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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Starscream
Haha, Maze does that for the two or three days following a feeding. Any time I pop open her tub, o-oh here she comes. She's always to be disappointed, silly monster girl. They just want to be giants [emoji28].
Hahaha. That's funny. Vega will go back into his hide like he wasn't looking for food if the door opens and he doesn't smell food at all. It definitely helps reduce chances of getting bit for being warm. He doesn't quit doing it in between feedings, the silly guy. Only easy way to spot a shed is when he stops doing it. His colors are light enough and his eyes are always a sort of cloudy blue color that it is really tough to spot an upcoming shed by sight.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by pretends2bnormal
Hahaha. That's funny. Vega will go back into his hide like he wasn't looking for food if the door opens and he doesn't smell food at all. It definitely helps reduce chances of getting bit for being warm. He doesn't quit doing it in between feedings, the silly guy. Only easy way to spot a shed is when he stops doing it. His colors are light enough and his eyes are always a sort of cloudy blue color that it is really tough to spot an upcoming shed by sight.
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Yeah, after about a 10 days or so post-feed Maze starts making her rounds of her enclosure. If she doesn't, That's about when I start to think she's in shed. I've been taking her out a lot less often (been pretty busy lately + I'm sure she prefers it lol), but she's never been a biter. Maze takes forever to turn blue, and acts miserable and reclusive around the time her belly turns pink. At least she's pretty obvious when in blue. Sounds like your guy tries to let you know through behavior, even if you can't always tell, which is pretty interesting!
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Tonight, I remembered to replace Maze's water a bit later than usual. Her lights were already off, and she was in her typical 'let me watch you from my hide' pose and not actively wandering, so I decided to just go ahead and do it. As I'm replacing her water, she came over and started drinking, and continued long enough for me to snap some photos.
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(The rock's for springtails, they keep jumping in the water, so that's just so they can climb their way out. They float so jumping in doesn't drown them.)
Wasn't expecting that. I'm lucky if she even deigns to drink in my presence. I may change her water at night more often if this is how she responds lol.
Anyways, she now measures at 38 inches, according to Serpwidgets, which is 2 inches of growth in 3 months. She's starting to gain more weight around than length, I think. She's still lean, but getting that chunky ball python body shape in comparison to her smol little head :'). She last ate two weeks ago, and is so far still calm as could be. Going to try for one more week, then do a couple of smaller weekly feedings for variety.
Here are some older photos from last week, when she was still begging for a second meal lol.
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(if i stare at u hard enough u feed meh rat, yus?)
And sitting on one of the plants she managed to murder in her post-meal rage.
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Maze got out of her enclosure while I was at work last night. I found her immediately -- she was trying to climb on a lamp to get to the top shelf of my shelving unit, by the looks of it lol... I'm about 99% sure I know what happened -- I was running around before work and planned to change her water out before I left. Opened the lid, closed it but didn't latch it, and got distracted by checking the tire pressure on my car. Apparently I forgot to come back in and change her water because it was still the same as yesterday morning.
Feeling frazzled, but glad she didn't make it too far. Even if she went down a level I'm pretty sure she would've gotten distracted by the plants, as I let her do just that after I got over the shock of catching her outside of her house. I'm just relieved she's okay. And now I'll be checking to make sure I latched her lids properly at least 5 times before I go anywhere lmao.
My roommate came home and found me watching her roam around my plants, and took some pics before she went home. She's awfully cute for being so naughty.
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I can only think that this would have happened eventually, especially since classes just kicked back in. I'm glad it happened the way it did, more as a warning to myself to keep on top of those things, rather than losing her and being unable to rectify my mistake. Hate that it happened to begin with, but. What can you do.
Quadruple check everything, kids.
(roommate's insta, since that's where i 'stole' these from :P https://www.instagram.com/strik_snacha/ )
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Starscream
nice to know Maze is an ally with the LGBTQ+ community. :)
beautiful photos of a beautiful girl. :aww:
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Love seeing this girl and her adventures! Also omg!! I love the jungle gym you made for her!!! PVC pipe is like the new lego for us haha
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by MissterDog
Love seeing this girl and her adventures! Also omg!! I love the jungle gym you made for her!!! PVC pipe is like the new lego for us haha
Haha thanks! It is pretty fun to rebuild the PVC and see how she interacts with it.
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Did you build that just for maze? I need one for boople.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Sunnieskys
Did you build that just for maze? I need one for boople.
Yep! I had some PVC lying around so all I had to buy were the cross joints and more end caps, since I had everything else (two corners and the pipes themselves).
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Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Starscream
Yep! I had some PVC lying around so all I had to buy were the cross joints and more end caps, since I had everything else (two corners and the pipes themselves).
To funny when people say
Balls dont climb. My T-12’s have PVC painted with Grit Paint and they even hang from them and grab a rat
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by CALM Pythons
Great shot! Can't wait to have a glass-front viv for awesome photos like that, instead of this awful plastic...
That's Maze's preferred method of eating, honestly. She uses her branches a lot while "hunting" the days up to a feed. Not so much when she's just out basking, though. I can't wait to give her a taller enclosure so she can actually get a decent amount off the ground.
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Love seeing her and how much she's grown! I like the slated rocks you've added!
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by MissterDog
Love seeing her and how much she's grown! I like the slated rocks you've added!
Thanks! Unfortunately I waited too long to add those, because she already outgrew them lmao. I'm thinking about doing some kind of Rete's stack anyways so they'll make a return eventually lol.
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She shed today! This is the first time I've seen a little blood around her vent, but since it seems to be fairly common I'll just keep an eye on it. Better safe than sorry. She also has a singular scale directly in the middle of head that's lighter than the others. Again, not worried, it's just going to bother me until she sheds again lol.
She weighs 728 grams, and according to Serpwidgets, is now 40 inches long. That's two inches in three months! Growin' girl.
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Thanks for all the pics and updates.
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Awesome pictures, thanks :gj:
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
such beautiful photos these last two posts. those succulent photos are everything! [emoji2956]
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by tttaylorrr
such beautiful photos these last two posts. those succulent photos are everything! [emoji2956]
Thanks! Maze loves a good plant-sniffing session. I have more downstairs, but it's colder and I'm not too comfy letting her wander as long down there :/.
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Awesome pictures, thanks :gj:
Thank you!
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Originally Posted by MR Snakes
Thanks for all the pics and updates.
No problem, I just enjoy documenting her progress. It helps that I know I'll be looking back at these photos years from now trying to imagine just how tiny she was haha.
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Happy New Year!
Here's my latest hoard of Mazikeen pictures to start 2019 off :).
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A little sniffin' video: https://i.imgur.com/MPPELaE.mp4
As for today specifically: I redid her lid layout, so I had her in a smaller travel tote for a few hours while I took out her heating elements and then added them and her lights onto the new lid. I have an order of plants coming in specifically for her enclosure, and the added light will help them thrive, and they in turn will give her cover and new things to smell and sit on. The old lid also opened at the top, and Maze had begun pushing at the gap at night. This lid doesn't have the top opening, so that will hopefully cease to be an issue, and her nose can get some rest.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/I1FPzmM.jpg
It'll look way better when those plants come in to fill in the gaps. Maze, of course, had to sniff everything new for a good 30-45 minutes before going back to sleep. Taking pictures through the tub has always been a pain, but it's amazing what good lighting does to help course-correct that. The camera will finally focus on her and not the tub walls lol.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
Looks great....as does she! Looking forward to seeing the final planted version...bet she loves that. :P
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Dianne
Looks great....as does she! Looking forward to seeing the final planted version...bet she loves that. :P
Thanks! I can't wait for the plants to come in. It's an ever-evolving process, considering the plants are subject to Maze's whims... and how much she enjoys sitting on them (ex: how torn up that poor spider plant looks). I'm hopeful that these new plants will root in time for her not to immediately kill them, and I'm going to feed her around the same time so that she'll in a food-coma for a least a few days to a week while they settle in.
The plant lights have turned off for the day; she immediately figured out where the UVB is lol.
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I'll leave her alone now.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
Awww she's beautiful! Thanks for sharing her progress!
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Always love seeing this girl! It's so cute whenever they investigate anything that's new. So fun to watch!
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by MissterDog
Always love seeing this girl! It's so cute whenever they investigate anything that's new. So fun to watch!
Lol yeah! I think Maze is permanently in investigation mode. Even if nothing is going on, she's always peeking out at me, or watching me move around the room from her hide.
It's almost like she's asking if we've got the goods she's looking for ;).
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Maze age a large meal on Monday, and then yesterday started poking her head out while I was taking pictures of her plants. The pictures help me try to judge how well they are growing in her setup, as it's harder to keep an eye on them when compared to the plants I have sitting around my house. Those I can eyeball anytime; Maze's plants I tend to leave alone for long periods, and only water as necessary.
Curious girl keeping an eye on me, as always.
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Video of her sniffing her hide and branch.
https://imgur.com/kTzbsde
Cage photos.
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Today I noticed some loud noises, which I'm assuming were snake farts; they sounded like bubbles of liquid emerging from a pool of water, and were coming from her tub. She moved between hides, and then peered out at me like I was the offender. Nuh-uh, little lady, you gotta own your farts just like everybody else lmao.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Originally Posted by Starscream
Today I noticed some loud noises, which I'm assuming were snake farts; they sounded like bubbles of liquid emerging from a pool of water, and were coming from her tub. She moved between hides, and then peered out at me like I was the offender. Nuh-uh, little lady, you gotta own your farts just like everybody else lmao.
lmfao!
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That's quite a girl you have there.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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Haha! Perfect!
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That's quite a girl you have there.
Thanks! She's pretty 'personable' for a snake lol.
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Some "low quality" pictures (aka bad lighting and/or flash pics) of the girl.
That's her foot now.
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She likes to feel tall.
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Sleepin under a log.
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Sometimes I walk in at the weirdest times...
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Weight and length updates!
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She's coming along slowly but nicely. I'm pretty pleased with her progress -- she has good shape, in my eyes, and looks neither too chunky nor too thin. She weighs 781 grams, is 42 inches long, and is 21 months old. I don't think she'll be 4ft at 2 years, but maybe by the time she's 3? lol
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
Mazikeen met a friend today! It's someone she's met before, but it's been about a year since they last saw one another.
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She weighed in empty tonight at 817 grams.
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This is one of my favourite progression threads :) Mazikeen is looking great! It's cool to see how much she's grown.
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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This is one of my favourite progression threads :) Mazikeen is looking great! It's cool to see how much she's grown.
Thank you so much! That means a lot to me to hear :D.
To be honest, it's almost hard to believe how big she's gotten. It feels like every time I pull her out for handling, she's grown some.
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She ate on Monday. Always looking for more food...
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She immediately went into shed after the last post. Here's from last night, rocking the zombie look.
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Mazikeen shed on April Fool's :rolleyes:. Got her out for general health check/ weigh and took some photos while I was at it, as well as a video. She'll be 2 next month, and I can't quite believe it!
Video link: https://imgur.com/V1zETv4
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
once i saw it on facebook i was waiting for it here!
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Re: Mazikeen progression thread
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once i saw it on facebook i was waiting for it here!
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Small world! :)
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I let Maze sniff Lan Fan's shed for a few minutes. She was intrigued for a few, then went back to her usual nightly activities.
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