My new Oreocryptophis Porphyraceus Coxi (Thai Bamboo Ratsnake)

ok i have been pining after these for awhile now. i've seen only a handful of adults (no neonates or juvies tho) at the local expo's and the last pair i saw in October had broken striping. i just wanted a clean, classic fully striped example. my local mom and pop pet shop got a juvie last year, a feisty one, but i waited a lil too long and someone else snapped it up. i saw another juvie in a reptile shop a few towns over but the markup was crazy, so i passed. but last week, my fav mom and pop shop got another one - a friendly, fully striped neonate! i just love their red-orange colors, clean white bellies, and black striping.

anyways! so this is Sriracha, my new Oreocryptophis Porphyraceus Coxi (Thai Bamboo Ratsnake). i name my BP's after Wicked/Wizard of Oz stuff and name my Colubrids after food and drinks. so i thought naming him after the Sriracha hot sauce b/c of his Thai ancenstry was fitting. :) he's the friendliest Coxi i've met so far but who knows, maybe Sriracha will grow into a feisty lil snake full of spice and attitude lol. ;)

i handled him last week and he was in his hide. where is he now? under the water bowl! aww lil thing is so scurred!
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Cupholder Snek:
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hello bb! a quick peek while i set up:
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gonna get booped!
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booped!
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i broke the tray for my scale, so imma just weigh the whole deli cup w/ him in it and we it again w/o him.
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43 minus 24 equals 19. Sriracha is a teeny, tiny 19grams.
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here he is!
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i think he's quite handsome! (i think he might be going into shed)
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such a lil worm.
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he's gonna be in a 6quart tub which actually seems huge for him until he puts on some size! welcome home my new lil man!
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more pix here: more pix here: https://imgur.com/a/jx5dh

thanks for looking!

Very cool this is easily one of my favorite ratsnake, great pickup :gj:

You probably know they're full of character , very fast and extremely feisty..


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Great name!

How's his personality so far? Feisty?

Edit - sorry - he's nice, missed that. Still love the name and hope he doesn't earn it by getting feisty later.

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

You probably know they're full of character , very fast and extremely feisty..

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oh, u mean fast like this:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/nyJpuaZ.gif

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Originally Posted by dakski

Great name!

How's his personality so far? Feisty?

Edit - sorry - he's nice, missed that. Still love the name and hope he doesn't earn it by getting feisty later.

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so far, no biting. just a squirmy lil baby as expected. he's calm but u have to keep an eye on him. (see gif above)

One of my favorite colubrids and has been on my want list a long time, congrats! Btw, possibly the winner for a best snake name award. Lol

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Originally Posted by Ax01

oh, u mean fast like this:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/nyJpuaZ.gif


so far, no biting. just a squirmy lil baby as expected. he's calm but u have to keep an eye on him. (see gif above)

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Wow! That boy can move!

Welcome Sriracha! Perfect name honoring his ancestry and coloring. It's going to be fun watching him grow!

What is he feeding on? Pinks ?

my rat is tiny too only 16 but he’s gobbling 2

that head stripe is amazing ! That one gash. He looks like a crazy Spider-Man morph lol

now I’m mad I passed on one of these this weekend at my local show

Awesome little guy, and they’re so pretty! I forget what tiny noodles they start out as. :)


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