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Re: Caesar progression thread.
Lol what a freak! I've never even offered food while in the act of shedding but I'm sure Phyllis would go for it if I gave her the option. Pics of him with a fresh coat of paint please!
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
Do you provide a Xtra large water bowl for him too soak or does he even do that? Neither of mine have been found in water bowl.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Do you provide a Xtra large water bowl for him too soak or does he even do that? Neither of mine have been found in water bowl.
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Nope all the snakes get the dog bowls from Tractor Supply. Caesar does get to soak sometimes in his 41 qt tub on the floor while i watch tv.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Originally Posted by Sauzo
Beautiful!!!!
Current length an diet an schedule
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Look at the size of that beast's head! He's looking awesome dude!
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Originally Posted by robert7107
Beautiful!!!!
Current length an diet an schedule
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Thanks. He's a little over 7 ft and eats a jumbo rat, XL guinea pig or XXL guinea pig every 10 days or so.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Look at the size of that beast's head! He's looking awesome dude!
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Lol he does have a big head. You should see when he does a big yawn.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Looking good!
Thanks. Now only if he didn't go so bananas when you don't feed him enough lol.
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Looking good.
I'm not on the boards much these days but still have all of my snakes.
Wallace is doing very well.
Good to see Caesar.
Glad I checked in!
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Thanks. Caesar does look good but my god, he's a brat when he wants food haha. You need to lurk the boards more man. You gotta come back and check in in about a week or so at least to see my new Biak GTP lol.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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He looks like his looking for the snooze button lol he only gets more magnificent in every picture :)
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So anyone ever wonder it is like to have a 7+ foot snake hug a giant poop and smear it all over his body, head and then track it around a cage wall and 1 sliding door on an AP 6 foot cage? It's not fun. Forgot to get pics as i was too concerned to get Caesar out of the cage and into his tub with water while i F10SC down the walls and glass doors and scoop out a child sized poop.
After all that, i opened the lid to the tub and he was more than happy to get a nice rub down with a paper towel with just a little F10SC on it. He sat there soaking up the rubbing lol. Luckily it happened during the day on a sunday. Rosey did this to me a long time ago but it was in the middle of the night. I woke up to poop on every part of the cage...walls, floor, doors, ceiling even and she had a giant white urate war stripe painted down the top of her head. That was an all day affair cleaning out the cage and her. Here is an older pic of Caesar doing what he does best...other than eat.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Originally Posted by Sauzo
So anyone ever wonder it is like to have a 7+ foot snake hug a giant poop and smear it all over his body, head and then track it around a cage wall and 1 sliding door on an AP 6 foot cage? It's not fun. Forgot to get pics as i was too concerned to get Caesar out of the cage and into his tub with water while i F10SC down the walls and glass doors and scoop out a child sized poop.
After all that, i opened the lid to the tub and he was more than happy to get a nice rub down with a paper towel with just a little F10SC on it. He sat there soaking up the rubbing lol. Luckily it happened during the day on a sunday. Rosey did this to me a long time ago but it was in the middle of the night. I woke up to poop on every part of the cage...walls, floor, doors, ceiling even and she had a giant white urate war stripe painted down the top of her head. That was an all day affair cleaning out the cage and her. Here is an older pic of Caesar doing what he does best...other than eat.
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Man I love Caesar! He is beautiful!
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Originally Posted by Sauzo
So anyone ever wonder it is like to have a 7+ foot snake hug a giant poop and smear it all over his body, head and then track it around a cage wall and 1 sliding door on an AP 6 foot cage? It's not fun. Forgot to get pics as i was too concerned to get Caesar out of the cage and into his tub with water while i F10SC down the walls and glass doors and scoop out a child sized poop.
After all that, i opened the lid to the tub and he was more than happy to get a nice rub down with a paper towel with just a little F10SC on it. He sat there soaking up the rubbing lol. Luckily it happened during the day on a sunday. Rosey did this to me a long time ago but it was in the middle of the night. I woke up to poop on every part of the cage...walls, floor, doors, ceiling even and she had a giant white urate war stripe painted down the top of her head. That was an all day affair cleaning out the cage and her. Here is an older pic of Caesar doing what he does best...other than eat.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...a3ee56d7_k.jpg
Such a fabulous noodle poop or not he is a real charmer 😍 and who doesn't enjoy a little pampering such a spoiled prince Caesar is 😊
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Havent posted any new pics of Caesar in a while. He finally shed and lasted almost 3 weeks with no food during the shed. And after shedding, he takes a huge piss, greets me all over the place and then starts pushing at the center beam wanting food haha.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
Looks stunning in that black viv
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Thanks. I hate how the flash washes out his head though. His head is fairly white so it's like the flash just lights it up with overkill lol.
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Well i had my first crisis with Caesar today. Last night after dinner, he seemed to have somehow gotten his upper lip caught between the rat and his tooth. He bit down right through his upper lip. I gave it the night to correct itself but no way it was going to, It was stuck pretty darn good, I tried using my finger to slide his lip down off his tooth but all i did was catch my fingers on a couple teeth and bleed alittle lol. I then broke the end off a q-tip and used that go up to gum line and then slide his lip down off the tooth. Caesar was pissed and afterwards, he just sat there breathing like he ran a marathon. Then he went in his hide. Thank god i got it but i got a couple nice teeth punctures in my finger from it. They got big teeth. The problems with retics lol. Never had it ever happen with a boa.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Originally Posted by Sauzo
Well i had my first crisis with Caesar today. Last night after dinner, he seemed to have somehow gotten his upper lip caught between the rat and his tooth. He bit down right through his upper lip. I gave it the night to correct itself but no way it was going to, It was stuck pretty darn good, I tried using my finger to slide his lip down off his tooth but all i did was catch my fingers on a couple teeth and bleed alittle lol. I then broke the end off a q-tip and used that go up to gum line and then slide his lip down off the tooth. Caesar was pissed and afterwards, he just sat there breathing like he ran a marathon. Then he went in his hide. Thank god i got it but i got a couple nice teeth punctures in my finger from it. They got big teeth. The problems with retics lol. Never had it ever happen with a boa.
Fun is!
Glad both of you are ok!
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
I've had to do that like 4 times with Phyllis... freaking retics lol
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Lol yeah first time for me and boy Caesar was not happy with it. He wrapped around me and after i put him back, he gve me stink eye for awhile. Then he went into his warm hide and shoved it around and now is quiet. I tried to calm him down after i did it and put him back and he was shoving my hand away with his body like a champ haha. Guess that combined with the stink eye said it all, he was not happy.
And they got some big sharp teeth. Like i said, at first i tried to just push his lip down to unhook it from the tooth which didnt work. Then i tried to use the tip of my finger and got 2 fingers caught on teeth which are sharp as heck and i was bleeding now lol. So i put Caesar down, got a q-tip and broke the end off and did it that way.
And my god, 4 times!? I am not looking forward to having to do it again. Wonder how it gets worked out in the wild.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
Yeah probably 4 times unhooking a tooth, once to dig a couple broken teeth out, a few other times to get some mulch out of her mouth. We're both used to it now. Harder with a 16lb+ snake though hahah
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Well, Caesar and i were both new to this and we both suffered lol. Me with a couple bloody fingers and Caesar pissed off with me restraining his head. Was his first time with me doing it and like i said, he was pissed. Shoved my hand away a number of times, gave me stank eye, shoved his hide around while inside it. He was a little better after a couple hours. I was able to lift his hide and pet him some but he still shoved my hand away a couple times and wasnt his social greeting self lol. Think he is still a little pissed at me. Should be fine by tomorrow. I would offer him a peace offering of a guinea pig but he just ate the rat last night which caused this whole fiasco haha.
And yeah, a large snake is a handful. Caesar wrapped around me and my leg and kept trying to pull his head free. I had to shove his body back in the cage and let his head go and then he sat there breathing heavy and shoving my hand like a madman as i was petting him to reassure him it was ok. He was having nothing to do with my condolences haha.
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I think Caesar outgrew his cage!!
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J/K. I crammed him into my extra T8 while i was cleaning his cage. He definitely fills out the T8 lol.
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I agree, he’s a big boy and he looks great.
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Thanks. He was being a handful today lol. I tried to give him a bath since he was sleeping in his poop and we ended up having a wrestling match in the tub lol. I won though but i gave in a little and didnt bother to dry him or actually scrub him down. I just rubbed my hands all over him and then shoved him in his cage lol. He was all worked up. He took a drink of water and then calmed down and sat by me at an open door lol.
And for those thinking a T8 might work for a retic...it wont!! Caesar barely had room to turn his head when he tried to stand up. He did get pissed though and started pushing in there haha.
He is pretty awesome. He raises my blood pressure a lot and pisses me off a lot but i love the guy.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Thanks. He was being a handful today lol. I tried to give him a bath since he was sleeping in his poop and we ended up having a wrestling match in the tub lol. I won though but i gave in a little and didnt bother to dry him or actually scrub him down. I just rubbed my hands all over him and then shoved him in his cage lol. He was all worked up. He took a drink of water and then calmed down and sat by me at an open door lol.
And for those thinking a T8 might work for a retic...it wont!! Caesar barely had room to turn his head when he tried to stand up. He did get pissed though and started pushing in there haha.
He is pretty awesome. He raises my blood pressure a lot and pisses me off a lot but i love the guy.
Gotta love personality, right?
He sounds like a lot of fun, but also, like a lot of snake! I will stick with corns, BP's, and BCI's, thank you very much! To each his own though; pretty cool that you really enjoy him Sauzo. As much fun as it would be to have snake with that much personality, I know my limits! To me, Behira, my BCI, has a lot of personality (and even my BP Shayna, but to a lesser extent, and Figment my corn, but he is docile and darty so I might be confusing that with personality). My geckos exhibit some personality too and are easier to read than my snakes, but there emotions only run from shy, to outgoing, to curious. Frank, my Blue Tongue Skink, takes the cake though. He can be content, happy, angry, annoyed, and is very expressive. He shows angry really well and will happily give you the evil eye, or even hiss, but he is all bark.
To me it's hard to imagine a snake showing as much emotion/personality as Frank, for example, but it sounds like Retics run the whole gambit.
Anyway, I guess I will just live vicariously through you retic guys!
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
Gene's doimg ok in his T10. Need a big ass cage soon!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...656c3c001a.jpg
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Yeah but Gene doesnt seem as pushy as Caesar. I swear i spoiled him as a baby and now he is a forceful little brat when he doesnt get what he wants. I swear when i he wants attention, he will push on that center brace until i open the cage door and pet him for about 20 mins. Then he will usually calm down and go back in his hide lol. When i put him in that T8, first thing he did after exploring it was push...and push...and push some more. I guess it was a sign he wasnt happy in there.
And yeah, Gene needs to step up to the big boys with a T25 with a shelf :) It's funny how when i look at that first pic of Caesar when i got him, he was so tiny compared to now. I need to get a measurement because i really think he is longer than 7-8 feet. Last night when i was taking him out of the T8 and carrying him over to the tub, i had him slung over my shoulder and his head was down to my butt and his butt was down to my knee or even a little lower as i was worried about stepping on his tail lol. I miss the days when he was just a little worm that was so calm and quiet. Now he is a pushy brat sometimes that i need like 4 hands to keep up with his wanting to go a certain direction. I'm just so glad he doesnt have a temper. After the tooth on lip fiasco and seeing how sharp, big and plentiful his teeth are, it would really hurt to get bit. Heck i snagged my finger on a couple teeth and they instantly went in and i started bleeding. And that was with just a little slip. My god, if he chomped down on my hand or arm, I'd probably be spray painting the walls in blood red :rage::P
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I seen pictures of baby Caesar it was written in the stars he find you for his pampering and fabulous name he is awesome in every sense of the word thank you so much for share the journey with us I always look forward to see updates on him such a silly snek for sure :P:bow:
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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I seen pictures of baby Caesar it was written in the stars he find you for his pampering and fabulous name he is awesome in every sense of the word thank you so much for share the journey with us I always look forward to see updates on him such a silly snek for sure :P:bow:
Thanks. I try and pamper all my snakes although Dottie and Luna do things to get stuff taken away. Dottie curls up on top of her plant and almost flattened it and i caught Luna digging and pushing the dirt out of the plant pot lol. Poor Parlor Palm almost died but i think it is making a recovery in Gina's cage. I probably will buy Dottie and Luna some fake foliage here soon so they have a little color in their cages too and something to mess with that they cant kill.
Caesar did manage to break a leaf off his plant though. All the snakes seem intrigued with organic potting soil and stuff their heads in it at least once to check it out. Caught everyone except Louie with evidence on the end of their snouts at night haha.
And i think i am making progress with Caesar's pushing. I changed his substrate back to aspen and with the live plant, he is active at night and all over the front doors but he doesnt push. He just stares out the doors and will rub up and down on them. Maybe it was the odor of stale air and moisture? I have no idea but this is serious progress!! If i can get Caesar to stop pushing like a demon, it will be a win. I dont care if he paces the front and surfs up and down the doors and cralws all over, just quit using 1/3 of your body to shake the cage stack with pushing haha.
And i still cant get over how Caesar fit in 1 hand when i got him. I never look at that first pic and i did a couple days ago and it blew me away as i see him every night and give him his rubdowns and attention. Glad the boas grow slow so i have lots of little babies to play with still or i might have had to buy another baby snake lol.
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That's wonderful news Caesar is way to handsome to be mashing his face into things especial since there really is no need he knows dinner is coming, sorry those silly noodles are tear up their beautiful foliage but I guess that's their job and they do it well 🐍🌱 do you think you'll ever have baby Caesar's? That be too much bet he father a gorgeous clutch of noodles but don't blame you if breeding isn't in your plans or maybe Ceasars plans either lol best wishes to all your gorgeous animals I hope one day I can have a retic half as grand as Caesar 😻
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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That's wonderful news Caesar is way to handsome to be mashing his face into things especial since there really is no need he knows dinner is coming, sorry those silly noodles are tear up their beautiful foliage but I guess that's their job and they do it well 🐍🌱 do you think you'll ever have baby Caesar's? That be too much bet he father a gorgeous clutch of noodles but don't blame you if breeding isn't in your plans or maybe Ceasars plans either lol best wishes to all your gorgeous animals I hope one day I can have a retic half as grand as Caesar 😻
Thanks for the kind words. I doubt i will ever breed any of my snakes. I know the chances are very slim but if i ended losing one of them due to breeding complications, i would be heartbroken. Weird as it sounds, all these little guys and gals are like my scaly kids. I would be heartbroken if i ever had to even sell any of them lol.
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You know, sometimes retics arent the sharpest tool in the shed. I open Caesar's cage and lay a jumbo rat down on top of his warm hide. He flies out like a bat outta hell and cruises over to the door as i close it. He then windshield washes the door like he's starving to death while looking at me. Meanwhile there is dinner directly behind him on the hide. After about 10 mins of staring at me, windshield wiping and circling the warm hide, he finally looks on top and 'behold!!', he sees dinner. He snatches it, wraps it and eats it. Then he crawls into the warm hide and goes back to sleep lol.
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Caesar just wanted to have a little dancing before his dinner for tonight lol , I can only image him looking at you like "Dad silver plate is missing where's my dinner?" If only every snake had someone who understand and can read their body language as well as you do thank you so much for always sharing your wisdom and witty humor 😂😊 And agree it be horrible for anything to happen when breeding Caesar probably just cruise the enclosure thinking you lost your mind like this isn't my home or my dinner what gives 😁
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Been awhile so here is Caesar saying 'Hello' with his big washed out head lol. I need to get a better camera than a point and click pocket camera. Caesar's head has turned more or less white so it just reflects that flash like the sun!!. You can see Vic below sneaking herself into the pic too lol.
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They are both gorgeous noodles ��, how old is Vic she looks so tiny compared to Caesar?
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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They are both gorgeous noodles ��, how old is Vic she looks so tiny compared to Caesar?
Thanks. Vic is 4 years old lol. She's about 6 feet. Caesar is just a goliath. For a super dwarf, he isnt much of a dwarf haha. He is even bigger than Rosey who is about 5 1/2 years old or a little more and 6.5 feet.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
Caesar's looking as handsome as ever Sauzo.
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Caesar's looking as handsome as ever Sauzo.
Thanks man. He is one of my little treasures. The guy is such a trouble maker and makes me pull my hair out but i love the fat worm :D
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Good ole Caesar sawing some logs after a nice petting session this morning lol. Guy is such a lush and attention hog of a snake :)
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Wow he's looking really great! How has he been with the pushing and the potted plant?
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Wow he's looking really great! How has he been with the pushing and the potted plant?
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Thanks. Since i put the plant in there, he really doesnt push unless it is around feeding day. Otherwise he is fairly quiet. He does wander around the cage and windshield wipe here and there but none of the focused center brace pushing like he wants to get out.
As for the plant, he did dig in the soil alittle when i first gave it to him and stuffed his head in the plant and played around like he was in a jungle haha. But now he really doesnt care too much. He will sometimes look at a leaf and flick his tongue on it a few times but thats about it.
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He is gorgeous, glad he is realizing that there is no need to be pushing around dinner is on the way without hurting that fabulous face, glad he gave up his gardening habits too before his pretty plant looks like I got my hands on it (two black thumbs a girl tries) love up dates on this handsome fella he truly is a rock star :P
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Caught Caesar sleeping up on the shelf today. He was being stealthy jungle ninja snake but once he saw no food, he back pedaled into the plant and went back to sleep lol. A couple of the pics are kind of blurry but Caesar wasnt cooperating plus I'm not using a high tech fancy camera...just a cheapo point and click pocket job. I need to get a real camera so i can take those nice fancy pics :D I title this post...'Caesar of the Jungle'
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Re: Caesar progression thread.
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Love those pictures! What kind of plant is that?
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Love those pictures! What kind of plant is that?
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Thanks. It's a golden pothos. Got them in all the bigger cages. Going to pick up another one for the other side for the big cages plus some silk vines(with no chain linking for Caesar to get stuck in again lol) as well some plastic box greenery. Want to spice up the cgaes for everyone but going to have to do one cage at a time as plastic plants have really gone up in price since i was a kid. i mean $25 for a 6 foot plastic vine.......and $10 each for plastic box greenery.....sheesh. Goint to start out with the smaller cages first and see how they work out and then i can use them as a template to figure how much i need for the 6 foot cages. I really hope the big boas and Caesar dont wreck the stuff lol.
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