Jeff Shemesh - VPI T+ Sunglow Motley Jungle het Anery

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by richardhind1972

Ooh very nice kam, sorry to hijac your post dave

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

---

Yes my apologies for that Dave.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by richardhind1972

Ooh very nice kam, sorry to hijac your post dave

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

---

All good Rich and Kam.

Kam - Thanks for the kind words on Jeff. He's awesome.

He's also really yellowing up.

This is him in March, at 2 months old.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/9qoyEz8.jpg

2 Weeks ago at about 10 Months.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/7biOcJT.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/f4sv8J7.jpg

I fed Jeff tonight and he nailed his F/T small mouse with gusto.

He struck it so hard that Katie heard it in the next room. He's really coming into his own.

I love it when the little one's proper nail it. one of mine used to wrestle it turn the viv upside down almost thrashing about, lol

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Jeff is going into his first shed with me. I am super excited. I cannot wait to see his color(s) when he's finished.

I'll post pictures as soon as he's done.

Still waiting on Jeff to shed. He was due to eat yesterday, but I'll feed after shed. I do not want to risk him having a bad shed and he's looking healthy.

I got picture from the breeder of Jeff's mom and his litter. I thought I'd share.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/8d77nH9.jpg

Jeff shed. First time with me! Had a small bit of shed left on the tip of his tail, but a quick soak and it came right off. Overall, very pleased. Once out of quarantine I can get him in a boaphile with great humidity. I am doing what I can in his quarantine tank.

He's looking awesome. He hasn't eaten in a bit and I plan to feed tonight. He went into blue around food night.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/0a1RiGh.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/cN8rrZW.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/fvODIjp.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/i56xnHe.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/gUmoPGO.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/nDZpZaH.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/olvJw7Q.jpg

Incidentally little patches of stubborn skin can easily be removed by wrapping the snake up in a damp / wet rough textured bath towel ...

Just let it wriggle around in the middle of the wrapped up towel and simple use any excess towel to recover the head when it pops out . A good five minutes will usually do the job


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

He is looking fantastic dave.
love the gold vpi colour to him against the orange

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

More pictures of my handsome guy. He's doing great and is such a calm and sweet dude.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/fUw2aqE.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/BBzq2ML.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/Pf3VEo8.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/VClEZbC.jpg?1https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/lbxsm89.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/i4kod4l.jpg?1

He's a stunner dave, that's for sure

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Not the first, and cannot say I am surprised. It's a right of passage for this tank.

Solana and Yafe both did it. It's the quarantine tank and I guess you have to have some fun!

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/d4WYU68.jpg

They put them self's in the most stupid places don't they
Got to love them

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by richardhind1972

They put them self's in the most stupid places don't they
Got to love them

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

---

Yes, they do! I see he also left me a present. I will deal with that tomorrow! 3AM or so here. I had trouble sleeping and happened to check on him.

We celebrated the first night of Hanukkah with my family tonight and I guess we all have a little too much holiday cheer!

Jeff is doing awesome. He will be eating on a 7 day schedule for a little while, but still small mice/weaned mice.

He had been eating about every 10-12 days to get settled in.

He really is a sweetheart and so calm and docile.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/yvYbJkK.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/aDQRgew.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/QkOOBn3.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/V5AlUSz.jpg

Nice snake. I’ve always liked the striped tails on motleys


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Looking great dave

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Jeff happily ate tonight, 7 days after his last feeding. I think he's competing with Feliz now for "Pound for Pound, Hardest Striker" in the Dakski/SunshineWalker house!

He's really coming into his own and I couldn't be happier.

Quick video of Jeff eating. He's hitting the small mice hard but I am not rushing him. He's eating weekly now and no need to try for an extra few grams a meal.

He really hits hard for a little guy. I edited the heck out of the video. Strike, then edits/cuts, then 10X speed, then YAWNS!!!!!!! I zoomed in on the yawns!

Enjoy the video.

https://vimeo.com/384439475

Great video

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Boas are so much fun to feed & watch eating, you can almost feel the constriction, lol... :snake:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Boas are so much fun to feed & watch eating, you can almost feel the constriction, lol... :snake:

---

Agreed. All my boas love to constrict. My corns just grab it and eat most of the time, or constrict for seconds. The boas all hold on for minutes! "I must ensure the prey is deceased....it is no more!"


Nothing like a nice boa H-u-----g........zzzzzzzzzzz - RIP!

Cleaned Jeff's water bowls today and plan to feed tonight. He's such a sweetie and is putting on weight, but I want to get a dry weight before posting. He's looking dapper and let me take a couple of photos.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/akGeBCS.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/N8ImH67.jpg

I love how the t+ motley look he's stunning dave

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Jeff likes to hold it for a while, and left me a big present today. He weighs in dry at 182G now, or about 40G up from when I got him. He could take a small adult mouse, but I am sticking with small/weaned mice (about 13-16G) weekly for a little bit longer. No need to rush him.

He's still a sweetheart and looking handsome as ever.

Bad pictures, but he glows.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/knLiD9P.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/MynDohE.jpg?1

Jeff is building confidence and has zero hesitation now with his meals. I barely got the F/T mouse in his tank tonight and he was striking. Missed the first time but quickly got it the second.

I see a drape in your future Jeff! Darn Boas! Such aggressive eaters, but such SWEETIES the rest of the time. I love them.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by dakski

Jeff is building confidence and has zero hesitation now with his meals. I barely got the F/T mouse in his tank tonight and he was striking. Missed the first time but quickly got it the second.

I see a drape in your future Jeff! Darn Boas! Such aggressive eaters, but such SWEETIES the rest of the time. I love them.

---

They're no fools...they know how to get more decor. ;)

He's looking great dave, some of mine have coiled for about half hour before eating, lol

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by richardhind1972

He's looking great dave, some of mine have coiled for about half hour before eating, lol

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

---

LOL! Feliz is like that, and so is Behira, but not quite as bad. Jeff gets down to business pretty quickly. I joke that I feed Feliz first, and he's still coiled when Yafe, Solana, and Figment, are all done.

Jeff's looking good. He's still a calm boy. He moves out of quarantine in about a week.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/TGSh3v7.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/MLu9bjG.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/f10xeBM.jpg

Jeff has beautiful colors and markings Dave.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

Jeff has beautiful colors and markings Dave.

---

Thanks EL-Ziggy. Pictures, certainly in most light, do not do him justice.

Jeff came off quarantine today and moved into his "life" home, Shayna's old 6X2X1' Boaphile.

He is just going into blue and the humidity is much better and more stable in that tank (relative to his quarantine tank) so that should help him have a great shed.

He went in this evening and spent about an hour exploring a before the lights went out.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/ZcuUCti.jpg

Happy End-Of-Quarantine-Day, Jeff! :cool:

You look a bit "lost" in there, but you'll grow...;)

Looking great dave, he should love his new home

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Jeff Shed Saturday night and I removed it, took a quick look to make sure he got it all, and then fed Sunday night. I'll get pictures ASAP, but didn't want to skip a feed and he's still settling in his new tank, so I didn't handle much.

He just had his second adult mouse, but a smaller one, just as I fed last week. He was a little hesitant in the new digs, for about 2 seconds, then WAM!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by dakski

Jeff Shed Saturday night and I removed it, took a quick look to make sure he got it all, and then fed Sunday night. I'll get pictures ASAP, but didn't want to skip a feed and he's still settling in his new tank, so I didn't handle much.

He just had his second adult mouse, but a smaller one, just as I fed last week. He was a little hesitant in the new digs, for about 2 seconds, then WAM!

---

That's good dave, look forward to his new shed pics, glad he's settling in fine

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Got a few pictures of Jeff today post shed. Not great light and iPhone camera, but not bad. He's a stunner.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/IFiqZmZ.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/stZP8vM.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/EWpLrRs.jpg

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by dakski

Got a few pictures of Jeff today post shed. Not great light and iPhone camera, but not bad. He's a stunner.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/IFiqZmZ.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/stZP8vM.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/EWpLrRs.jpg

---

Looking great dave, he's got such an amazing head spear

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by richardhind1972

Looking great dave, he's got such an amazing head spear

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

---

Yeah, he definitely "rocks" the head spear.

Thanks Rich!

BTW - that was Katie holding him. They bonded a little bit. I thought that was good since she hasn't held him much at all.

That's good then dave
I hadn't noticed now I've looked again , just thought you'd shaved your arms, lol
Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Got some good shots of Jeff today. He's looking good and sweet as ever.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/BSxWSK9.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/GJuqPcH.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/b5iPMwU.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/1VdyWjq.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/1snt3Cr.jpg

He sure is looking good, I love the long tial stripes on motleys, he's a great colour too I like the look of the t+

Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Handsome little devil.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

More pictures of the handsome and chill guy, Jeff!

I love how much speckling he's getting agains the red on his tail and the yellows on his body. Amazingly cool looking. He's really becoming my buddy too. Super sweet and chill.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/g8UWphj.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/EPgVANx.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/bNt7roQ.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/sqZhYpf.jpg

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by dakski

More pictures of the handsome and chill guy, Jeff!

I love how much speckling he's getting agains the red on his tail and the yellows on his body. Amazingly cool looking. He's really becoming my buddy too. Super sweet and chill.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/g8UWphj.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/EPgVANx.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/bNt7roQ.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/sqZhYpf.jpg

---

Great match with the carpet python there.

Flames are coming out of the smoke show!!!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Gio

Great match with the carpet python there.

Flames are coming out of the smoke show!!!

---

Thank you, Gio. I am very proud of my collection. In diversity, beauty, health, and interact-ability/handle-ability. I work with all my animals closely, hence having "only" 13. Too many more and I wouldn't be able to properly care for or appreciate what I have.

Yeah, in case you didn't notice, I am prone to yellows and oranges in snakes (and lizards - one of my leopard geckos is a sunglow (Carra) and one, Cleo, I forgot her morph, is yellow and pink).

Funny how I ended up with Behira (Ghost BI), who I adore, and is beautiful in her own right, but not "colorful" per se.

Katie pushed me to get Jeff because I wasn't going to "stop" until I had my yellow boa fix :).

When I was 10 years old, in 1990 (!!!!!), I saw my first albino Python and always wanted one. When I got back into reptile keeping after my kidney transplant 8 years ago, and really started doing it right (much more knowledge out there, I was much more mature, funding was better, etc.) I bought my first love, a BP, Shayna, an Albino Spider.

I haven't looked back. Happy to be passionate about this hobby and have some amazing animals.

Jeff, dry, weighed 215G today.

He's doing great. He hadn't gone in a while, and I wasn't feeling great yesterday (food day), so we skipped this weeks feeding.

He will return to his normal schedule next week.

Some Jeff pics! He is so incredibly chill. What a nice little guy to have in the collection.

The lighting isn't great in the reptile area (for pics anyway) and he still shines. Cannot wait to see him outside when the weather allows for it.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/Av1DbeK.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/NT5Krie.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/4KN360K.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/94MJ4e7.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/20v5PHG.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/fqOIMVe.jpg

Got a good shot with DSLR today. Jeff is looking dapper. Love the blue/grey eyes.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/4TVz1dZ.jpg