Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Katie's smile says it all, woo-hoo! :gj: Most boas love a good snuggle anyway...just have to send the right signals first.

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Thanks. Behira is really a total sweetheart once she doesn’t expect dinner. Overall, best snake to handle I have. She doesn’t get scared and is curious, but still takes re-direction well.

Katie has a wonderful smile and it’s nice to see her use it when she’s holding Behira. She didn’t feel that way 6-8 months ago.

She actually said she wanted to hold Behira today and that she hadn’t spent time with her in a while. Great to hear. Behira loves slithering through Katie’s hair anyway. So she enjoyed that. :)

Looking great Dave, Katie definitely looked she was having fun with behira,great to see them bonding and behira looked like she enjoyed being out too.
mine never want to go back in and do everything they can not to lol

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Quick Update on Behira:

She left me a present to clean two nights ago and I weighed her yesterday. Totally dry, she's 1,140G.

Secondly, tonight was feeding night and she nailed a medium rat and actually got a good coil this time.

She hit it so fast and so hard I wasn't even sure of what happened. She was hungry.

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Behira is growing. Had her out for some R&R with Momma and Dad today.

Below are some pictures of her and Katie (with Katie "being the tree"), as well as a couple of her unique way of using her hide today.

Enjoy our sweet girl!

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Here are some pictures of Behira on her new "climbing apparatus."

Here's a link to the thread where I post info about the apparatus if anyone is interested: https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...bing-Apparatus

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Looks like she had fun

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Behira left some urine, urate, and a little poop, last night. Today, I took her out, cleaned her tank, weighed her, and spent some quality time.

She weighed in at 1,210G, but I think she's got a little waste left to come out. She was 1,140G dry last weight and before the 125g medium rat last week. My guess is closer to 1,180G, but either way, growing girl!

Here are a few pictures:

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I wear readers for some things and Harley Quinn does the same thing. No where near the size of Behira. Nice to know she probably won’t outgrow that for awhile at least until after using my ear for leverage is a thing of the past.
great pictures BRW.

If Behira feels like climbing on my head, I usually remember to take off my glasses. I forgot today. Luckily, they did not end up crushed/bent and/or on the floor like they usually do :).

It's amazing how strong she is already! However, she is gentle about using it. Yafe, my little 110G or so Carpet Python can grip like no ones business. However, he uses his whole body, or his back 30%, etc.

However, a few times, Behira has changed direction, or I've asked her to, with 2-3 fingers. The amount of force she can generate in literally 2-3 inches of body length is extraordinary. I can only imagine what kind of squeeze she puts on those F/T rats! Holy cow!

I couple of times I've had to use my other hand to get her to gently release and hold onto my arm instead of my fingers. Totally my fault, but still afraid she could pretty easily break them, even at her current size. She wouldn't know any better and is only trying to get a good grip and not fall.

Got a few good pictures of Behira tonight. She was a little cranky coming out, but not aggressive or anything. I rubbed her a few times with the hook handle and she was a little melodramatic and overreacted, etc. Then I went to pick her up and she darted into her hide. Once out, total puppy dog, per usual.

Stretchy!

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Yes, may I help you? Or, do you have food?

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Getting Thick

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