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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Starscream
This probably isn't nice or recommended, but I sometimes leave her cold hide overturned right after she eats so she will go to the hot side and actually digest. I'm a mean mom who won't let her do what she wants! lmao. Usually she does it on her own, but occasionally she just will not go to the hot side unless I intervene :/.
Lol I don't really have to do that with Fírnen because he's already pretty good at hanging out on the warm side too. If he was always on his cold side, I think I would have to be a mean mom like you 😂😂
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I'd really say not to worry about it. Mine as an adult spends about 95% of his time in his cool hide, but I know he's using the warm since that's where he usually leaves the feces and urates. Plus I can tell due to the bulldozed plants. Plus he's digesting and eliminating, so whatever he's doing is working for him.
TBH I'd be worried if he used it more, probably would mean his cool side was too cold for comfort.
Think what he normally does is use the hot hide as needed after I go to sleep around 2AM (sometimes he'll just bask on top of it closer to the CHE than UTH), while preferring to sleep in his cool hide.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
Yesterday was cage cleaning day, so here's some shots of her cage sans big plants and wooden bridge (that won't be in there for another few days; I found gnats hovering around it and attempting to bother Maze so now it's getting a sealed finish :/).
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo6_1280.jpg
Temps are low because I hadn't turned on the heating yet. Whil I was waiting for the CHe to warm things back up, I put Maze back in and got this:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo3_1280.jpg
And with the big plants back in and the temps about where I like them:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo8_1280.jpg
Now I just gotta figure out where I'm going to stick the wooden bridge when the time comes....
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Originally Posted by hollowlaughter
I'd really say not to worry about it. Mine as an adult spends about 95% of his time in his cool hide, but I know he's using the warm since that's where he usually leaves the feces and urates. Plus I can tell due to the bulldozed plants. Plus he's digesting and eliminating, so whatever he's doing is working for him.
TBH I'd be worried if he used it more, probably would mean his cool side was too cold for comfort.
Think what he normally does is use the hot hide as needed after I go to sleep around 2AM (sometimes he'll just bask on top of it closer to the CHE than UTH), while preferring to sleep in his cool hide.
Yeah, I should probably just stop worrying so much lmao. When she's in shed she wants to be on the hot side and that's it, but most of the time the cool side is where it's at.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Starscream
Amazing setup! You and MissterDog inspire me to keep working on lil' Fírnen's tank! Lol we have the same thermometers, what're the chances?? 😂😂
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Joci
Amazing setup! You and MissterDog inspire me to keep working on lil' Fírnen's tank! Lol we have the same thermometers, what're the chances?? 😂😂
What are the chances??? XD. I moved to those when the Acurites were driving me crazy...... These at least give you exact measurements to the decimal, with the added bonus of humidity readings. And thanks! MissterDog's enclosure is just gorgeous (I have heart-eyes as soon as I see it anywhere lol). If you're gonna have a snake as a pet why not give it the best you can, amirite? Haha.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Starscream
What are the chances??? XD. I moved to those when the Acurites were driving me crazy...... These at least give you exact measurements to the decimal, with the added bonus of humidity readings. And thanks! MissterDog's enclosure is just gorgeous (I have heart-eyes as soon as I see it anywhere lol). If you're gonna have a snake as a pet why not give it the best you can, amirite? Haha.
aha well that's some high praise there! Thank you :P
Funny enough the acurites have been starting to get on my nerves as well. You're finding that the models you have now are more accurate? I was always wondering what the wiimote looking thing was lol
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by MissterDog
aha well that's some high praise there! Thank you :P
Funny enough the acurites have been starting to get on my nerves as well. You're finding that the models you have now are more accurate? I was always wondering what the wiimote looking thing was lol
Yeah, that's the 'probe' for the acurite. I still use that one just so i can get a general idea of temps without bothering her. But yeah, they do seem to be. my thermostat probe is set at 87 and two inches down the thermopro reads a steady 86... which makes more sense than the acurite at 88 degrees not directly under the dome :/. (which the acurite's been reading all day. no trust)
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Another feeding video! She's a fast girl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_lnVfrd5Ps
As a side note to future self, I probably should have waited to post those pics until night-time, because I know I'm gonna update on feeding day. :/ (Basically at me: be less annoying lmao).
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
XD I love how in the one pic she looked at you like "what?" Such a cutie lol
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by BluuWolf
XD I love how in the one pic she looked at you like "what?" Such a cutie lol
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Thanks! She's a very curious little girl. I like to call her my go-go snake because she's very proactive about going places lmao.
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Last night I found a naughty girl climbing her probe wire (again). So today I built her a little ladder out of bamboo and zip ties, and now I don't think I'll be able to get her down! lol
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo2_1280.jpg
(It's not even by the CHE anymore, why are you like this lmao)
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo7_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
She loves it :').
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:cool:that is way cool, love the setup you built for her.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Godzilla78
:cool:that is way cool, love the setup you built for her.
Thanks! Creative problem solving R Us! lmao. She seems pretty happy with it, and that's what counts. :)
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Absolutely love your set up! !
Sorry if it's been mentioned, but I can't go through this whole thread, but what tub is that and where did you get it? I have a pretty low tub for Khaa, which sucks since I can't give him much to climb on.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by PythonBabes
Absolutely love your set up! !
Sorry if it's been mentioned, but I can't go through this whole thread, but what tub is that and where did you get it? I have a pretty low tub for Khaa, which sucks since I can't give him much to climb on.
You're good! It's a 50 gallon Sterlite tote from Walmart, $20. The height makes it hard to give a sufficient heat gradient, hence the CHE/light setup. Most people complain about CHEs, but my tub was holding too much humidity anyways and CHE solved that, no problem, with my humidity still sitting at around 65% on the hot side all day long.
Maze loves climbing. If she could she would scale my walls and disappear into the ceiling! lol.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
Hey, y'all! Maze had the biggest dump of her life last night, so I weighed her today. Empty, she is now officially 142 grams! Wooooo!
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
Apparently me waking her up at 1PM on feeding day was unacceptable, because she absolutely refused to go back into her hides and instead spent the next five hours waving her noodly face at me for food. Since she was up, I went ahead and let her have some roaming time on my desk, and got a cute vid of her sniffing my mouse. Plus various other pics throughout the day.
https://youtu.be/AMg3bKDVC8Q
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo2_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo3_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo7_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo6_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo8_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo5_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo9_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo4_1280.jpg
While prepping for feeding, I decided to set the rat, in a sealed plastic bag, on top of her enclosure. Apparently that was just too much because Mazikeen lost her mind a little bit.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...houxt_1280.jpg
HOW did she even GET UP THERE??? That's the corner that doesn't have any climbing structures!
And, finally, a post-food, happy noodle, probably hoping I'll drop another in because she's the favorite (she's the only, shhh don't tell her! lmao).
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...10_r1_1280.jpg
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Another video, this time of her using the bamboo ladder. She was still in hunting mode at that point, so she kept poking her nose at the CHE like it would magically grant her food lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHTTkopPG_U
(apparently you can only put one video per post)
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Starscream
Another video, this time of her using the bamboo ladder. She was still in hunting mode at that point, so she kept poking her nose at the CHE like it would magically grant her food lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHTTkopPG_U
(apparently you can only put one video per post)
That determination! It's so cool seeing her use your ladder!
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by MissterDog
That determination! It's so cool seeing her use your ladder!
She's so hungry all the time! How do people move them to a weekly schedule because I don't know if she'll make it! lol. We might try it this next week but... she's got that puppy face down. IDK if I can resist!
She's still a bit unsteady on the ladder, but she'll probably figure it out with time. Practice makes better!
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Starscream
She's so hungry all the time! How do people move them to a weekly schedule because I don't know if she'll make it! lol. We might try it this next week but... she's got that puppy face down. IDK if I can resist!
She's still a bit unsteady on the ladder, but she'll probably figure it out with time. Practice makes better!
If a snake is growing hatchling, or getting prepared for breeding, or just an overly active hungry snake, then I feed every 5 days. If it is a large adult, especially a male adult, then I feed only every week or even less.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Godzilla78
If a snake is growing hatchling, or getting prepared for breeding, or just an overly active hungry snake, then I feed every 5 days. If it is a large adult, especially a male adult, then I feed only every week or even less.
Thanks for the input. When she's full grown I'm hoping to put her on a more conservative diet, and I know most folks on here feed just once a week. She was on a 4-day schedule the first month I got her bc HUNGER but so far the 5 day seems better. She gets time to complete natural behaviors, etc. Do you think switching to 7 days when she's closer to 500 grams would work?
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Sure, it is up to you and Mazikeen how often she eats. As long as she isn't overly fat-looking or refusing meals, then I would say veery 5 days is fine.
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Mazikeen likes wandering on my blankets when she's out. Probably because she can hide under them if she wants. Either way, only good photo from that session:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
And then from earlier today. I love how reflective her scales are. Absolutely beautiful!
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo5_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
She got two rats today! I found some teeny tiny rats at the bottom of the bags, did the math, and got a total of 15% of her body weight, so decided 'why not?' lol. Rat numero uno:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo3_1280.jpg
Rat numero dos:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo6_1280.jpg
While she was eating I noticed her tail. Apparently she'd had it wrapped around the plant the entire time I was feeding her. So cute :').
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo4_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
And finally, the moment we've all been waiting for (drum roll please):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0OpvWIwJiU
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Cutie! She finally yawned facing your general direction haha! Also loving how you placed her bridge!
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
What a good eater!
I love the fall colours :)
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by MissterDog
Cutie! She finally yawned facing your general direction haha! Also loving how you placed her bridge!
YES! Pleased as punch about that, she's been yawning all day in anticipation and I finally managed to get one!!!! And thank you! It is now one of her most-used pieces of furniture. Maybe because she can watch me?
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What a good eater!
I love the fall colours :)
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She is the best! I honestly feel so lucky that her food response is off the charts. Beautiful hungry girl.
Thanks! My roommate is interested in switching the leaves with the seasons. Unfortunately those cheap walmart ones are pretty flimsy, so her big green plant stays.
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Photos from a couple days ago!
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo2_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo3_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo4_1280.jpg
She was surprisingly lethargic that handling session. All she wanted to do was hide her head under her body lol. I put her back shortly after.
But just look at how much she's grown in only two weeks!! from 135 or so now a whopping 176 grams! Dang! Hungry girl!
Aaaaand a couple shots from the next day. I started out trying to get pics of her body tone, but it evolved into 'how long is she compared to the width of her enclosure?' lol.https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo2_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo3_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo4_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo5_1280.jpg
But, yeah. She's now eaten five meals since her last shed, which, should the pattern hold, mean she's got one more feeding to go before she turns blue.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
If anyone can answer this please do.i have had my ball python over a month now still a juvenile.but I still can't get it to eat any ideas.i tried everything
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Snake virgin
If anyone can answer this please do.i have had my ball python over a month now still a juvenile.but I still can't get it to eat any ideas.i tried everything
Snake virgin, please make a new thread. That way more people will be likely to see it and help you. Also, not to be rude, but this is a thread about the growth of my ball python, so not really on-topic here. But mostly, making a new thread with an appropriate title ("help! snake won't eat!" or something) would be more likely to garner attention and help than asking for help in the middle of a random unrelated thread.
I'm more than willing to help, but either way we'd need more information than that.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
Lil Mazikeen is growing :D
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by BallPythonWannaBe
Lil Mazikeen is growing :D
She is! 5 months old and already nearly 200 grams ;w;. By December she should be ready to graduate to rat pups!
.... I'm still going to have rat fuzzies. Heck.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Starscream
She is! 5 months old and already nearly 200 grams ;w;. By December she should be ready to graduate to rat pups!
.... I'm still going to have rat fuzzies. Heck.
Well that's it. You've got no choice. You'll have to buy another snake! [emoji14]
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Ashleigh91
Well that's it. You've got no choice. You'll have to buy another snake! [emoji14]
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LOL. Goodness, don't even tempt me. There are two disco fires up on morph market that I can't afford but god, they're gorgeous.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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LOL. Goodness, don't even tempt me. There are two disco fires up on morph market that I can't afford but god, they're gorgeous.
I want a GHI Mojave next. Hoping I can talk the other half into it. That or a Rainbow Boa since he's partial to them, but he keeps saying silly things like "We don't need another snake." And, "We have too many animals."
Silly boy. You always need another snake.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Ashleigh91
I want a GHI Mojave next. Hoping I can talk the other half into it. That or a Rainbow Boa since he's partial to them, but he keeps saying silly things like "We don't need another snake." And, "We have too many animals."
Silly boy. You always need another snake.
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Ohhh, I love those. They've got that good high contrast and just.... yes..... (imagine an axanthic version i would cry).
I've already told mine that I want another snake, and I already have the species picked out. I might have accidentally turned her on to tegus......... heeehhhhh..... Gotta start your reptile obsession somehow? Lol. Either way that gives me the leeway to cackle and get me a new snake... at some point... in the semi-near future. Don't have space right now, but we plan on moving in a little over a year.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Starscream
Ohhh, I love those. They've got that good high contrast and just.... yes..... (imagine an axanthic version i would cry).
I've already told mine that I want another snake, and I already have the species picked out. I might have accidentally turned her on to tegus......... heeehhhhh..... Gotta start your reptile obsession somehow? Lol. Either way that gives me the leeway to cackle and get me a new snake... at some point... in the semi-near future. Don't have space right now, but we plan on moving in a little over a year.
tegus are absolutely amazing, theyre so beautiful ahhh. i wish i still lived in ohio, i could get them so cheap there instead of buying online ):
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
She really is gorgeous, I love her side pattern. Grats!
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by ROSIEonFIRE
She really is gorgeous, I love her side pattern. Grats!
Thanks! Lots of people ask if she's cinnamon or mojave, I guess because of the side pattern that red axanthics have. It's pretty similar at first glance.
Just realized I haven't updated in a while, and I do have pics. She ate last night so I'm leaving her alone for a few days.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo2_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo3_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo4_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo7_1280.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo2_1280.jpg
She's due to shed soon, but she keeps showing signs one day and then backing off and looking normal the next. I'm hoping she'll finally go blue this weekend, but who knows at this point.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
Just went through the thread and you have a beautiful snake and tub. I'm jealous. If you don't mind me asking, what model of acurite are you using? I've been trying to decided what model to get.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Just went through the thread and you have a beautiful snake and tub. I'm jealous. If you don't mind me asking, what model of acurite are you using? I've been trying to decided what model to get.
Thank you!
I actually only use the AcuRites as a backup, as I found that the hydrometer I purchased from them was defective. The temperature gauge on it works fine, but it was reading 20% higher on humidity than was actually present, and as a result Maze had a bad shed shortly after she arrived.
The thermometer I'm using is the ThermoPro-TP50 model. It is a thermometer and a hydrometer combined, and it came in a two-pack at only $12 for me. Win/win! They're super accurate, and also a lot more compact than the chunky AcuRites I was using.
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Growing girl! Almost 200 grams already wow! Tappy is 174 grams now so he's catching up slowly :p
Maze is forever a beautiful child
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Growing girl! Almost 200 grams already wow! Tappy is 174 grams now so he's catching up slowly :p
Maze is forever a beautiful child
I know! I'm still in shock! She is in the middle of a growth spurt apparently because I did nothing differently. Haven't even upped her prey size yet; some of the rat fuzzies were on the big side. And Tappy will no doubt make up for it later.... :P. Perhaps sooner than later, should he hit his own growth spurt. I can't wait to see a big Tapioca, even though he's a precious Smol Boy rn.
Thanks! 😊
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Feeding day! No pictures, just two videos, so there'll be another post after this one with the second video. This is feeding #10 since last shed. Her belly looked pretty pink last night, so I'm hopeful.
The strike:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc3IbbGir14
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And the Chomp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB7vWufkNRA
I just love the faces she makes while she gets it down :').
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Haha the enthused wiggle she did before she managed to wrap! Love this feisty girl!
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Haha the enthused wiggle she did before she managed to wrap! Love this feisty girl!
I didn't even notice that! Lol, what a silly wiggly noodle. She's finally looking wrinkly today, and she's been hanging out in her humid hide a lot lately, so. I think she's quit faking me out. SHED APPROACHES AT LAST.
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Mazikeen has been entering the early stages of shed (at last)! She spent two days in her humid hide, using how deep she dug in the moss to modulate her temperature. I caught her with her head sticking out of it a few nights ago.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
Crunchy girl.
She also has a huge sausage butt, but she's in shed so she'll probably leave me a big ol' present when she's done lol.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
Her as of now, basking beneath her CHE without a care in the world, deep in blue:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo1_1280.jpg
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