Mazikeen progression thread

She shed today! This is the first time I've seen a little blood around her vent, but since it seems to be fairly common I'll just keep an eye on it. Better safe than sorry. She also has a singular scale directly in the middle of head that's lighter than the others. Again, not worried, it's just going to bother me until she sheds again lol.

She weighs 728 grams, and according to Serpwidgets, is now 40 inches long. That's two inches in three months! Growin' girl.

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I got her out today to check her vent, and as I suspected, all is well.

Since I had her out anyways, I went ahead and got some photos under my plants lights of her fresh paint job lol.
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Maze dug a trench underneath one of her branches, and apparently is convinced that she's completely hidden from prying eyes. Silly thing.
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These ones are from right before she figured out she could sit under the branch instead of beside it.
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She still uses her hides, plus she is engaging in thigmotactic behavior - she is surrounded on all sides. It's just a "hide" that she made, not the ones I put in for her. :rolleyes:

Thanks for all the pics and updates.

Awesome pictures, thanks :gj:

such beautiful photos these last two posts. those succulent photos are everything! [emoji2956]

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Originally Posted by tttaylorrr

such beautiful photos these last two posts. those succulent photos are everything! [emoji2956]

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Thanks! Maze loves a good plant-sniffing session. I have more downstairs, but it's colder and I'm not too comfy letting her wander as long down there :/.

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Originally Posted by RickyNY

Awesome pictures, thanks :gj:

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Thank you!

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Originally Posted by MR Snakes

Thanks for all the pics and updates.

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No problem, I just enjoy documenting her progress. It helps that I know I'll be looking back at these photos years from now trying to imagine just how tiny she was haha.

Happy New Year!

Here's my latest hoard of Mazikeen pictures to start 2019 off :).
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A little sniffin' video: https://i.imgur.com/MPPELaE.mp4

As for today specifically: I redid her lid layout, so I had her in a smaller travel tote for a few hours while I took out her heating elements and then added them and her lights onto the new lid. I have an order of plants coming in specifically for her enclosure, and the added light will help them thrive, and they in turn will give her cover and new things to smell and sit on. The old lid also opened at the top, and Maze had begun pushing at the gap at night. This lid doesn't have the top opening, so that will hopefully cease to be an issue, and her nose can get some rest.
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It'll look way better when those plants come in to fill in the gaps. Maze, of course, had to sniff everything new for a good 30-45 minutes before going back to sleep. Taking pictures through the tub has always been a pain, but it's amazing what good lighting does to help course-correct that. The camera will finally focus on her and not the tub walls lol.
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Looks great....as does she! Looking forward to seeing the final planted version...bet she loves that. :P

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Originally Posted by Dianne

Looks great....as does she! Looking forward to seeing the final planted version...bet she loves that. :P

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Thanks! I can't wait for the plants to come in. It's an ever-evolving process, considering the plants are subject to Maze's whims... and how much she enjoys sitting on them (ex: how torn up that poor spider plant looks). I'm hopeful that these new plants will root in time for her not to immediately kill them, and I'm going to feed her around the same time so that she'll in a food-coma for a least a few days to a week while they settle in.

The plant lights have turned off for the day; she immediately figured out where the UVB is lol.
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I'll leave her alone now.