Well, at about 3:30pm ET today she got here. The neighbour kid(the one that doesn't take care of his bp ) brought the box over to my house(I had my own SDS-Serpent Delivery Service ) and my heart skipped a beat. Couldn't wait to open that box. Apparently June, the breeder, must've expected it to be a rough ride home from Toronto to here, because she put her in a decent sized sterilite, then put it in a bigger box, and stuffed it with some strips of sponge foam she ripped out of an old couch of hers, lol. It was packed pretty well.
So anyway, I pulled out the sterilite, and seen little Pelota laying on the side of the sterilite. Right away my Mom jumped in to take a pic of her in the sterilite. Then I carefully opened the lid slowly, so as not to scare her, and rubbed her back a few times to let her know I meant no harm. Then I picked her up, and fell in love. She's sooo tiny. Smaller than I expected. I was under the impression that she was 5 months old, but I read her health sheet and she was born on June 8th, so she's just nearing 3 months.
Anywho, I wrapped her around my hand and she flicked her tongue everywhere, while my mom took some pics(from across the kitchen..lol) until I assured her that Pelota can't do any harm. Then she finally took some closer shots of her. Then Pelota started getting a little flinchy, so I put her in her littler sterilite again, for the short trip up to my room. Once I got to my room, I went to get her out. By then she was more than a little stressed from the 4 hour drive home, then some stranger trying to handle her. She gave out a cute little hiss, but never tried to strike. Very well tempered. So I gently scooped her up and placed her in her new home. She just balled up and sat in the middle of the tank for a few minutes as I watched her. So I figured I'd go downstairs to straighten up a bit. Then 5 minutes later I went back up and she was gone. Curled up under her cool hide. Since then she's yet to go explore her warm hide(I think it's a bit too warm for her right now...) but a few hours later after dinner, I went up and caught her exploring the water bowl(not going in it yet though). She seen me, and got in the strike position. Guess I spooked her. So I sat up there for the longest time watching her. After a while she got sick of me and went back to her cool hide, lol. So I stayed in my room for a good 3 hours and didn't see her at all. But of course, the minute I head downstairs, she comes out to explore. I went back up and she was exploring all over the cage. My sister and her boyfriend had just come home from the movies, so I called them up there. So for about 20 minutes we just sat in awe and watched her check things out. At first, she was a bit shy and frightened of us creeps peering in at her. But after a few minutes she quickly loosened up and was moving all over the place. She went up on her branch finally, so I got some nice shots(if the pics turn out ) of her getting all arboreal. After about 20 minutes she finally got tired of us(lol) and decided to curl up into her cool hide again. As a final "you're not gone yet?" she stuck her head out and flicked her tongue, only to retreat back in again. So we headed downstairs for a few hours again. Then 10 minutes ago I just went upstairs and she was up on her branch again. This time checking out the corners seeing a way to get out. Lol, she's too cute. Even my mom, who has a bad phobia of snakes, said she was a cutie.

Anyway, you're all caught up now. That was my first experiences with my first snakey. And I love her to bits.

Sadly, mother nature wasn't on my side today. She decided to keep the humidity index at a constant 80%, which put my tanks humidity to a high 70's most of the day. Now it's around 68-70%. I was wondering how long it'd be safe for the humidity to stay that way before I have to worry about an RI. Hopefully tommorrow will be dryer. If not, I might have to borrow a dehumidifier. I'm sure it's safe to be at 70% humidity for a day or two, but prolonged lengths of time can be bad. So I was wondering how many days do you think I could let it stay that high before worrying. Also, anyone have any tips to lower it? My room is all humid so I doubt theres much I can do.

K theres my super-long post. I seem to be known for those.


Edit: Oh yeah...before anyone ask about the pics. I haven't gotten around to buying a digital camera, so I had to get some film for my sisters cheap little camera. I currently have 18 pics taken, but I'm sure some will be crap. I did my best though. I'm hoping to get them developed on Friday, and I'm getting them developed, and put on a cd so I can hopefully(not promising anything..had trouble last time I got one of those pic cd's) upload some pics here.