Meet the gang!

[kibakiba]

It's actually been a bit cold in my room. I've been keeping my heater off because I've been exercising more often and it gets too hot for me if my heater makes it over 80 in my room. With their lamps the warm spot isn't more than 70 to 80 degrees, cool side is 60 to 70.

[kibakiba]

I wanted to give a little update on all of my snakes...

Mama and Snakey both went off food, I don't think they like not being able to "do stuff" whenever they want. Snap and Ember are growing like weeds, Snap is quite girthy and Ember is a little chubby, but makes up for that in sheer length. He's larger than Snakey now!
Thumbelina is a boy, but his name shall remain the same... I'm so cruel to the little guy Squirt hates my guts, she flattens her head, waves it around... Ocassionally she'll do that with her mouth open, but she never bites. Runt has gone back to being skittish, but calms down immediately when you pick her up. She's just the sweetest little thing.

The twins smashed a snail, so I figured 'd rinse it off and treat my snakes to a treat. I wanted to give it to Snap, but she grabbed it and went under the substrate with it, luckily she let it go. She didn't want it after that, so I gave it to Ember. I have never seen him flip out over food like that. It took him a little while to get it down with all the squirming that it did, but after he was done... He wanted more He was rubbing his nose all over the glass, nipping me and searching. It wasn't feeding time for anyone yet, but A treat never hurt anyone.

My new babies are growing fast, little Pumpkin is almost the size of my August babies. Well, maybe not, but she's catching up to them really fast. The little runt of the bunch caught up in size, and you almost cant even tell who was the runt. If you look hard, you can see his head size is just slightly smaller that the rest of them. I have a couple e pictures of them compared to a pencil... They were taken a while ago, over a month, I believe. It shows just how tiny the babies are. They aren't any bigger than my thumb when coiled up.
They're all eating like pigs and love their unscented pinky parts. It's funny, Specks or Spots (they're twins now) like worms sometimes.... The rest are terrified of them. If I put a cut up and non-moving piece in front of them, they immediately coil up and put their tail over their heads. If I put a moving piece in front of them they do a little cobra impression with their heads flat, strike then take off

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks for the update.
Sounds like a nice crew of scrubs.

[kibakiba]

Indeed they are. I wish they would eat worms, though. When we have fish, I like to have them eating all 3 because of the variety part of it. Maybe you'll be able to get them eating right They wont listen to me, but maybe if you tell them to eat their "vegetables", they'll do it!

[kibakiba]

We lost little Squirt today. I was doing my weekly "run around in the grass" thing with my snakes, and I when I blinked, Squirt disappeared into the grass. She had been out for about 10 minutes, each time I got close to her she flattened her head, puffed up really big and nose bumped my feet or hand. I might sound mean, cruel or unloving when I say this, but I'm not sad. I love her with all my heart, but I really believe she'll be able to survive. She's definitely got the instincts. She always has. She was found in my yard perhaps a week or 2 after she was born, so at least she didn't disappear in a different area. We looked for her for about 30 minutes, but she's a quick little girl.

I do hope she'll be okay, or maybe she'll turn up if I look in a while.

[kibakiba]

I'm starting to feel bad and a bit upset now, Squirt was a good snake (even with the attitude)

I don't really care if I'm over anthropomorphising my snakes, but Thumbelina has been searching around the tank since Squirt went missing. He also started acting really shy, when he see's me, he coils up and puts his tail over his head. He used to be quite bold, I could wave my hand in front of him and softly poke his nose and he's just climb onto my hands as if it didn't happen.
I want to do out and search more, even it it'd be a lost cause, but I've been sick all day. It was stupid of me to go out while sick, but I wouldn't have done it this week if I hadn't today.

[guidofatherof5]

Sorry to hear about Squirt getting away.
Tough as nails they are and very resilient.
I hope she returns to you.

[d_virginiana]

That's too bad about your snake getting away.. From what you said though, she sounds like a pretty spirited snake, so she'll probably be just fine. Plus, if you found her in your yard, there's a good chance you'll see her hanging around your house in the future. Hope you get her back, but if not try not to worry about it too much.

[kibakiba]

Yeah, she had eaten a couple days before getting away, so it should hold her off while she tries to figure out how to hunt, since food isn't being pushed in her face.

I'm going to miss her little tunnel eating method next feeding.

[kibakiba]

Mama has been slowing down lately and refusing to eat a normal amount. She's lost a little bit of weight. I truly hope she's okay, I can't handle another loss of a loved snake. I am really worried about her. There is just something in her eyes that doesn't look right. I don't mean like an eye infection, but she just doesn't look as bold as she normally looks.