Coral Glow Progression Thread / General Photo Dump!

Gosh, what a beautiful little snake :)

Seeing yours makes me want to get a coral glow now. So many beautiful snakes and so little space.

First feeding going down tonight! I'm gonna bring home some F/T weanling mice and try one to see how it goes. He seems to be pretty settled in, although I've noticed he isn't interested in his hide, at least I never see him in it. He seems to be in a calm sort of body position, he's not balled up or ready to strike and I suppose he's had a bit of water because it seemed to go everywhere. When I move things around in the tank he turns his head to check me out but doesn't really seem all that bothered, just a bit curious.

First night he definitely climbed a bit for a couple hours, but then he seemed to be exploring and smelling the air, second night he was a bit restless still exploring, and now he's just chilling on top of his hide. I'm gonna pick up a smaller hide as well and see if perhaps it's just too big for him because I've seen a similar topic on the forums before.

I'm really hoping that he'll take the bait today so in a couple of days I can handle him a bit and maybe get some nice late valentine's day photos :D Not sure if I'm gonna record the first feeding because I might look like a doof (I have never ever fed anything a dead animal) but it might be fun to record every attempt. I have a feeling he wont take it because my parents came yesterday and were staring at him a lot and like talking loudly (my mom is fearful of snakes) and I noticed that he flinched when she started making lots of EEW SCARY noises. But he also seems pretty well adjusted and calm when I change his water and substrate so, we will see!

Hope the feeding goes well .... If there's any problem try this proven method :-

I let the rat /mouse thaw naturally in the snake room or on a heat mat if I'm short of time - rather than using warm water which has to wash away the smell somewhat - which surely can't help - even if they strike at a heat source ....

I wait until the Royal is in the hide and dangle in front of the entrance ..

If it's not grabbed and dragged into the hide - I use a hairdryer on it for 20 seconds , then offer the rat/mouse IMMEDIATELY on a pair of tongs - whilst it's still warm . Then repeat the heating and offering until it's grabbed .

Sometimes takes 6 or 7 attempts BUT if they show a tiny bit of interest- it works virtually every time.

If they're completely off their food or in shed mode then they possibly won't show any interest at all and then you're gonna struggle until they're really ready to eat .



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Nice vid and gorgeous coral glow!!!:

Yayyyy he ate! He was actually super into it, I think he was pretty hungry :o It was actually fun, haha what a weird experience. I took some video but you can't really see him because I had to use my laptop to film. Really cool.

Excellent


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https://youtu.be/k-o9_FuwP4c?t=57s

Video, you can't really see him but man, you can hear him! WHAM!

congrats, he sure is a pretty boy! i vote u should name him La Luz! there's a cool band here in Seattle named La Luz and the name sounds like the lulz. lol. anyway how did u snap and make a BP appear? magic!

Can't wait for your little guy to get more spots!! He seems extremely bright so I'm excited to see how he'll look when he's an adult. Mine is slowly starting to brown out but he's still beautiful (he seems to be keeping the oranges on him) and a silly little noodle.