introducing... drake!

well he's here!!! resting comfortably in his new viv which is sooo much bigger than he had at the breeders (little shoe box) so i bet he'll be a happy boy!!!

and... here's the pics!

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images/snakes/deli.jpg

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...akeapr2106.jpg

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...gthapr2106.jpg

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images.../drakelong.jpg

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images.../draketail.jpg

i'm so thrilled with him. there were two males (the rest were females) and the other one was younger and smaller but it had more black speckling on it... and the colour wasn't as defined as drake. also, when i got there and henry (the breeder) first reached and opened his box... drake told me his name and started chatting in my head... whereas the other little guy was very quiet and didn't say much. i think the other one would be a wonderful pet - very good eater and very very sweet... but drake... well he has so much personality and he was soooo relaxed and curious... i just knew he'd be a handful... :D and a handful felt soooo right :taz:

henry said that drake often needs to be left alone to eat... he's more finicky than the other one... but henry was very open to me choosing for myself cause there was a big difference in looks and size for the two males... and i chose the nicer specimen of the two :gj:

when i was holding him at the breeders... their huge dogs came in and there was so much ruckus and commotion going on and they were so calm thru it all (and they are not held much at all henry said) so i figured he'll do great here...

i slept maybe 3 hours last night... i was just waaaay too excited about going to get him today...

and man oh man... he was soooo worth the lack of sleep!!!!! :blossom:

and so begins the difficult part... NOT holding him for a week *faints*

He's beautiful! Your tattoo looks awesome in context too, btw! :) Congrats!!!

Oohhhh wow, Aleesha, he is aMAzing!!! Simply to die for!! (But please don't die waiting to hold him...we'd miss you so much! :P ) I am feeling your excitement way over here and living vicariously through you! I'm so happy for you!!!

oh i forgot to show this off (can you tell i soooo want to hold him so i'm looking at his photos over and over again instead LOL) - look at that gorgeous stripe on his head... ahhhhhhh kinda like flames on a fast car LOL

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...sidestripe.jpg

just can't believe he fit in this little tiny cup! the box we brought with us... henry said, "oh he'll definitely get out of that... here, we'll put him in this" and i said, "he'll fit in that???" and henry said, "yup, no problem"

hahahaha and he did!

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...akesidecup.jpg

giggling... i'm so darned happy and excited... feel free to live thru me!!!

and thanks for the comment on my tat... i'm still getting used to how dark it is... wanted something much lighter... but hey... She is what She is! :D:D:D:D:D

i wannnnnnna hold him again..... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa he's just soooooo darned gorgeous. that face is sooooooo sweet and his eyes... oh his eyes are soooooo cute. clear and gorgeous and perfect and his little tail.... oh it's so cute... and the colouring.... and his patterning.....


did i mention his little face?

oh ya i did... hahahahaha i'm so freakin' happy!!!!!!!

and when i was chatting about my snake at the chiropractor's office... the chiro says... oh i used to have a python and a boa... man i loved those snakes... heehee. so you just never know who's into them!!!

I looove that reef tank in the background!!!Can you post more pics in separate thread?? Oh, and snake looks great too!

congrats on ur new addition :)

Congrats, he's gorgeous!

Congrats. What a handsome young boy.

i bumped my thread on my tanks for ya... :) here's a link:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...298#post348298

Thanks so much for sharing!!! The pics with the moonlight is flippin' sweet!!! Your yellow tang looks really happy too. I used to have a semi-reef for many years when I still lived with mom......had a flame angel that was seven when he passed, a huge coral banded shrimp, a cleaner, and a harlequin shrimp. I had to break the tank down when I moved into an apartment, talk about rippin' ma heart out!!!! Anyways, my boyfriend and I just bought our house about a year ago, and we have a huge living room :D......when finances permit, gonna get that 110 with a granite canopy and stand i have always dreamed about.

too bad you don't live up here... i could hook you up something sweet!!!

What a lovely boa!!! You must be *so* proud!!! :D Drake is quite the handsome fellow. Congrats on your new baby!

K~

Congrats!! You won't be sorry. Hoggies are the best!

Congrats Aleesha, he's simply stunning! Love his name too, very cute. The hands off time is so hard isn't it but so worth it in the end.

heehee... i laughed when i said his name out loud "drake the snake" LOL

jamie... i am already soooo thrilled with my choice... i can't believe how wonderful he is (and i only had about 45 minute total with him in my arms) i will be patient...

how long do i have to wait? 4 days or a week... i just had a brain fart and i can't remember LOL

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how long do i have to wait? 4 days or a week... i just had a brain fart and i can't remember LOL

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:P Pooooor Aleesha! New mom sooooooo excited. Sheesh! Ya have to wait a WEEK!! :lmao: Einstein doesn't have anything on owners of a new critter! Time can just durrrr-rrraaaaa-aaag when you're waiting that week!

:D :D Hang in there. He sure is pretty!

well... the good news is... only 6 more days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whew... now that's not as bad as yesterday! heehee

i soooooooooooo wanna hold him again. i can't stand it!

I don't want to be the one to go against popular opinion, but I think maybe you could hold him at 6 days instead of 7 :)

do i hear 5? anyone?




please?




5?




(i'll pay ya!)

He's beautiful! And I love the name. =)

I hate to say it, but I'd still wait the full 7 days, give him the best possibility of not having feeding problems.

like: jamie

don't like: cassandra

:P

Yes!! I rule!

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Yes!! I rule!

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Yer still a poopyhead! ;)

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Yer still a bum...

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No arguments there... :tricho:

Damn I hate being tricked...Devil woman...

so which is it? a poopyhead or a bum?


LOL

What gorgeous pattern on your little boy! I love your reef tank too.

thanks. i've decided to love the reef tank. haven't liked it much as it's so much work and the protien skimmer has been a pain in the butt... but yesterday i decided to love it. cherish it and stop disliking it as my negative energy can't be good for it or me.

so... thank you... it's a lovely tank :D

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...has been a pain in the butt... but yesterday i decided to love it. cherish it and stop disliking it as my negative energy can't be good for it or me. ...

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LOL...If only I could get there for laundry and cleaning bathrooms!

oh man i hear ya on that one... but with my back injury,... i can't do either. so my son is being very helpful with the laundry... and i clean the bathroom on my knees (tub) so i don't hurt it worse. although my back REALLY doesn't like the bathroom being cleaned so it get a little more yuck than usual before i clean it :( oh well... my back is healing... so eventually i'll be able to do it again... (somehow that doesn't make me all that happy LOL)

okay so last night as we were getting the new mice enclosures 'cat proofed' kira my cat got into one and grabbed a mouse!

we gave her a chase and got the mouse away from her and since all the snakes just ate on thursday i wasn't sure what to do with it... so i decided since drake was normally fed on saturdays and coming here, he missed his feeding... i'd put the mouse in with him and see if he wanted it.

well he immediately constricted it... and then laid on it watching :relax: the room. the breeder, henry had warned me that he was a little difficult at feeding time and he often left him to be last on the list and so he'd leave the room right afterwards. drake does not like to be watched!!!

so i covered him up with a towel and dimmed the lights - this morning the mouse is gone (unless he's dragged it into a hide and left it there) and he was curled up happily on top of his hide sleeping. i changed his water and left him alone (covered him up half way with the towel again to allow him to stay relaxed).

so... first feed went well :mouse2: and a little more good news. when i go in to change his water... he doesn't hiss at me... just looks at me as if to say, "is it a week yet? can i come out?" - i tell him that no... cassandra won't let him come out to play yet! :P

we are now on day 3 (got him friday and this is monday) and working our way to day 7!!! or is it considered day 4 since he was comfy in his new encl by 2 o'clock?

hmmmmm............ jamie, what do you think (i know what that nasty girl cassandra :spid0r: is going to say... probably something like... you start counting the days at midnight the following day!)

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and...

i've also decided that having a shallow encl. isn't something i like. i prefer a deep one where i can reach in a do stuff and they can't just slip out the side quite so easy... yes it is harder to keep warm in the winter... but it is warming up here nicely now... spring HAS sprung!

and this way there will be more room for 'stuff' :stereo: :gallery: :pc: :coffeemac :couch: :strong: :teevee: :trophy: :tp: :hokitty: his two hides, larger water dish and a hunk of driftwood for slithering around. so... when should i change his enclosure? wait how long? a month, two or sooner?

and one more question: can i continue to feed him in his encl. i really do prefer it that way rather than taking them out to feed in a sep bin. IF he needs to be fed outside his encl... i will of course. but is he like a ball... if i'm in there all the time doing stuff (water, checking for :pee: feces etc) then he'll be fine with eating in there?

thanks everyone :)

ps i was just re-reading my long thread on dexter (bp) and i sure like keeping everything in one thread... it's so much easier to recap on the info later on.

I think it all sounds good to me! 7 days is a general rule but you have to go with what feels right. Hoggies are way less timid than BPs and a couple days less isnt going to make or break things! When I got my Hoggie I think I gave him just a couple days to settle in before feeding and he has been a joy!

hey jamie... you didn't answer any of my questions... inquiring minds are dieing to know!!!

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Im sorry!! I got so confused by all the smilies that I didnt see the questions. :)

Let him get settled in for a while before changing up his enclosure. A few weeks or so. Get him eating and relaxed with you first and then go to it. As far as feeding, I see no reason to feed outside the enclosure..

hey, all those smilies took a lot of work to do... you better appreciate my enthusiasm LOL

thanks so much jamie... i appreciate you sharing your knowledge with me. (please note: no smilies were used in the expression of this post) LOL

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hey, all those smilies took a lot of work to do... you better appreciate my enthusiasm LOL

thanks so much jamie... i appreciate you sharing your knowledge with me. (please note: no smilies were used in the expression of this post) LOL

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Knowledge? What's that? I just make things up as I go! :oops:

well either way... you say what i want to hear and i find that a great quality in a man LOL

your 'significant other' must have trained you well!

hahahahahaha

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well either way... you say what i want to hear and i find that a great quality in a man LOL

your 'significant other' must have trained you well!

hahahahahaha

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Bah! I say what I want whenever I feel like it....It has caused me tons of problems over the years but...I yam what I yam...

well i guess i got you on a good day then LOL cause in this thread... you've said everytihng i wanted to hear.

oh man, now i've probably jinxed it... damn! :stupidme:

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well i guess i got you on a good day then LOL cause in this thread... you've said everytihng i wanted to hear.

oh man, now i've probably jinxed it... damn! :stupidme:

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Even the mentally ill have good days here and there!

another question: feeding live to hoggies... will that make them more aggressive and are there any problems with feeding live?

once he goes on rats (if he has to that is) then is live a problem?

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another question: feeding live to hoggies... will that make them more aggressive and are there any problems with feeding live?

once he goes on rats (if he has to that is) then is live a problem?

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Nahh..Feed what ya got. Live, PK, FT..What works for you will work for him..

i just posted a poll on this... hahahahahaha

but once again... i like your answer best!

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i just posted a poll on this... hahahahahaha

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I'm noticing a theme here. :)

jamie 7
cassandra 0

hahahahahahahaha *ducks to be missed by whatever cassie throws at her* :P

so i just went in to change drake's water and his little face peaked out of his warm hide. it's been almost 7 days (tomorrow at noon is 7 days) so i decided to give him a little 5 minute mama time... and to my extreme dismay... i found mites crawling on his gorgeous little pale face!!!

off to do a search on mites. oh maaaaaaaaaan.

Ah.. what a bummer! Get a can of provent-a-mite.. it's the best stuff around! Make sure to keep Drake as far from your other snakes as possible.. mites love to spread.