Snakes and Stones

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Coiling like the beautiful iris petals...gorgeous, all! :love:

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Originally Posted by richardhind1972

Amazing iris colours against the snakes

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Thank you! Thank you!

Have lots of family stuff to do these days so it is not easy to find time for more elaborate Snakes and Stones photos.
Grabbed a few more quick pics of some of my ball pythons with irises today.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ked_d29zdv.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ked_rb0qlu.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ked_qzcibg.jpg
Still working on those stones though...too bad I can't find these in my area...
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ked_z3q029.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ked_bgca9s.jpg

Gorgeous snakes, unique rocks & amazing flowers- :love: Many thanks!

Hi again!

Do you recommend tumbled stones for enclosures? And are there any particular stones you find better suited?

Thank you!

Lord Sorril, I want to comment on this thread to congratulate you.

This thread has received over ONE MILLION views! That is incredible! :w00t:

To put it in perspective, the next highest viewed thread in the BP Pictures forum has just under 195,000 views.

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful photos with us. And thank you for continuing to post updates in this very popular thread! :gj: :sunny:

Wow! :sweeet: That's awesome, Lord Sorril! :colbert2: :rockon:

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Originally Posted by Holly_Medusa

Hi again!
Do you recommend tumbled stones for enclosures? And are there any particular stones you find better suited?

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Heya! I don't really use my tumbled stones in my enclosures. Snake urates can be brutal to try and clean off. If I wanted to use tumbled/polished stones:
I would pick ones with a high density and hardness: microcrystalline quartz variants (like agate/jasper) would be my go-to as the mirror polish would probably survive daily scrubs with a steel brush for months before it faded.

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Originally Posted by mlededee

Lord Sorril, I want to comment on this thread to congratulate you.
This thread has received over ONE MILLION views! That is incredible! :w00t:

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Only 1 million? I'm still a 'young' guy with big snake plans: lets try for 10 million. ;)

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Wow! :sweeet: That's awesome, Lord Sorril! :colbert2: :rockon:

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Thank you Boger, and Thank you all!

Snakes and Stones Season '22 is in progress! First clutch for me was laid on June 1st. I am up to 4 right now. Aiming for a light year of ~25 clutches this go round (next year 2X).
I am disappointed that I will not get to use my time lapse incubator this season (I was going to upgrade to HD video). I am working too many hours so I won't be able to balance the thermal swings from the cameras and lighting. The plus side to working these hours is that 300lbs. of Rodent Food/month becomes a trivial expense. :P

About 5 more photos left in my 2021 set.

Photo #241
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ked_wbktjt.jpg
Yellow Calcite, Fluorite, and a Leopard Pastel Het VPI Axanthic.

People often say that fluorite is one of the most challenging stones to tumble/polish-that is because they haven't tried calcite yet...:)

Photo #242
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ked_c2aobc.jpg
More local granite from my area (MA, USA), not the easiest stones to tumble, but, have their own character. :)

You can tell there is something going on with this ball python...it is: 100% Het Lavender Albino with a 50% possible chance for Albino and Pied (though doubtful pied-due to the 'even' patterning).

Been very busy lately, on clutch #9 so far for 2022.

My gf and I went to the New England Reptile Expo in Manchester NH this morning (26JUN2022): Snapped a few quick photos--got crowded really fast, we only stayed about 20 minutes, so rush-rush-rush.

Crimson Albino Iguana
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...o-1_l2zg4n.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...-1a_medeyg.jpg
Fat Tail Gecko (cha-ching!):
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...o-2_ejreqn.jpg
Dumerils yawning:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...o-3_jyadcx.jpg
Rhino Iguana:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...o-5_hgjbae.jpg
Tiger Rat Snake (feisty!)
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...o-6_eyhlo5.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...o-7_czxekk.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...o-8_qmdh3t.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...o-9_qcz5yv.jpg
Always lots of Axolotls...
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...-9a_pksxxg.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...-9b_xgba08.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...-9c_nwsmxk.jpg
Super fancy bettas at a reptile expo...who would have guessed:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...-9d_b5riup.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...-9e_bota6o.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...-9f_gwryir.jpg
I thought these bags listed by weight (shown below) had rabbits, but, they were actually guinea pigs...:)
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...y-1_onklyv.jpg
My gfs inner goth wanted this bat skeleton (shown below):
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...y-2_alodtt.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...y-3_xpfu3b.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...y-4_yvkpbp.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...y-5_nttr0v.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...y-6_ahtbbi.jpg
Living in New England, anything other than a grey or greenish-grey stone is a novelty...
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...y-7_fcfzvd.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...y-8_lhglij.jpg
What we bought: A small enclosure (for a jumping spider), a bag of live oak leaves, a bag of mangolia leaves, hornworms, and a ball python (in the bag).
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...e-1_hsww16.jpg
The ball python is a 100% Het.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...se2_dsdvch.jpg
My first guess while scanning tables was Het Genetic Stripe, but, I was wrong.
Anyone care to guess what type of Het she is?
Clue: It is not a gene I have yet.

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Originally Posted by Lord Sorril

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...se2_dsdvch.jpg
Anyone care to guess what type of Het she is?

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No takers eh...Tri-Stripe. ;)

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Originally Posted by Lord Sorril

No takers eh...Tri-Stripe. ;)

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I think Zincubus would probably be the only one of us who could accurately guess. :D