Malachi in shed

[frankykeno]

Just had to take a picture of the little fella in shed. This is Malachi our 100% het for albino who is just coming up on 8 months of age. Weighed empty tonight at 410 grams so we are just thrilled with his progress with us. He was produced by Adam at 8BallPythons and is just a wonderful young male with a stupendous feeding response.

Here's Mal in blue tonight. I'm sure he'll feel much better in a few days.





I'll have to remember to take a freshly shed pic of him in a few days when he's all done.

~~Jo~~

[iceman25]

Very beautiful Jo! I absolutely love the alien heads on him!

[rabernet]

Awww! Isn't amazing how drastically they change from shed to after shed? It's almost like opening a present to see what they look like after the shed!

[jknudson]

What a beauty! Make sure to take those post shed pics, I wanna see him all shiny and bold!

[frankykeno]

LOL funny you should say bold Jason. This male is bold as brass as my granny would have said. Everything Thursday morning I do my rounds and make sure everyone is set for feeding night (promptly at 9 p.m. Thursday evenings LOL). After that they have no human contact (just our feeding day routine).

Every Thursday morning there is bold little Malachi our smallest ball python either coiled on top of one of his hides or out in the open in full strike position....and the little boogerhead takes a swing at me, sometimes two or three credible attempts!

Every dang Thursday morning...it's "morning Malachi...dang it you impatient little snake!" Ya think I'd learn! LOL

I love this little male. Adam told me when we picked him he had a very aggressive feeding response and boy he was right. Mal eats two fat rat pups every Thursday w/o fail so he's not that hungry...he just wants his dinner and he wants it NOW! LOL

Funny enough he never bites though, just strikes at us and he's totally calm any other day and easy to handle. A bit of hissing here and there when we remove him from his tub but that's just his grumbly way. Feeding day however is all about business with this male snake.


~~Jo~~

[cassandra]

What a cutie...before and after pics of the same snake might be a great addition to the FAQs here on shedding. =)

[jknudson]

LOL funny you should say bold Jason. This male is bold as brass as my granny would have said. Everything Thursday morning I do my rounds and make sure everyone is set for feeding night (promptly at 9 p.m. Thursday evenings LOL). After that they have no human contact (just our feeding day routine).

Every Thursday morning there is bold little Malachi our smallest ball python either coiled on top of one of his hides or out in the open in full strike position....and the little boogerhead takes a swing at me, sometimes two or three credible attempts!

Every dang Thursday morning...it's "morning Malachi...dang it you impatient little snake!" Ya think I'd learn! LOL

I love this little male. Adam told me when we picked him he had a very aggressive feeding response and boy he was right. Mal eats two fat rat pups every Thursday w/o fail so he's not that hungry...he just wants his dinner and he wants it NOW! LOL

Funny enough he never bites though, just strikes at us and he's totally calm any other day and easy to handle. A bit of hissing here and there when we remove him from his tub but that's just his grumbly way. Feeding day however is all about business with this male snake.


~~Jo~~

Jo,I love your enthusiasm for such a little stinker of a snake, I'm the same way with critters though, the fiestier they are the more I like them. Isn't amazing how such a small animal can stand up to us (but we all know its only a show )...must be little man syndrome. LOL

Today (my normal feeding day for the older two) Shogun was out and waiting for me to bring his food. Normally he's calm enough for me to take him out and put him in his feeding tub, but not today, he must've smelled the rats coming because I walked near the cage and he was ready to strike...the rat literally didn't even get a chance to touch the floor of the cage.

Gotta love em'!

Jason

[frankykeno]

Maybe I'm just wierd Jason but even when we were going through the early days with big Brannagh, where she was actively trying to bite us and almost unhandable....I just loved that snake and her damn you attitude! LOL Don't get me wrong here, I don't like or want to take a bite....but I just accept it as part of normal snake behaviour occasionally. It's also a thrilling challenge to find the unique way to get a snake past it's aggression with us. I've always loved rehabbing creatures.....my first dog has been abused and eventually shot by her previous human (barely human to be honest)...I got her when I was 9 so maybe it's just ingrained in me somewhat.

With Mal it's not aggression or a poor past life (Adam raises beautiful babies), it's just his strong feeding response. For me I don't even count his strikes as anything more than a typical "gimme rat!" attitude and hey I'll take that any day of the week LOL.


~~Jo~~

[tigerlily]

Oh wow. That little guy is getting so big. Holy moly. That's awesome Jo!! Mr. Hissypants is growing up.

[jknudson]

It's Thursday! Post some feeding pictures! I wanna see Mr. Hissypants again.