Kalatoa 100% Pure SD Retic Progression (Pic heavy...)

Yeah, I think it has to do with the heavy pushing too. Gerald pushes too but he must not as hard because he didn't get frayed belly scales so I'm going to at least run out that bag of aspen on him and Geoffrey. Coco chips for Phyllis though


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Yeah, I think it has to do with the heavy pushing too. Gerald pushes too but he must not as hard because he didn't get frayed belly scales so I'm going to at least run out that bag of aspen on him and Geoffrey. Coco chips for Phyllis though


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Yeah thats weird. The boas ar fairly active at night and very rarely will sorta push but nothing big. It must have to do with the body shaking, cage shaking Hercules pushing that Phyllis and Caesar do lol.

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This young lady turns two years old next month! Can't believe it's been that long. She shed last night is getting enormous. Every bit of 9'+. Using coco chips with her again because I didn't like how the aspen was roughing up her belly scales when she pushed.
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RBI jumbo hides in an Animal plastics T25 and the shelf with the same footprint for scale reference. Not a super dwarf, a SUPER dwarf hahah


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Dig the setup. I'm going to get my busy/lazy butt in gear and work on the new cage today.

Let this girl out to roam the snake room for an hour this morning, heard a loud crash and came in to find this https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...88fdbfa3e0.jpg knocked a bobble head figure off the top of her cage and the pump sprayer too. She needs more exercise, she's getting kinda chunky. Still pushes like a maniac after like 5-6 days. Might try covering the front of the cage and see if it helps


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Haha, snakes love to knock stuff over. Caesar has been pretty quiet this past week. The 30th of last month was 10 days for food and he isnt even pushing or out. I think he's getting ready to shed as he is sitting in his hide 24/7 and pretty antisocial. When he is done shedding, he is going to be a terror im sure lol.

She looks great.

Glad you and Sauzo are still enjoying the species.

That picture made me smile!

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She looks great.

Glad you and Sauzo are still enjoying the species.

That picture made me smile!

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Not sure it's enjoyment or being kept a slave by my retic haha. J/K. Caesar is awesome. He is one of the snakes i would truly be heartbroken if i had to get rid of. I love all my snakes but he is up there as one of my favorites. Such a character and like i've said countless times, he seems to enjoy the interaction the most out of everyone and loves the attention which they say snakes arent supposed to like or show.

Kind of a bummer when he goes into shed though as him and my beardie are the 2 pets who are there to pretty much greet me when i come in. the boas perk up and look at me but Caesar and the beardie look you in the eyes and actually come to you and seem to love the petting haha.

So I let her roam twice today a little over an hour both times. Second time she went right to her mulch tub and coiled up for a bit until I bugged her, then to her cleaning tub, and back to the mulch for at least 20-30 minutes per tub changed on the cooler side of the room about 71*. Doing a trial run of much cooler temps in her cage and see if she chills out more between feeding. Going down to 73.5* cool side, should keep warm side anywhere from 87-81* from the shelf moving downward to the floor. I also only have her panel set at 65% maximum power. That's a feature I like a lot on my newer of my two herpstat 2 redlines. A bit gentler heat somewhat more consistently to provide steadier temps. Much cooler than I've gone before but she can still access heat on the shelf if needed
Wish me luck! Gotta get this girl to stop pushing and maybe loose a little weight hahahttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...88d93063c4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...743a752b3f.jpg


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She looks great - love it when they explore.

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So I let her roam twice today a little over an hour both times. Second time she went right to her mulch tub and coiled up for a bit until I bugged her, then to her cleaning tub, and back to the mulch for at least 20-30 minutes per tub changed on the cooler side of the room about 71*. Doing a trial run of much cooler temps in her cage and see if she chills out more between feeding. Going down to 73.5* cool side, should keep warm side anywhere from 87-81* from the shelf moving downward to the floor. I also only have her panel set at 65% maximum power. That's a feature I like a lot on my newer of my two herpstat 2 redlines. A bit gentler heat somewhat more consistently to provide steadier temps. Much cooler than I've gone before but she can still access heat on the shelf if needed
Wish me luck! Gotta get this girl to stop pushing and maybe loose a little weight hahahttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...88d93063c4.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...743a752b3f.jpg


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Best of luck man. I know i keep Caesar with a cool side of around 77-79F and his flexwatt set to 86-88F. He still pushes here and there. Keep us updated though because if it works, maybe I'll try and drop Caesar down in temps too.