New Arrival

[CloudtheBoa]

So I got a new little guy about 10 days ago now, a high red line Brazilian rainbow boa who I've decided to name Sanji because of his distinctive head stripe (Sanji is a character from One Piece with a swirly eyebrow). He arrived in shed on October 9, coiled tightly into a little rainbow ball. For a bit there I thought I was seeing things lol, as his colors got a lot better a few days later, but then he shed soon after. I let him warm up and coaxed him out of his ball to better be able to look him over and he gave me a nice little love bite. Just gaped open his mouth, plopped it on my hand, and gave my fingers a few good chews before letting go. He shed on the 5th day and then took a large fuzzy mouse without hesitation the next day. He's settling in nicely and luckily the tub is maintaining itself with very little effort, the humidity is staying consistently at 99% with the bedding just now starting to dry after about 4 weeks. He also defecated on the 14, which was rather stinky, so hopefully his next poop will be a little better. He seems to come out to explore around 7-8pm when it gets dark, and then retires to one of his hides around 11pm to 12am, and he is active during handling. Not as much as Draco, but more so than Cloud was as a baby.

I also finally went ahead and bulk ordered rodents for everyone, as I would be saving nearly $400/year doing so. So everyone's stocked up for about a year now. I didn't think I'd be able to fit them all in the freezer, but there was some room, I'll just have to keep only a few rabbits for Cloud at a time to keep it that way. ​Without further ado, here are some photos!

On the day of his arrival:




4 days later (still in shed):


The poop art he left for me after shedding (the wire goes to the thermometer/hygrometer; the flare on the probe was too large to drill a hole for and I didn't want to thread the wire under the lid and sacrifice the security of the tub so it's sitting inside the tub). The flash gives him a slight pinkish tinge for some reason:


Freshly-shed, outside:


His belly is almost see-through in person and pure white with no markings:


Except for his tail:






The only photo I have that shows that stripe, one has a bent end and the other is zig zagged, with three bends:


He has some circles on his sides missing crescents, which is cool. You can't see too many of them in this photo, though.