Epic's journey

Just a few cell shots of Epic and his noms. I should have gotten out the good camera.

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wheres the green? lol cool pics though, as always.

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Originally Posted by TheSnakeGeek

wheres the green? lol cool pics though, as always.

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He's not even a year old yet. We got a ways to go till we see some real green. :) And thanks, these were just cell shots.

Wow, that's such a neat idea. I'm always torn about these guys because the adults are so pretty and it's neat to watch them change, but the babies are just so stunning! Can't wait to see what's to come!

What a gorgeous snake! I never really witnessed the color change with these guys, makes me want to get one someday. Isn't there one locality of GTP that are more docile and can be handled more? I forgot the scientific name.

He is getting so big, oh goodness.

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Very very beautiful DooLittle.

What an awesome idea! I think I might have to steal it for my little GTP ;). Yours is beautiful by the way!

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Originally Posted by DSpythons

What a gorgeous snake! I never really witnessed the color change with these guys, makes me want to get one someday. Isn't there one locality of GTP that are more docile and can be handled more? I forgot the scientific name.

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As with any snake, they are individuals that can have personality on both ends of the scale and anywhere in between. I only have experience with him, but he's been awesome. You don't go in their tubs after dark though, they go into hunt mode in the dark. I have actually seen Epic doing the caudual (sp?) Luring with his tail thing twice in the last week. After its gotten dark and I go in the room and turn on a light. And he's working that adorable little tail! :p

About the locales though, from what I have read alot of, Biaks are typically the meanest. While Jaya's and Aru's seem to be more chill. But you will meet people with friendly Biaks and mean Arus. Nothing is carved in stone.

Definitely following. Thanks for doing this - it will be really fascinating to follow Epic as he grows. I hope to keep a GTP, or two, or three... at some stage in the future, although as I have yet to keep a snake at all I want to gain some experience with another species first. I'll live vicariously through your experiences with Epic for the time being, and hopefully do some learning along the way. Really great that newbies have easy access to this kind of information thanks to forums and people like yourself who are willing to document their experiences :). Epic is so, so stunning by the way!

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Definitely following. Thanks for doing this - it will be really fascinating to follow Epic as he grows. I hope to keep a GTP, or two, or three... at some stage in the future, although as I have yet to keep a snake at all I want to gain some experience with another species first. I'll live vicariously through your experiences with Epic for the time being, and hopefully do some learning along the way. Really great that newbies have easy access to this kind of information thanks to forums and people like yourself who are willing to document their experiences :). Epic is so, so stunning by the way!

Epic came out and off his perch last night. So far he has been a perfect gentleman while out. He just gets his little mist when I first open his tub, then he's like ok, no food this time, lol. He still just has the one, lone green scale. Sorry for cell pics.

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Thanks for looking. :)

I missed these 2. One you can kind of see his green scale better. The other you can see he is getting some size. He was soooo tiny when I got him.

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Nice! I figured we would be greening up quite a bit by now, but I have never owned one so I wouldn't really know.

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Originally Posted by Andybill

Nice! I figured we would be greening up quite a bit by now, but I have never owned one so I wouldn't really know.

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Thanks! They usually start at about a year old. And then they can go fast, or take their time. He isn't a year until December. So he should start changing pretty good here soon.

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Originally Posted by DooLittle

Thanks! They usually start at about a year old. And then they can go fast, or take their time. He isn't a year until December. So he should start changing pretty good here soon.

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Just don't hold your breath. Our little GTP is 20 months now, and only has about 3 very faint green scales. Epic looks good.

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Originally Posted by DooLittle

Thanks! They usually start at about a year old. And then they can go fast, or take their time. He isn't a year until December. So he should start changing pretty good here soon.

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Well IMO the longer he keeps his colors the better. He is awesome!

very cool thread. great pictures

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Well IMO the longer he keeps his colors the better. He is awesome!

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Thanks! Yeah I like him yellow too. I don't really care how long it takes him. I wondered what his adult green would end up like, and if his one scale is any clue, he's going to be the pretty lime green I had hoped for. :)

Cleaning Epic last night, look what I found! Another green scale, as well as some blue coming in! He's still small, so I didn't notice the blue until I got the pictures loaded to my phone. Much easier to see on a macro picture than a busy moving snake. I can't believe he is a year old!

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What a great set of photos! Thanks for updating this thread.

It looks like we have photographers in training of the same age. Do you have any suggestions from teaching your kid to shoot? (Please remember I'm not as skilled a photographer as you!) Do you let her use the "good" camera? I'm a bit protective of mine.

I don't mean to hijack the thread, so feel free to pm me or start another thread over in photography!

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What a great set of photos! Thanks for updating this thread.

It looks like we have photographers in training of the same age. Do you have any suggestions from teaching your kid to shoot? (Please remember I'm not as skilled a photographer as you!) Do you let her use the "good" camera? I'm a bit protective of mine.

I don't mean to hijack the thread, so feel free to pm me or start another thread over in photography!

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So funny that you say that "protective". Yes, I very much so am of mine too. Lol, I don't like even hubby to use it. I do occasionally let my daughter use it if she is helping take pictures of the snakes. She has taken some pictures at the zoo. She has taken some pictures of her spiders. And I hover all the while reminding her not to drop it or touch the lens, lol (while slightly panicking inside :p). She does have a camera of her own to do whatever she wants with, but she likes mine better.

As far as tips, I'm not sure. I'm not a professional or anything. Just a girl with a nice camera that loves to take pictures. Heck, I still have not taken my camera out of auto mode. But I have been an avid picture taker her whole life, so she has grown up with me stuffing a camera in her face and watching me take pictures of everything. She seems to be developing a love for it too.

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So funny that you say that "protective". Yes, I very much so am of mine too. Lol, I don't like even hubby to use it. I do occasionally let my daughter use it if she is helping take pictures of the snakes. She has taken some pictures at the zoo. She has taken some pictures of her spiders. And I hover all the while reminding her not to drop it or touch the lens, lol (while slightly panicking inside :p). She does have a camera of her own to do whatever she wants with, but she likes mine better.

As far as tips, I'm not sure. I'm not a professional or anything. Just a girl with a nice camera that loves to take pictures. Heck, I still have not taken my camera out of auto mode. But I have been an avid picture taker her whole life, so she has grown up with me stuffing a camera in her face and watching me take pictures of everything. She seems to be developing a love for it too.

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You really only shoot in auto? I feel so much better!

My son has a camera designed for kids, which has the equivalent of roll bars on it. Takes tons of photos, but then erases and just takes more instead of saving! If I do let him use my baby, I'll probably set it up on a tripod first, so that he doesn't have to hold AND shoot it.

OK, enough thread hijacking, thanks for the answer!

We have a fresh shed Epic! But once again, only a few crummy phone pics. I need to get a cool perching prop and get him in the light tent. We only have 2 or 3 green scales, but his maroon markings are lightening up, turning purple on their way to blue. You can see its working it's way up his body. Lighter markings on the body, whereas still maroon on his head and neck in this picture-
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/15/2uvamede.jpg

And a bit in this one too-
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Crummy pic of his cute little tail (hard to take a one handed snake photo, lol)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/15/9yvejy5u.jpg

And his one really green scale...
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And a better one-
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/15/hyrymezy.jpg

He wasn't interested in getting off my daughter and back on his perch, lol. She was making a perfectly fine perch...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/15/uqusuge4.jpg

That's all for now, thanks for looking!

You need something to contrast his color.....something bone white....something cool.....like a skull....just saying.

He's purdy. :gj:

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Originally Posted by h20hunter

You need something to contrast his color.....something bone white....something cool.....like a skull....just saying.

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Wonder where I could get one of those...;) That would be cool.

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Originally Posted by Pyrate81

He's purdy. :gj:

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Thanks. :)

Had Epic out for cleaning. Snapped just a pic or two.

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More green!! Will his eyes change too, or stay gold? Saw a red GTP in the egg, it's eyes were the same hue as it's body so I didn't know if they have the same rate of change.

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Originally Posted by Archimedes

More green!! Will his eyes change too, or stay gold? Saw a red GTP in the egg, it's eyes were the same hue as it's body so I didn't know if they have the same rate of change.

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From what I've seen and understand, it will stay a goldish shade.

I made a whole photo bomb thread already, but here are a few pics to keep this thread current.

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Definitely going to start following this guys journey. I already told you how much I liked him in the other post and looking at this thread watching him grow makes me want one even more.

A journey of Epic proportions indeed. Long an arduous is the path this little one takes. Over a perch and onto a heat mat it goes, venturing from the top of its tub to the bottom and back again. Many battles shall be fought with many mice laying sprawled in brown piles across the battle field. As these stories unfold the will be told for generations to come. Behold, as this Epicness is told to be recorded in the annals of all that is snake and may he be immortalized in the halls of Morelia.

<< dork :D

^^^ yes, dork :p

HOLY COW! Have I got some color change for you guys! Epic literally had a MASSIVE color change OVERNIGHT... I check him nightly, he didn't look like this the night before. When I peeked in last night, I was like "What the heck?" Thought it was just the lighting in the bedroom (it was late and dark). I kinda figured he would go a scale at a time, but this is just crazy cool to see and watch happen! So I had to get some pictures! I need to get him in the light tent. When I peeked in this morning, I swear he had changed even more.

The first picture I took last week (still daffodil yellow) the second was what I discovered last night! Just so you can see how much he changed, for comparison. I still can't believe he did it in a day...

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My little boy is growing up! :p. The bright yellow is gone. He is now a dark mustardy/greenish shade. And his markings have gotten light gray/purple/blueish.

oooooo. Very cool. Ty for update. :gj:

is this some kinda April fools joke? :P Amazing!

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Wow that is some serious color change! So cool!

Is that blue permanent?? (obviously in the loosest sense of the word, these guys have so much personal variation...)

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Yes, the blue shouldn't go away. It may change in shade, I think he should get more blue than gray/blue. Jaya's typically wind up blue. Which is what I wanted in a gtp, was green and blue... Sorongs also are know for being docile and blue. I couldn't find a Sorong when I started my gtp search. But I am totally happy with Epic. His demeanor is great, and he looks like he is going to be drop dead sexy!! :)

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is this some kinda April fools joke? :P Amazing!

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Funny, I didn't even think of April fools, lol... But, the pics don't lie, just like Shakira's hips. :p:D

OMG he's gonna be blue?! Where's the drool smiley... holy :cow: Well this is the closest I could find. ;) :hump:


For the record, the pics of him look faded green to me with no blue.

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OMG he's gonna be blue?! Where's the drool smiley... holy :cow: Well this is the closest I could find. ;) :hump:


For the record, the pics of him look faded green to me with no blue.

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Well, green body, but his dorsal and other markings will be blue. Any thing that was a maroon marking previously, will/should be blue.

I had to take him out last night and check him out. He looks SO cool! (And greener and bluer, I think, than the night before) I took a few cell photos, a couple are blurry, hard to do one handed and he was moving. However, the blurry ones really show the green on his body. So-

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And then I decided I needed to go get the camera and try to catch what his colors really looked like. I didn't get the tent out (I was taking pictures while I cooked dinner, lol), which I think would have really caught what I was seeing. But these aren't too bad, he was still on the move, so I only got a few.

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Holy moly! He really did get even greener and more blue this past night!

Yeah, he does look darker on both colors. :thumb up:

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Absolutely BEAU-tiful snake! How long does it normally take for GPTs to go from yellow/red to the green colors?

That blue just pops so much I love it!

I love how he looks now! The blues are really awesome.

I'll miss the yellow epic tho. Does anyone else wish GTPs didn't change colors? I love the yellow/orange/maroon colors they are as babies

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Wow that's such a big difference in a short amount of time that's amazing