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Re: Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI
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Re: Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI
She really is just relaxed the way she just move so slow,great little videos,she really has grown this past six months
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Re: Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI
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Originally Posted by richardhind1972
She really is just relaxed the way she just move so slow,great little videos,she really has grown this past six months
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Yeah, she's a total sweetheart. You wouldn't know it from her nighttime behavior if she thinks food!!!!!
Having said, she's been better, not perfect, but better about letting me get the rat in and not striking the doors! No injuries since the few bent teeth that fell out on their own when she was younger.
It's funny too. Feliz is a total sweetie too, but much more active. Behira is just chill as can be. I've worked with her a lot, but she's always been close to this. Definitely more mellow with consistent handling and getting some size on her.
She's really had a growth spurt this past 6 months or so, as you say.
I just checked my spreadsheet and she's basically doubled the past year. About 700G last March and now 1,360G. However, it accelerated when she went to medium rats in September of last year. Even though she's eating every 3 weeks now, instead of every two with small rats, she seems to be putting more to growth.
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Re: Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI
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Re: Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI
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Your mom makes an excellent snake-model, relaxed & all that. :D
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Re: Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI
So cool that your Mom enjoys your reptiles. My Mom came around after a number of years, slowly getting used to my snakes. The final leap was caused by her falling in love with a baby albino burmese at a local show. We had her for 16 years.
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Re: Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI
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Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Your mom makes an excellent snake-model, relaxed & all that. :D
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Originally Posted by Dianne
So cool that your Mom enjoys your reptiles. My Mom came around after a number of years, slowly getting used to my snakes. The final leap was caused by her falling in love with a baby albino burmese at a local show. We had her for 16 years.
My mom is good with Shayna (BP), the two Boas, and Solana (Scaleless corn), as all are chill as can be.
Figment (Corn) and Yafe (Carpet Python) make her nervous because they can either move fast or be sort of darty. However, she holds all the snakes.
She prefers slower moving animals that appear more deliberate in their actions.
She was petrified of snakes for 30 years after a snake darted over her foot (I think a black rat snake or easter water snake) when she was 10 after stepping by a leaf pile. She had not been afraid before or been afraid since I she was about 40 and I got a BP. I think the darty movements trigger her a little bit.
I took her to the local reptile store as we went out to dinner and it was near there and I needed gecko food. She saw, Sunny, the 13FT male albino burmese. She wasn't scared too bad, but said, "NOPE." I think he's a puppy dog, but still, way too much snake for me too. That doesn't stop me from playing with him from time to time.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...ighlight=sunny
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Re: Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI
Behira is looking great Dave, looked like mum had fun with her too
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Re: Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI
Behira ate last night. I have good news and bad news.
Bad News: I have been trying to feed right after the lights go out, immediately after, so she's not in full hunt mode and strikes the acrylic doors. I've been doing this for a while now.
Yesterday, the rat went in fast, within 30 seconds of the lights going out. Behira had her head out of the hide, and I shook the rat by her head for a minute or two. Nothing. Very unlike her. So I put the rat down next to her, put up her drape, and went on to feed everyone else.
5 minutes later, she was in full hunt mode, but had completely slithered past the rat and it was practically under her belly at this point while she looked all over for it (as she could obviously smell it).
Good News I attempted, several times, to get the rat with tongs, but she was quick and trying to get out the door. My tongs are big ones, but they aren't huge, and I didn't want Behira coming out of the tank (it's high up, about 4 1/2 feet off the ground). She was tracking me, but MADE ZERO ATTEMPTS at the doors or towards me.
I was able to distract her with the tongs to one side, grab the rat, shake it, and she was on it in two seconds.
I am very pleased that this is not the first time she's seemed more composed and actually hit the rat without doors, tank ceiling, etc. I think (think, not know), she is outgrowing the striking at anything phase. That would be awesome. In fact, she's only hit the door once in the past 6 months, and that was taking off the drape while I was too close during feeding time. I learned.
Last night, I think I caught her half asleep and not in hunt mode yet. She was tired I guess.
Either way, I am pleased with her progress on this and happy she ate.
P.S. Considering her past, and her being my first, big, and aggressive eating snake, I was BRAVE! :)
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