Newbee question - about color change in females

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Originally Posted by tikigator

If you want to weigh your snake do not stress them by bagging them....simply put a small tub or bucket on the scale, take the snake out on the perch and rest the perch on the tub or bucket. Then weigh the tub and another perch separate and subtract. Why stress your snake?? Keep it simple. You really don't need to weigh....just post a picture!! Lol.

We have the largest collection of designer chondros in the nation.......trust me on the mouse thing. ;)

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If your going to weigh a snake I think a bag is much more simple than your suggestion. Your suggestion is good until the snake decides it is leaving. My gtp is pretty good and will usually lay in the bowl without complaint. I don't think that being bagged is going to stress it any more than removing it on the perch and carrying it around. A bag is like a hide to a snake. They will usually crawl in by themselves.

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Originally Posted by tikigator

Putting up a thread for you in a minute :)

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I have a feeling I'm about to be very jealous!

I dunno we have over 100 chondros and none of them like to leave the perch. None of them. We never take them off the perch unless we are #1 soaking them due to difficult shed (which is a rarity, usually babies that have a difficult time shedding on their own) #2 breeding, in which case the males are crusing looking for a female and are more than willing to leave the enclosure. or #3 obviously shipping and when we ship and put them in a snake bag, I have to this date never had a chondro willingly go in a snake bag and not try desperately to get out. So....I dunno...you must have an odd ball :) I just give advise based on what I know. I do this everyday of my life....so I know what works for me and what is easy. None of our chondros use hides. Females will use nestboxes when gravid but aside from that they all perch. My carpets are another story.....lol

Maybe he is odd, he is mine. ;)

He really is a good boy and really doesn't give me any trouble as long as I don't surprise him.

I handle all my snakes and I'm lucky that none protest. I have a very friendly collection, well my new blood trio is settling down but are doing very good for their age.

I'm sure dealing with the volume you do weighing in your preferred manner is easier. I sadly only have one though so for me the bowl works just fine. I hope to have another over this next year or maybe a ETB. Fingers crossed. Feel free to send me one of those blue ones. You won't miss just one.:D

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Originally Posted by KMG

Feel free to send me one of those blue ones. You won't miss just one.:D

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We will have a few blueline clutches this year and next....just lemme know ;)

I'll try and get a photo tonight and post it. Maybe put something in the photo for scale. Puffers has gone from dull to bright green again, so I suspect she will shed very soon. I've noticed her eyes don't cloud up like my Ball Pythons do. Is that true all all the GTPs or am I just not seeing it?

Andy-:snake:

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Originally Posted by Andys-Python

I'll try and get a photo tonight and post it. Maybe put something in the photo for scale. Puffers has gone from dull to bright green again, so I suspect she will shed very soon. I've noticed her eyes don't cloud up like my Ball Pythons do. Is that true all all the GTPs or am I just not seeing it?

Andy-:snake:

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Correct....they go opaque but not blue like balls. Sometimes its easy to miss the begininng of a shed because it is so subtle with some chondros. Usually the tell all for good feeders is they will go off feed. Just make sure humidity is HIGH over the next few days until she sheds. I usually will dump out the wster bowl into bottom of enclosure or tub soaking the newspaper....you should see condensation on the glass of your enclosure or tub.

I wouldn't say SHOULD see condensation. I can keep over 80% humidity and in my snake room I never get condensation but have easy sheds. I don't know if my glass doors have something to do with it.

I wasn't able to get any photos last night, but when I got up this morning, Puffers was in the middle of her shed. So I took some photos and gathered some information:

http://www.orchidenterprise.com/Life..._5-2-13_01.jpg

I put a dollar bill in the photo to show size - 6 inches to the bill

http://www.orchidenterprise.com/Life..._5-2-13_02.jpg

The tallest perch is 16 inches. I misted her and her cages becaused it seemed dry and to help the shed come off better.

http://www.orchidenterprise.com/Life...5-2-13_03a.jpg

After the shed, it's time to get rid of the last meal.....

http://www.orchidenterprise.com/Life...5-2-13_04a.jpg

Time to get weighed......

http://www.orchidenterprise.com/Life...5-2-13_06a.jpg

1112 grams

http://www.orchidenterprise.com/Life...5-2-13_07a.jpg

Spend a little time with Daddy.

http://www.orchidenterprise.com/Life...5-2-13_01a.jpg

Probably not clear here in the pic, but the skin measures over 6 feet now. I tried NOT to stretch it in order to get a more accurate measurment.


Andy-

LOL well she's def a biak and a female but try closer to 3 YEARS! (edited I forgot you had had her for 6 months.....she could have been 18-24mths when you got her but def well over 2 yes now). She's a great looking girl!! And nice clean shed! Biaks can take the longest of any locale to change upto 3-4 yrs but she should be almost done if not completely done with her morph.

I forgot to mention the cage is 24 inches high and 18 inches deep and 18 inches wide.

Andy-:snake: