Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

I see the ghost face now :). Behira looks awesome as always D.

I took Behira out today for some quality time and she was a total puppy dog, as she normally is.

I have no idea what got into her yesterday, but she seems back to her old self today.

Again, and to be clear, she was not aggressive or defensive yesterday and at no point was I concerned about a bite. She was just stubborn and determined to go where she wanted and didn't want re-direction.

She would literally fight my hand trying to re-direct her and wave her head, almost like she was having a tantrum! She's strong as heck now, and only 1,100G or so. That will be fun if/when she does that at 7,000G.

In any event, she had an off day, and she's allowed, just like the rest of us. Again, totally calm, docile, and compliant today.

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Originally Posted by dakski

She's strong as heck now, and only 1,100G or so. That will be fun if/when she does that at 7,000G.

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That's good to hear David. It's amazing how strong these creatures are. I was holding my little 100 gram'er yesterday and it's amazing how strong he feels wrapping around my fingers in comparison to my Ball Python.

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Originally Posted by ckuhn003

That's good to hear David. It's amazing how strong these creatures are. I was holding my little 100 gram'er yesterday and it's amazing how strong he feels wrapping around my fingers in comparison to my Ball Python.

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Thank you Ckuhn003!

I wasn't really worried about yesterday; more amused. She had an off day and it was funny to see. Again, I had no worries, she was calm and defiant, never aggressive.

However, good to see her back to her old self today as well.

Regarding her strength, yeah, power to weight, Boa's are up there! Behira is noticeably stronger than my 1,700G female BP, and she uses it too.

I think of Shayna, my BP, as a lineman in football. Strong and bulky. Figment, my corn, he's the wide receiver, quick and muscular, but wouldn't win a strength contest. Behira is my tight end, or linebacker. Quick, but not crazy fast, and super strong relative to her size. Muscular and big, but not an ounce of fat on her.

Even at the size she is now, I do not let her wrap around my fingers. Bottom of my hand and wrist/arm are okay, but she could easily break my fingers just squeezing to not fall. She's one strong animal; good thing she's a puppy dog!

Behira has gotten so well hook trained.

Today, she was peeking out the door when I took the drape down. I opened the tank, rubbed her a few times, and she totally chilled out.

I was able to take a couple of pictures (not great photos and on iPhone so focus isn't ideal either) an inch in front of her face. She didn't care. Then I proceeded to take her out and she was a total sweetheart as usual.

She had a 90G small rat last week and next weekend she eats her first medium rat (about 100G) and moves to feeding 1X every three weeks.

I'll keep everyone posted.

Here's Behira in her tank being chill as usual. 3 FT hook for reference.

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Don't let Katie ever tell you she doesn't love Behira. LOL!

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Behira left me a nice present this morning. I cleaned her tank, chilled with her a little, and weighed her dry. 1,080G! We've had her 11 months and she went from 440G to 1,080G dry! WOW! Growing girl.

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Filling out nicely

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Behira and I spent some quality time tonight. Katie got some pictures on my iPhone and I got some of me chilling with her as well (unfortunately still on the iPhone).

She's definitely getting bigger. Hope she starts to fill out a little more. Richardhind1972 pointed out that she is starting to.

She was in her "light phase" tonight, with almost no grey on her head.

I am also wearing one of my favorite t-shirts (I have a collection of over 200 shirts, down from over 400 before I moved into Katie's house :().

Here are the pictures:

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Behira looks as lovely as ever D. Looks like she and Katie are getting along just fine. I love your t-shirt too. :)