Grace and the rest of the Special Kids!

A few people have been hounding me about Grace, mostly Frankykeno(Jo), but others too. As promised, here are some updated pics of Grace, and I also includedsome of my other special children.

The first picture is of Grace's scar, or what's left of it. She just shed about a week ago, and it looks better and better after every shed. For those do not know about Grace's story, I have included a link to the original post; http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=53378 .
http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/gracefeb08.jpg

This is a picture of the rest of the special kids. I will do as much explaining as I can for this pic. On the left is our one eyed Pinstripe female (actually she has 2eyes, but her right eye is very small, see picture). In the middle are the twins. They are sibblings to Grace, and are named Bitsy at the top and Itsy on the bottom. They were hatchedweighing in at a whopping 23.0 and 21.4 grams respectively. They now weigh in at 52.1 and 46.6 grams. They do not grow fast, as I have been feeding them very small meals to keep from shockingthemtoo much. However, they do eat 24 hour old pinkrats on their own. On the right are Grace in the front, and one of her other sisters behind her. I included hersister, as I believe that she might be the best looking Spider I have hatched to date (her colors do not show correctly in this photo). Unfortunately she sold beforeIrealized how beautiful she was. She was in shed when we sold her. Grace's last weight, as of today, is 242.1 grams. She hatched at 40.7 grams. After her hernia healed, she began a chow hound, and is eating me out of house and home (wel at least the rat;s home). I hope you have enjoyed the pics.
http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/specialkids.jpg

Sincerely,

Thats one hell of a special olympics starting basketball team right there.

they all look great! do you think you'll ever breed grace?

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Originally Posted by FIREball

Thats one hell of a special olympics starting basketball team right there.

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Thanks Jeremy. I think they'd win the gold.

Awww Tim they all look great! Thanks so much for the updated pics of Grace (her scar looks amazingly well healed). I just adore Itsy and Bitsy and your lovely one eyed wonder snake! :)

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Originally Posted by python.princess

they all look great! do you think you'll ever breed grace?

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Thanks Melanie. I higly doubt I will ever breed Grace, as she will be going to a new home in a few months. I know that is the first I have ever mentioned that, but I won't say anymore. Other than she is going to a board member, so she will not be absent from BP.net in the future. The new owner may breed her, as we have talked about it, and from her current condition and her great progress, I don't think she would ever have any problems.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Awww Tim they all look great! Thanks so much for the updated pics of Grace (her scar looks amazingly well healed). I just adore Itsy and Bitsy and your lovely one eyed wonder snake! :)

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Thanks Jo. The Pin female is named Winky. She is the sweetest Ball we own, and a hog too. You would think she would be slightly jumpy because she can't see from that side, but I think her heat pits make up for her lack of sight just fine. She will strike in that direction, and I approach her from her bad side all the time, and she still appears to know I'm coming.

Hey tim does that hapen to be my spider in that pic?

Awww what a great name, Winky, totally suits her!

I wish I could find the study, it's saved here on my mess of a favorites list Tim, but it basically compared what happened to pythons if they hunted with their heat pits blocked but sight intact, compared to heat pits available but sight temporarily impaired. A definite percentage managed just fine with no sight to guide them but most could not manage to hit prey with their heat pits out of order. I bet Winky knows just who you are and exactly where you are at all times, one good eye or not. :)

Strong work Tim ... there are a lot of "business people" out there in this hobby that should be taking notes out of your play book. Animals first ... always!

Keep on keepin on brother!

-adam