Greetings and question

I know what you mean, I'm sure Kashmire is sick of me taking pictures of him, and my camera hasn't gotten so much use in a long time! I even killed the batteries and had to replace them! LOL


By the way, I checked out your gallery, and he really has made some dramatic color changes since you got him in May! Amazing!

I want a cam soooooooooooooo bad. One more major car repair coming up and then maybe maybe I can squeeze even a cheap cam out of this horrible budget of mine! Actually got a line on a decently priced, used one that a friend's mom might sell me as she's upgraded. So might not be the best of pics but it'll be something (if I get it that is).

I'd love to take a pic of Punkin outside. I don't know if it's the natural light or what but she's got an almost olive tone or wash to her. Her white markings aren't white or cream, they are sort of greenish in natural light??? Just cannot wait to see what this shed will bring with her as I'm convinced that the long term underfeeding couldn't have been good for her scale quality. She seems so much shiner and less "dirty" looking as time goes on.

Thanks for your kind thoughts Khara but we are just a family that took in one snake that wasn't really abused, just more of a case where the owners didn't really understand Punky's true needs and she ended up more of a failure to thrive thing. People like Rusty who spends countless hours and I'm sure countless dollars, let alone the emotional cost when some don't make it.....now those are the ones I stand in awe of.


~~Jo~~

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I'd love to take a pic of Punkin outside. I don't know if it's the natural light or what but she's got an almost olive tone or wash to her. Her white markings aren't white or cream, they are sort of greenish in natural light??? ~~Jo~~

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Yeah, just keep on teasing me with the descriptions, Jo! :P

Robin, I love the pics of Kashmire. Kashmire is a cutie. I also love the tank with all the plants. Do you ever have any trouble with Kashmire knocking things over. I know that Sobe loves to move his digital thermometer around and knock it over. LOL. :D

Jo, it's still really is a great thing you did taking Punkin in and giving the poor baby a proper home and care. Not everyone would be willing to take that on y'know? I hope you can get a cam soon. I'd love to see pics of Punkin. :)

Khara,


Right now, the only "plants" that Kashmire has are the ones on top of his cool side hide, and that's a pretty sturdy hide.

He did used to knock over his digital therm/hygrometer, but thanks to Jo's suggestion, it's now velcroed to the inside of the tank and he's small enough that his weight doesn't knock it over, plus he's pretty much gotten over trying to climb on it anyway. He prefers climbing on his cool side hide now.

I can't believe how big he's getting now. I got him July 7th, and he weighed 70 grams, went through an infestation of internal parasites (thank you Adam again, I'll thank you forever, for encouraging me to get him to a vet when he regurged his first meal with me), got over that with treatment, and tonight when I took the little fatty out, he weighed 146 grams! He seems to be bursting out of his skin, but no signs of shed right now. And he's just eating one mouse a week right now. Offered two, but normally just takes one.

Robin

Wow Robin 146! Go Kashie...go Kashie!

Thanks again Khara, we really are thrilled to have a chance to see Punkin just blossoming under our eyes and developing a much improved feeding response. We suspect Punky was fed in an overly small feeding tub as at first she didn't seem to know how to really strike a mouse and would stare very oddly straight upwards, as if she expected the mouse to be flying overhead???? It took her a bit but she clued in that mice don't fly LOL and now does a much more efficient job of nailing her pre-killed mice.

I'm waiting with baited breath right now for her shed (hopefully tomorrow) as I'm dying to see what the increase in proper nutrition and husbandry might produce.


~~Jo~~