Claude progression thread...

[Dianne]

Introducing Claude, the albino pastel spider. According to the prior owner, he us about a year and a half old, so I'm going with 2017 for hatch year. He's named after the yellow scaredy cat from Looney Tunes due to his very skittish behavior so far... decidedly reminded me of the jumpy cartoon cat. I picked him up on 3/2/19 with Penelope from a local guy getting out of bps.

I have held him a minimal amount, just when I was buying him and getting him settled that first day. Then again this past weekend to check him over and snap a few pictures. He shows no wobble when moving around in his tub, but stayed mostly balled up when handling. For the bit of crawling through my hands that he did, no really odd movements either. I plan to start his handling like I would a new hatchling, short sessions of 5-10 minutes, just enough for him to know I won't eat him.

He's a great feeder, eating a weanling rat on 3/5 and again tonight. No hesitation or problem when striking. He seems a bit thin to me, and the prior owner said he was feeding on mice, which is small for a snake his size. That said, he had no issue switching to rats. He was supposedly fed both live and f/t as well as poultry. I'm afraid his diet will be plainer here, just f/t rats.

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