Hector's progress thread.

Thanks pal, I did adjust the contrast and shadows ect but made for a nice shot... He was posing in a nice position so grabbed the phone and took it inside the Viv, a little risky with a retic on feed day but he behaved and is still small enough eek.

Great muscle tone... looks healthy as a horse. [emoji108][emoji2533][emoji108][emoji2533][emoji108][emoji2533][emoji216]


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Cheers pal, the new fogger has made him very happy I think, scales look immaculate and he seems to be holding his colours.
He would eat every day but I only feed him once a week a 50g weaner rat, about his body diameter.
He is still growing well, almost doubled in weight since November.
Had him out for a photo session just now....
He is such a cool boy.
https://i.imgur.com/caKYFZ6.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/oe8Dvew.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/8mNXJR8.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/Oulhb73.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/IVQKJ13.jpg

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Can't wait to get some outside pics, too cold here for a few months yet. Can really see his iridescence in some of those which is nice, chair made a nice photo prop on the table, it's a shame it's almost his colour tho... Wonder if the missus would notice if I painted one white:-)
Starting look like a bigger snake now, puppy/noodle stage is disappearing fast haha!

Really great pics Mr Justin,look great

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Thanks pal, it's all about props and the edit tbh.
I may be up to your standard one day;-)

High Percentage Kalatoas can easily stay under 10ft. Especially a male.

Yeah I know, all comes down to his true genetics I guess..
He went from breeder to store to me.
In 3 months he has doubled in size from 280g-580gish, apparently hes cb17, if he is actually cb18 I'd say he is well within mainland-dwarf territory, at that rate in 9 months he could be circa 5kg and 9-10ft no?

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Few from tonight:-)

Hector looking great in His Viv Justin

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Thanks rich. His nose is slowly healing. He had a few nasty wounds when I got him back in November. First year of his life in a small tub had him pushing slot.
Bless him. Should all heal up eventually... Hopefully.

He's a beauty!!

Thanks pal, he is my baby, so well behaved to, I can rub under his chin. Just reach in and pick him up when it's not approaching feed day, just to be safe.
Retics are so alert, when I clean his front glass he comes straight over. I don't think I could have picked a better snake to keep now I only have one. The humidifier is ground breaking for him too, he is perfect physically and in attitude:-)
https://i.imgur.com/eyI5uit.jpg

He looks amazing. Happy you are taking such great care of him.

He had his first full shed yesterday, well one tiny bit over his eye that peeled straight off. So much better than 7million pieces and a 20min soak.
Happy snake happy owner:-)

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That's great news he had a proper shed for you, Viv looks really great.
The photos are excellent too Justin

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Yeah it seems to be a real issue with alot of retics.
Fogger is doing its job, in my humble experience it's almost a necessity with snakes that need a higher humidity or have trouble shedding imo. It's very easy to get a pretty much constant humidity.

Throat strike:-)

https://i.imgur.com/vVVFDiA.jpg

328g 13th Nov empty
569g 17th January empty
964g 25th March fed small rat 2 days ago.

328g 13th Nov 2018 empty.
569g 17th January empty.
964g 25th March fed small rat 2 days before.
988g 7th may 2019 completely empty, not fed for 14days.

Safe to say he is a high percentage SD I think:-)

Full shed after full shed, humidifier is amazing. Still going strong.https://i.imgur.com/fbtIP8i.jpg

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