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Sausage butt :rofl: Mazikeen is very cute!
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
im saying this on record now, if i ever get a snake its because of you
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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im saying this on record now, if i ever get a snake its because of you
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That's such a nice thing to say! If you do get a snake, you'll have to post tons of pictures!
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That's such a nice thing to say! If you do get a snake, you'll have to post tons of pictures!
i have an empty 40 breeder now that i built a tank for my beardie and im really considering it. simply because snakes are considerably cheaper than insect fed reptiles
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i have an empty 40 breeder now that i built a tank for my beardie and im really considering it. simply because snakes are considerably cheaper than insect fed reptiles
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Yeah, after the initial equipment costs snakes are pretty low-maintenance. Other than my obsessive need to Make Things Better(TM) I haven't really spent much since I bought her rats for the year. After the new tub lid is installed and the Arcadia bulb is up and running, I probably won't have to* buy anything (except substrate) until it's time for a rat refill.
*But I will anyways because I can't stop myself lol. Self control is low, impulsiveness is high.
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Yeah, after the initial equipment costs snakes are pretty low-maintenance. Other than my obsessive need to Make Things Better(TM) I haven't really spent much since I bought her rats for the year. After the new tub lid is installed and the Arcadia bulb is up and running, I probably won't have to* buy anything (except substrate) until it's time for a rat refill.
*But I will anyways because I can't stop myself lol. Self control is low, impulsiveness is high.
i care too much about looks, if i didnt i could get stuff dirt cheap. but eventually ill be building 4x2x3 tank for it probably
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Mazikeen progression thread
Love keeping up with this thread! Such a beautiful snake. I’m curious though, what camera are you using to take pictures of her with? Typically my iPhone does the job, but it doesn’t show “true colors” as well as I’d hoped. Lighting is everything I suppose lol
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Love keeping up with this thread! Such a beautiful snake. I’m curious though, what camera are you using to take pictures of her with? Typically my iPhone does the job, but it doesn’t show “true colors” as well as I’d hoped. Lighting is everything I suppose lol
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You're right about lighting, because I'm using a hand-me-down Samsung Galaxy S4 to take pictures of her. It doesn't even allow me to change the shutter speed lol. I never use flash if I can help it. It's nearly impossible to get actual decent photos of her, so I take a bunch to try to get rid of blur, and that doesn't always work.
I just post the nice ones I manage to get lol. I think my camera kind of washes stuff out, because to my eye one of the succulents she's sitting on looks yellow, but in pictures it looks light green. IDK man.
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Maze is now 7 months old, and was officially upgraded to rat pups today! Most enthusiastic feeding response I've seen from her thus far, she nailed it nose-first in less than five seconds and it was gone in only a few minutes. I'm continuously impressed by her food drive.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5dzo3_1280.jpg
We did go to the vet last week, because she makes popping noises in her nose (and only in her nose) every once in a while. There are no other symptoms that anything is wrong, and I've checked inside her mouth after each incident with only a beautifully pink mouth and no mucus to be seen. Vet checked her over, and from what he can tell, she is a very healthy young snake. He listened to her lungs for a long while, and it was the most gentle thing I've seen, even as she kept trying to inchworm forward in his hands lmao. "No bad lung noises," he said. Left with instructions to keep an eye on her for anything else that would point towards an RI. In any case, the peace of mind was worth it, and this vet was a hell of a lot nicer than the last one. Definitely going back to him for her yearly check-up... or if things take a turn for the worse.
In any case, here are some photos my roommate took while at the vet (her phone's camera isn't the best, but the composition and colors are pretty nice in my book):
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(me trying to listen to the noise while we waited fro the vet):
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She thought she was doing a pretty good job with camouflage, haha.
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A few more photos from earlier this week, after the vest visit:
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I found her in her humid hide yesterday. Shed approaches??????????
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I weighed her today; she's gained 30 grams in two weeks, putting her at 263g. Here she is looking for her meal!
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It's been an easy transition to a 7-day feeding schedule; the past week she's been going between her hot hide and her humid hide with no detours, until today.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
coming back here always makes me want a BP over a hognose hnnnnf
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coming back here always makes me want a BP over a hognose hnnnnf
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*stage whisper* both. both is good. :P
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*stage whisper* both. both is good. :P
i feel the same way, i just feel like hognoses are harder to take care of because of how small of an enclosure you have to keep them in in the beginning thats what has me worried
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Omg that face!! She is too cute. Great pictures! :)
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i feel the same way, i just feel like hognoses are harder to take care of because of how small of an enclosure you have to keep them in in the beginning thats what has me worried
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it's all up to whichever you think would suit you better. i think i've said before that i wish i'd known about russian rat snakes before i'd gotten a bp. i wouldn't trade maze for the world, but dang. colubrids are a lot less work to keep the temps right in temperate america lol. (another year and a half until RRS is a possibility... not that i'm counting lol).
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Omg that face!! She is too cute. Great pictures! :)
thanks! :D
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it's all up to whichever you think would suit you better. i think i've said before that i wish i'd known about russian rat snakes before i'd gotten a bp. i wouldn't trade maze for the world, but dang. colubrids are a lot less work to keep the temps right in temperate america lol. (another year and a half until RRS is a possibility... not that i'm counting lol).
thanks! :D
forgot about those until now again! time to jump down another research hole. but hoggies are so cute i cant resist
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forgot about those until now again! time to jump down another research hole. but hoggies are so cute i cant resist
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it's up to you! my personal tastes align more with the rat snakes and garters... and i don't plan on getting more than 1 of each species... the only exception being garter snakes, but they're more social snakes. pick whichever snake makes you happiest! :3
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it's up to you! my personal tastes align more with the rat snakes and garters... and i don't plan on getting more than 1 of each species... the only exception being garter snakes, but they're more social snakes. pick whichever snake makes you happiest! :3
i think im getting a hoggie, theyre just so gosh darn cute. i either am gonna try and eventually get a BP or a kenyan sand boa within the next 2 years after this
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i think im getting a hoggie, theyre just so gosh darn cute. i either am gonna try and eventually get a BP or a kenyan sand boa within the next 2 years after this
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kenyan sand boas are so cute and tiny!!! aahh! both are super duper cute choices. SDA recently got a ksb and has some threads in the boa forum showing him off. only thing is you'd have two burrowing snakes with a ksb, or a burrower and a hider with a bp. hence why i'm going more display snake further down the line XD. i kind of want to see them during the day :p. still, personal preference.
i can't wait to see pictures of your kiddo when you get them!!
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First off, I'm going to show everyone how I'm currently keeping Maze's records. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep doing it this way, especially as I get more reptiles in the future, but for now this is what works for me: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
Probably would have been easier just to use a calendar, but I wanted all the info right there in a visual manner, since I find that more helpful than lists.
Maze ate her third rat pup on Friday! Super proud of this growing girl. Here she is, lying in wait for her meal:
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(that doesn't look comfortable)
For some reason she decided that gravity isn't her friend and..... dangled it..... and swallowed down??? Silly snake. Gravity can HELP, if you let it.... lol.
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??????? Okay. Whatever, Maze. I have a 4-minute video of her swallowing it next, because I find that kind of thing super interesting. Probably a morbid kind of fascination, but I also find the faces she makes while she's trying to work her face around her meal to be pretty dang hilarious.
https://youtu.be/OORcra0C5lk
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She’s looking better all the time! Contrary to popular opinion, I think they get better with age! That’s part of why I like progression threads.
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Someday she will be a behemoth! Enjoy them while they are Teeny cuties! [emoji4]
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She’s looking better all the time! Contrary to popular opinion, I think they get better with age! That’s part of why I like progression threads.
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Someday she will be a behemoth! Enjoy them while they are Teeny cuties! [emoji4]
Thanks!
Oh, I know! She was so tiny not 6 months ago, and now she's quite literally 5 times the size. And someday her entire width will cover the palm of my hand! Crazy to think about. Can't wait for her to be my little monster girl :').
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starscream out here making me wish i got a BP.. shhhh
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i think i've said before that i wish i'd known about russian rat snakes before i'd gotten a bp.
A wise member once said...*stage whisper* both. both is good. ;)
Maze is looking beautiful.
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Maze looks so much like my boople. A stunner!
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starscream out here making me wish i got a BP.. shhhh
i've heard snakes are like candy. can't stop with just one ;).
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A wise member once said...*stage whisper* both. both is good. ;)
Maze is looking beautiful.
lmao! I don't have room to quarantine another kiddo away from Maze at my current place, otherwise I definitely would, trust me. I have all the supplies and an extra tub that's perfect for a colubrid with lower humidity requirements, and a spare UVB bulb..... right..... there.......... Being patient is hard :'c. And thank you!
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Maze looks so much like my boople. A stunner!
They do look a lot alike! Twinsies? :P. Thanks!
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she is absolutely fantastic and beautiful and perfect and i love her. you can definitely see that red brightening up; she will be a fantastic looking adult!!!
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Your girl is so beautiful! I just recently adopted two ball pythons of my own and the girl is also called Mazikeen with inspiration from the same show! I almost named the boy Lucifer but decided to go with Dante instead.
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she is absolutely fantastic and beautiful and perfect and i love her. you can definitely see that red brightening up; she will be a fantastic looking adult!!!
oh, i can't wait to see what she'll look like when she's grown! she's just growing up so fast. she'll be 1 in may, and that may seem far away now but i know that time's going to fly by.
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Your girl is so beautiful! I just recently adopted two ball pythons of my own and the girl is also called Mazikeen with inspiration from the same show! I almost named the boy Lucifer but decided to go with Dante instead.
:0 pictures! I wanna see your Mazie-cakes! :D. Dante's a good name. I'm already considering names for future snakes because I have no self control, and so far my theme appears to be 'strong bad-a$$ female characters'. Help. Someone. Please. Lol.
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Time to get a sheddin’!
:) Bet there will be some purtyyy scales soon!
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Time to get a sheddin’!
:) Bet there will be some purtyyy scales soon!
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Not soon enough! Today marks 3 days blue. (flash kind of washed it out)
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:0!!!!!!!!
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I'll take some photos of her tomorrow during lights-on.
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Just chillin', enjoying her basking site on the ladder tonight :').
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAr3574W2dY
Cleaning day! I love how she periscoped up to greet me while I was recording lol.
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Dang, Ax, I didn't even know urates could be that big! Lol.
She hung out in one of her new hides until lights off (the new exo-terras. i like them, even if the entrance seems a bit on the small side), and has officially resumed the 'the floor is lava' act. I'm onto you, Maze.
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Here she is in comparison to the medium Exo Terras. She'll grow into it soon enough.
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she's beautiful! great progress!
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she's beautiful! great progress!
Thanks, Ax! She's such a curious soul.
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