Gina the Rio Bravo Pokigron Suriname progression thread

She looks good Sauzo!

I agree with Cletus, that head looks big, I bet it will get Much bigger. :)

Haha she does have a pretty big head but the rest of her is starting to fill out now and like i said, she is starting to get some pinks on her side and her top is getting that golden brown. Also she is such a lounger. Was laying on the bed watching tv last night and she decided to wrap her tail on my hand and lay down as well lol. Was funny, i tried to give her smaller hides incase she didnt like the bigger ones and she actually didnt like the smaller hides. She poked her head inside and doubled back and looked at me. Then she went and curled up under her shelf behind her water bowl. When i gave her the large RB hides back, she immediately went into the warm one and did her normal pose in the pic. Guess she likes her hides big lol.Here she is waiting for dinner haha.
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So i decided to go back to the PlantIt ReptiChips stuff today as i was cleaning Dottie, Rango and Gina. I checked and it seems its no longer sold in the big 2.5cu ft blocks anymore. Only in the smaller blocks. Luckily i still have 2 blocks left but if Gina likes it, i might have to go back to paying the hefty price for ReptiChips lol.

And yes i know, i was just using aspen. I like to switch up their substrates here and there. Everyone seems to enjoy the change and seems to make them want to explore more. Gina has never been on it so she was kind of hesitant to get on it. She sat in my hand and sniffed it awhile and then slowly explored her hide while holding onto my fingers with her tail lol. Rangos been on it for awhile before so he took to it like duck on water.

Still havent tried cypress mulch and was thinking of ordering a few bags to try but I've also read it is pretty sharp as its not shredded but kind of like splintered? Anyone that has used the Zoo Med stuff got any input on it?

How exactly did I miss this thread?!?!

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

So i decided to go back to the PlantIt ReptiChips stuff today as i was cleaning Dottie, Rango and Gina. I checked and it seems its no longer sold in the big 2.5cu ft blocks anymore. Only in the smaller blocks. Luckily i still have 2 blocks left but if Gina likes it, i might have to go back to paying the hefty price for ReptiChips lol.

And yes i know, i was just using aspen. I like to switch up their substrates here and there. Everyone seems to enjoy the change and seems to make them want to explore more. Gina has never been on it so she was kind of hesitant to get on it. She sat in my hand and sniffed it awhile and then slowly explored her hide while holding onto my fingers with her tail lol. Rangos been on it for awhile before so he took to it like duck on water.

Still havent tried cypress mulch and was thinking of ordering a few bags to try but I've also read it is pretty sharp as its not shredded but kind of like splintered? Anyone that has used the Zoo Med stuff got any input on it?

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I used the zoo med forest floor stuff for years and liked it pretty well. Doesn't hold humidity for quite as long or absorb odors as reptichip/coco husk but does fairly well. For the cost I'd go for reptichip over forest floor though. Unless you've got a good deal on it somewhere.
Also, not having the 2.5cu ft blocks anymore explains why they haven't shipped the other half of my order since it was placed two months ago. Not giving anymore business to greenhouse megastore. They didn't even know that the they had shipped the 2 of 4 blocks I ordered, and then said around the beginning of May that I'd get the second two blocks in a week or two. Never happened.


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Was nice and sunny today so I decided to take some pics of Gina. It turned out to actually be a bit hot and Gina was being a difficult little girl and not wanting to sit still or pose lol.
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Lol I got another one to add. Decided to let Gina hang out on me while I watched TV after being outside. Then I go to put her back in her cage and I think she learned from Vicky, Rosey and Caesar as now she seems to want to do this with the doors open. Either that or she's seeing what Rango is up to :P
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She's so beautiful! I just love her clear colors.

SIGH I still want a Suriname red tail, but I literally have zero room left.. especially after I get a russian rat snake.

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

She's so beautiful! I just love her clear colors.

SIGH I still want a Suriname red tail, but I literally have zero room left.. especially after I get a russian rat snake.

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Haha i hear ya. After my 3 T25s get here, I'll have 2 extra cages. Cant decide between a Peruvian BCC, a BCO, a male version of Gina from Chris Wolf, or a another SD retic like an ultra ivory or something. I've always been a boa guy so I'm leaning towards probably a Peruvian BCC and a nice almost black BCO.

Well, i think Gina is getting ready to shed. She has become antisocial and dark in color. Pretty much exactly what Rosey does when she is getting ready to shed. So soon, we'll see some nice fresh vivid Gina :)