to set them free, I did that too recently, but I feel it will be their best shot at life, Virgo too. Glad you still have the others, they are nice looking little critters. :)

[ProXimuS]

Tallie shed today! Nice and complete. But while examining her I found something a little weird. The very tiny tip of her tail is a darker brown color. I tried the get the best pics I could.

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The first one's a little blurry, and the second ones a little far away, but they were the best ones I was able to get. The tail end looked complete on the sehd, and it doesn't look like any skin left on her tail, I don't think:confused: Could it be from having skin stuck on from another shed?

[guidofatherof5]

It would be caused by a retained tip I didn't see. Sorry about that, it's my fault. She will loss the tip of the tail because of this.

[ProXimuS]

Do I need to do anything to it? Or just keep an eye out?


I don't blame you Steve. She's so tiny, it would be hard to see if anything was stuck.

[guidofatherof5]

It will probably come off in a shed or it will break off on it's own.
Best to keep a close eye on it so that area doesn't get worse.

[ProXimuS]

Will definitely do so.

[ProXimuS]

Tallie ate a whole pinkie today!:eek:(cut up) I also need to get a video of her eating, because she wipes her chin on the paper towels when she's done eating! LOL! I'ts really funny. What a little lady:) I think the reason she does it is because I add some water to her food and she gets a water drop or something stuck on her chin and it feels funny so she wipes it off. But it's so cute to see her doing it, like she knows what paper towels are for:p

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[guidofatherof5]

Good going Tallie.

[Foxrun402]

Haha thats awesome! good job Tallie nomnomnom :D

[Lisa4john]

Sierra did that today too, I thought it was so cute and smart, such a lady also. :)


Tallie ate a whole pinkie today!:eek:(cut up) I also need to get a video of her eating, because she wipes her chin on the paper towels when she's done eating! LOL! I'ts really funny. What a little lady:) I think the reason she does it is because I add some water to her food and she gets a water drop or something stuck on her chin and it feels funny so she wipes it off. But it's so cute to see her doing it, like she knows what paper towels are for:p

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[ProXimuS]

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So everybody's been doing fine:) Tallie still has her voracious apetite. Hasn't skipped a meal, eating unscented pinkies(cut up). I did try a couple small pieces of silverside with her worms once, and she did skip over that. I was going to wait until I can find some tilapia with no additives, but haven't been able to find any yet. I know that's what she ate with Steve, so when I find some I think she'll take to it. Proximus has been slowing down on eating. Still very active, but will only eat maybe one pinkie or one fish per feeding. I think he knows it's winter. He was a wild snake so I'm sure he's brumated in the wild and probably knows it's that time of the year.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

It's good to hear some peoples babies are eating like good snakes *shakes fist at his marcianus​*

[EasternGirl]

Glad to hear the snakies are doing well. Don't worry too much about the tip of the tail thing...it happens with a lot of snakes...it's hard to see that retained shed sometimes. I usually pick up my snakes after they shed and check around the face, eyes, neck and run my fingernail gently along the tail to check for any left over shed.

[ProXimuS]

So I noticed little baby Tallie's eyes are going into "purple" phase. Should have a nice shed soon:D

[guidofatherof5]

Purple phase?

[Light of Dae]

Purple phase?

Blue phase over pink albino eyes looks purple :P

[guidofatherof5]

Blue phase over pink albino eyes looks purple :P

:D funny

[ConcinusMan]

Blue phase over pink albino eyes looks purple :P

It does. I describe it as "lavender" colored. "Purple haze"? :p

[ProXimuS]

Blue phase over pink albino eyes looks purple :P

Exactly:D

[ProXimuS]

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Tada :)

[guidofatherof5]

Very nice.

[snake man]

You have to be happy with a shed like that.

[Greg'sGarters]

Beautiful snakes!

[ProXimuS]

I decided to weigh Tallie today while I had her out t o clean her cage, and she weighs 14.8 g :) Thats a bit of a jump from 8.4 on 11/1! Here's a picture of her new setup. I kinda switched things up when I cleaned today.

She's not in this picture, so don't strain your eyes lookingfor her:p
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This is her basking in her red light, she really seems to like, because she never does this in her regular light.
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[guidofatherof5]

They do grow like little weeds.

[kueluck]

When you put her back in was she checking the place out? I love watching them when new things are put in, or old things are moved around.

[chris-uk]

I do like them as babies, but have to say that I prefer them when they've grown a bit. Tallie will keep piling on the grams and by this time next year she should easily have quadrupled her current weight.

[ProXimuS]

Yes she did explore a little, but went pretty quickly to the branch :) She might have been a little cold. She was in a small tupperware container while I was fixing up her cage. I put her next to Proximus' cage near the light, but the temp. in my room doesn't get below 72 degrees ususally.

I love her as a baby, and love watching her grow. But I also can't wait to see her as an adult:)

[ProXimuS]

Tallie shed again yesterday:) Forgot to mention she was in blue phase when I poseted the other day. Here's some post-shed pics:

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(please excuse the dog hair....:rolleyes:)

[ProXimuS]

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I caught Tallie taking a bath this morning:p

[guidofatherof5]

A clean garter is a happy garter. Along with full of food and warm.:D

[Selkielass]

Mmmmmmm... spa day!

[ProXimuS]

I'm happy to report Tallie ate an entire meal by hand today:D She's eaten a few pieces from my hand here and there, but today she ate everything from my hand! She's just so ravenous :p

[guidofatherof5]

Go get'em Tallie.

[ProXimuS]

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Proximus today, just out and about:)

[guidofatherof5]

Beautiful snake.

[thamneil]

Nice proximus!

[ProXimuS]

Tallie after shedding today:)

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[guidofatherof5]

Tallie is such a beautiful girl.

[ProXimuS]

That she is! I'm very grateful to have such a great snake in my care :D

[ProXimuS]

Hi everybody:) Sorry haven't been on or updated for a while, but now I'm having a little issue with Porximus.

Ever since around winter time he hasn't been eating much, and now he hasn't eaten in close to a month. I feel like the problem might be that I didn't brumate him this winter and it threw him off. He is a WC snake, so I think when winter came around and the temperature didn't change it threw his schedule off and now it's killed his apetite. He hasn't been super active, and doesn't seem to have lost much weight if any, but I don't want to kill him just trying to take care of him. Right now I can only really think of two things to do: 1) Do a semi-brumation and just cool him off with no lights/heat, and see if he'll start eating after that(as I don't have a freezer warm enough to brumate him in) or 2) Let him back go near where I found him.

Any suggestions/input/anything?

As for Tallie, she is still eating and growing like a weed :D She's becoming very bold. The other day I was feeding her by hand and she grabbed my finger and was trying to take it with her :p

[guidofatherof5]

Have you tried and live fish?

[ProXimuS]

I have not, I'll try some feeder guppies tomorrow. I knew I came here for a reason:)

[guidofatherof5]

Live prey can sometimes cause a good feeding response.
It it works quickly drop in some other food in the hopes it will get grabbed also.

[ProXimuS]

Proximus gives this idea a thumbs up... Metaphorically speaking that is ;) I got him seven feeder guppies yesterday. He ate three yesterday and he's eaten two more today. I'm waiting to see if he'll eat the others. I think I might put them in a smaller container for him.

[guidofatherof5]

Good job Proximus. Oh and you too Emily.:D
Glad to see the live fish did their thing.

[kueluck]

Happy to hear Proximus is eating again. It's crazy when critters that eat their meals, and leave nice piles of poop make us happy.:D

[ProXimuS]

There was a slight miscount. Somehow I missed a couple while counting(how can they hide in a circular water dish?!). He only ate the three from the first day. But I'll give it a couple of days and try again with a smaller bowl.

[ProXimuS]

So I got him 6 more guppies the other day and he ate three. He's gettin there :D

[guidofatherof5]

Very good.

[ProXimuS]

Today I had Tallie out and decided to let her and Proximus have a face to face supervised meeting. They have both been all alone for quite a while so I wanted to see how they would each react outside of the glass. This is what happened :) 8870 I just let them hang out for a few minutes while I watched them. So that leads me to my question: Can two males be housed in a 20 gallon(normal, not long) comfortably? Tallie and Proximus are female and male of two different species and can't live together, but I'm think it's time for a roommate for Proximus:)

[guidofatherof5]

I certainly don't see any reasons for not doing it considering the two species.

[ProXimuS]

Here's some pictures of a little outside time with Tallie :) 9069 9070 9071 Also, in the last picture, does anybody see the whitish ring around her pupil? Is that ok? Shouldn't her eyes be completely red?

[ConcinusMan]

So that leads me to my question: Can two males be housed in a 20 gallon(normal, not long) comfortably?

I don't know why it's even being questioned unless of course, they are 5 feet long.

This is a 20 gallon.

http://imageshack.us/a/img197/3894/aaababies003large.jpg

And this
http://imageshack.us/a/img825/3020/x001large.jpg

They seem pretty comfortable to me. :D

As a general idea, the snake should not exceed the length plus the width. If you have another that size, add 1 square foot. Not sure how big your snakes are, or what you mean by "regular" 20 gallon because there are more than 2 different dimensions for a 20 gallon but I think it will work.

[ProXimuS]

Doing a little comparison with Tallie today. The first pic is when I first got her, last October. The second is from a month or two ago. 9093 9094

[guidofatherof5]

She's looking good.

[Foxrun402]

It amazing how fast they change... She does look good :D

What day in October? Suzi came home 10-18-12 ;)

[ProXimuS]

It amazing how fast they change... She does look good :D

What day in October? Suzi came home 10-18-12 ;)

October 23 is the day my little Tallie came home :)

I haven't been on in a while, so thought I'd give a little update.

Tallie is still doing very well, and being awesome :cool: I've recently switched her and Proximus' cages, so she is now in a 20 gal., and he in a 10 gal. Tallie uses every inch of her cage, and Proximus seems to prefer the smaller one. In the bigger one he would stay hidden all the time, but in this one he comes out and about a lot more often. I've gotten Proximus to start eating pretty well now, too. I've gotta put him in a dark separate container with a bowl of live guppies, and I can throw a pinkie in there very once in a while too. And Tallie continues to eat no problems what-so-ever, like always :D


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1st and 2nd pic are Tallie recently, and the 3rd is her in my hair today :p

[ProXimuS]

Woops, it would only let me post two of Proximus, so I was going to put all 3 down here, but...Well I'm sure every one sees them up there :p Here's the last one.


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[guidofatherof5]

Sweet.

[slipknot711]

tallie is gorgeous

[ConcinusMan]

Doing a little comparison with Tallie today. The first pic is when I first got her, last October. The second is from a month or two ago. 9093 9094

Mine are growing like weeds too. I've only had them since Sept and they've already shed 3 times and grown about 3 inches.