Well, my little Dekay's snake has finally arrived, and is settling in nicely in his new home. I still can't quite get over how small he really is, his little head is smaller than my pinky fingernail! He's about 10 inches long though -- just a skinny little guy. I put him in Deejay's old 12 by 12 inch terrarium, with a little house I made out of the cardboard core from a roll of duct tape, with a driftwood roof. I gave him a nice climbing branch too, and he seems to really like it-- he is currently lounging up on the branch watching TV with the kids!
I had a lot of fun last night watching him explore, he would tunnel through the aspen bark and poke his little head out all over the tank. I could just hear him thinking, "Wow! Cool! This place is so neat! Oh look, what's over there on that side? Cool, a tree!! YAY!!!" I don't think I've ever seen a critter look so excited to be somewhere! And when I picked him up he just curled up in my hand -- he must know how much mommy loves him.........awwwww!
Anyway, this is just a little intro thread; I'm borrowing a camera tomorrow, so I'll post a formal introduction in a couple days, complete with pictures! Just had to share my little snaky story -- I'm SO thrilled to have him!