Progression Thread for Baby Pastel Female

[MiniMed]

Hi all! Saw some progression threads so thought I would make one for my new female pastel born ~ 5/15/16. She was 93 grams when I brought her home and she has already eaten once with me!


First meeting her at the reptile store!


She's the first BP baby I've held that actually started exploring and didn't stay balled up!


I immediately fell in love with her goofy personality


When I transferred to her new home - she certainly has personality!


Exploring her new home - sorry for the potato quality. Planning to hot glue those wires down as soon as I'm 100% they're where I want them.


First meal at home! She was on live mouse hoppers at the reptile store, so I did that as her first meal with me. She killed it as soon as it was in the cage! (I was terrified, I have never fed a snake before -eek.)


She ate it butt first after trying to eat it flank first - a little derpy lol


Less than 24 hours after eating, she'll definitely get a larger meal next week!

As you can see, I take a TON of pictures! Am excited to share her progress with y'all because my friends/family aren't interested in snakes at all! I weighed her full at 103 grams 24 hours after that first meal, but will weigh her midway through the week as well. My best guess on her length is about 16" but I think I was way off!

Oh yeah! I need help with names! If you have any ideas, please let me know. This is the list I have so far:



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[MiniMed]

Absolutely loving having my new girl, who is still nameless! I weighed her and she is at 103 grams. After the last feeding she didn't seem full and was quickly active again later that night, so I am going to feed her again tomorrow and do a larger mouse, and will be switching to rats (or trying to) soon!




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[jbzapanda]

The warmth!!! haha

[AM1GROSS]

my next female i get will be named Hope.. so far i have Bo (male Normal) Bonnie (female vanilla) and Clyde (male fire). i want to name all my snakes after stuff that i want to remember, much like how people get tattoos. there is always a meaning behind it. maybe this will help you come up with a name!

oh and i plan for my next female to be a pastel as well. just bought the heat tape and plan to set up another tub so i can purchase some time towards the end of the month!

good luck with your name search!

[Ax01]

nice!

i like the name Fari.

[MiniMed]

my next female i get will be named Hope.. so far i have Bo (male Normal) Bonnie (female vanilla) and Clyde (male fire). i want to name all my snakes after stuff that i want to remember, much like how people get tattoos. there is always a meaning behind it. maybe this will help you come up with a name!

oh and i plan for my next female to be a pastel as well. just bought the heat tape and plan to set up another tub so i can purchase some time towards the end of the month!

good luck with your name search!

I like those names! I just haven't found anything that really fits her yet. and exciting about the female pastel! I really love them

nice!

i like the name Fari.

Thats my favorite right now! We really probably won't call her her name anyways. We use nicknames for all our animals haha!

[Albert Clark]

Grats on the acquisition! She is really cute. Very nice patterning and coloration.

[MiniMed]

Grats on the acquisition! She is really cute. Very nice patterning and coloration.

Thank you!


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[MiniMed]

I ended up feeding this little lady today instead of tomorrow. Her last mouse was definitely too small for her, and I'm on 24 hour call tomorrow and won't be able to feed her - plus I wanted to get her on a schedule of feeding during the week so I can handle her on my off days She got a small mouse this time (vs a hopper) which was 14g (she was 103g last time I weighed her), so it was close to right on for her! She took it like a champ once she came out of her hide and even ate it head first this time.





Now she's getting her nap on




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[MiniMed]

It's been two days since she ate so I decided to take her out and handle her. There was no poop or urates in the cage, but I weighed her anyways at 118g - up 25g from when I got her!!



She is a little head shy and skittish, but she's getting better about it every time I handle her! Def want her to be as calm as possible eventually. We were having a nice chill little relax session watching Greys Anatomy when all the sudden she poops/pees ALL OVER ME. Haha! Guess me wondering about why she hadn't pooped jinxed me. Sigh.

But I reweighed her and she's 111g empty! That's 18g up after two meals at home with me



Her CHE comes in the mail today - her ambient temps have been a little too low for my liking. The lamp base I got has a built in dimmer so I plan on trying it on the lowest setting to try and get the ambient temps right!

Still haven't decided on a name for her - nothing feels right! So please let me know if you have any ideas!


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