My first post and my first snake!

I agree, looks like you could go a little bigger.

Cody, was it on sale or something? Always irks me when I miss out on the bargains!

EDIT: Also, just another option for the substrate, I am currently using what they call 'Shop Towels on a roll' from Walmart (made by Scott). They can be found in or around the automotive section. They are like papertowels but thicker and more absorbent. They are softer and more durable than regular papertowels as well. One roll costs $1 something, but I think they work great!

Nope, it was an everyday price of 29.99. Of course, it's nothing near a top of the line digital cam, but it's perfect for what I need it for; snakey pics. :) It was a Vivitar digital camera. It'll do until I find 120 extra dollars and get one of them snazzy cams from Radioshack with the 1.5 inch lcd screen in the back to view the pics you take.

I need a new digi (been on the 'want' list for a few months now), as a matter of fact I was just looking @ them at Wally World this afternoon, almost bought a cheapy but decided against it for now...

yeah the cheap ones are usually fine for taking pics that you are just going to post online and stuff. you really need something nicer and higher res if you want to print the pics, but $30 is not bad at all for something to get started with. i looked at that one that you mentioned cody, and it takes 640x480 pics which is totally big enough for web. i can't wait to see pics of pelota when you get her. :D

I have a pic of her from the breeders website. Some may or may not have seen it before in a thread I posted a bit ago.
http://www.dioxazine.com/Real/Breedi...s/image001.jpg

That'll do until I get her and some pics. ;)

And sorry for hijacking your thread and having it go offtopic a bit Egy. :oops:

Hey I don't mind LOL nice snake cody!

Well I decided to feed him a second hopper one hour after the grey one. In about 10 minutes, Mr Mouse was gone. I know some say feeding 2 in one day is a no-no, but I really didn't want to keep the mouse in my room, and I really think they were too small for him. So, that's his third mouse since I had him, and he seems to be doing great. Next week I am going for one large mouse as opposed to two hoppers. I think it was the substrate that made him hungry for more LOL.

Take a look!


https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop..._FEEDING3~.JPG

https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...l_FEEDING3.JPG

Mmmm, lean cuisine and haagen dazs ice cream. ;)

Oh, and are you feeding live? I noticed in the first pics there were little mouse poopies, and in this pic looks like the mouse took a little wee wee, lol. It's really your choice if you feed live, prekilled, or frozen, but a prekilled mouse is a safe mouse. lol

yeah the first 3 were live, but no problems. I will try to do the prekilled next week with the larger mouse, I just need to build some nerve.

You could always try f/t too. And if you want to switch him to f/t it's better to start now when they're young. Better chance of doing the switch successfully. :)

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Originally Posted by Cody

You could always try f/t too. And if you want to switch him to f/t it's better to start now when they're young. Better chance of doing the switch successfully. :)

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Hey all I was wondering how big will he get at 6 months and 1 yr??

and where do i buy the frozen mice?