Juice, the Borneo Short Tail Python progression thread

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Originally Posted by richardhind1972

The markings are just so cool

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Thanks! There's something to be said for normals, beautiful just the way nature created them.

He's turning out to be such a chill, easy snake too. He's skyrocketing towards the top of my "favorite snake I've ever kept" list.

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

Thanks! There's something to be said for normals, beautiful just the way nature created them.

He's turning out to be such a chill, easy snake too. He's skyrocketing towards the top of my "favorite snake I've ever kept" list.

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Thanks for the update. If I ever get borneo, I'd hope he would be as chill!

From what I've heard most short-tails are pretty mellow once they grow out of the nippy baby stage.

He looks awesome Craig[emoji4]

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Juice is a stud Craig! Hard to believe that big boy is a mouser. How many mice do you have to feed him at one time?

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Originally Posted by Avsha531

He looks awesome Craig[emoji4]

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Thanks man!

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

Juice is a stud Craig! Hard to believe that big boy is a mouser. How many mice do you have to feed him at one time?

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Thanks Ziggy! He'll only take two, I've offered a 3rd three times, all no-go. I'm waiting til he goes into shed to wait him out. Once I see the first sign of shed he'scut off til after he sheds and I'm going to try to switch him to rats.

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

Updates have been slow because he's been a difficult eater. He's got an awesome temperament so far, but handling has been very limited. I had him out for a few minutes yesterday and snapped a few pics and got a weight on him. He's only lost about 5% body weight, so I'm not overly concerned yet, but seriously hoping he'll snap out of a winter food strike soon. Next offering is Wed night. Fingers crossed he starts eating sooner than later and packs on some weight, I wanna see this guy grow!! Plus, I want to be able to handle him more frequently. It's pretty amazing how differently he handles from any other snake I've ever handled. He doesn't wrap around my hands or arms AT ALL. Every other python, boa and colubrid I've handled wraps to hang on.
Anyway, here's a few pics for now. More to come, I promise...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3ec438c1b1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d3847adb51.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5628d448e6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...88fcdbdd91.jpg

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Juice is a beauty. His he not eating period? Or just not rats? Stryker my blood had done well so far. Last feeding no mice scenting and I have definitely noticed the more beefy him


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Originally Posted by Hmoore1984

Juice is a beauty. His he not eating period? Or just not rats? Stryker my blood had done well so far. Last feeding no mice scenting and I have definitely noticed the more beefy him


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He's eating, but won't take rats so far.

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

He's eating, but won't take rats so far.

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Looks great! Hope he switches soon. Is good to see him having a good temper. My collections is complete for a while but If I did add another eventually, this would make the short list.

Those are some awesome pics of Juice. Honestly I have often found Borneo pics kind of boring. Everyone seems to be doing super-stripes and after a while they all look the same to me. I much prefer Juice's natural patterning and variety.