New Dumeril's! (Yup, another Dumeril's thread, lol)

Just picked up a wee little Dumeril's :P Female, as they tend to be cleaner and of course, bigger. She's a little sweetheart. I held her at the shop and again a short while ago, and she was never skittish.

I thought she might be a bit nippy after the motorcycle ride over.... I wasn't planning on picking anything up, but it was love at first sight. I asked for a box and set her up on the backseat securely, then took it easy on the way home - no hard acceleration, braking, or much leaning over. Since I only have a bike, I had no other way to bring her home anyway.

I set her up here in a big shoebox for the moment, with a makeshift hide and a water bowl, and some aspen bedding.

No name as of yet. I'm guesstimating her length at around 18", so I guess not quite a year old? Shop guy said she was already on rat pups, but doesn't that sound a little too big? This is a decent exotic pet shop, but maybe the guy was a little confused. Or, I'm wrong.

I chose a young snake over the full-sized adult I found yesterday (only a $30 difference) because, as evidenced by my chicken wire thread in the DIY forum, I'm not ready to house a big snake at this point. I just don't have the funds for a really big tank and a snake right now. Just the snake and a small tank, no prob.

So a couple of pics were shot, before I put her away so she can chill:

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...7/p1000162.jpg

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...st_day_dum.jpg

Congrats on the new little girl...

Very nice!! I love mine and want another one. They are such good boas!

aww gorgeous I hope i can talk my hubby into letting me get one but im sure he'll freak and say no its way to big lol

I love the coloring such a pretty Dumeril

Thanks, everyone :D I had to go to Key West yesterday for a friend's wedding, but I'm going to get some proper supplies for her today. I have to keep resisting the temptation to take her out, though I guess I'll have to if I can find her a tank locally.

I took her out of the shoebox today for the first time since Saturday. I could see she was really unhappy to be taken out, very nervous but still not nippy. I held her for a few minutes and let her smell me out, and she calmed down pretty quickly. After I put her back in, she raced back into her hide, but came out again to start watching me from behind the water bowl. When I peered in too close, she quickly reeled herself back into the box.

Gonna have to train her a little at a time. My kingsnake was a little jittery at first too, but she got over it quickly enough. Just a nervous neonate. She's already back by the water bowl again, just hanging out, so obviously not particularly traumatized by the "ordeal," lol. I'm leaving her alone again, though.

I've named her January. I have all kinds of goodies coming in for her, so she'll have a nice tank set up for her pretty soon.

Yeah give her time, she will get used to you. My boy is always chilled out, never in a rush to get anywhere,when he moves sometimes, he goes soo slow its funny to watch.

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Originally Posted by yeroc1982

Yeah give her time, she will get used to you. My boy is always chilled out, never in a rush to get anywhere,when he moves sometimes, he goes soo slow its funny to watch.

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Kinda like a ball python? That's what I was expecting too, but she moves pretty darn quick - I guess she's still young and thin, haha. The adult female I held last week was very chill, and moved deliberately.

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Originally Posted by freelancer

Kinda like a ball python? That's what I was expecting too, but she moves pretty darn quick - I guess she's still young and thin, haha. The adult female I held last week was very chill, and moved deliberately.

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Ya kinda like a BP but I find them alot more relaxed than BP's. I think we are only going to buy 1 more BP when my buddy's hatch and that's it for us. Going to focus more on boas. Don't get me wrong, I still love bps, my first snake was a BP and I love her, but they tend to get too picky and finicky for me. Next boa pickup for us will be a BRB, would love to get a female dumeril in the future.