Columbia, S.C Repticon

Ok, so I went to my first Repticon today with my daughter and we had a GREAT time there. Lots of beautiful animals there. Well, I kept on sending these great pics to my wife (who isn't keen on snakes by the way). Well, after a little bit of bugging and her just spoiling me, she agreed to let me get this little pastel (male). The dude sold him to me for $75! So now I have one and my daughter has one. I feel like an idiot because when my wife ended up being ok with it, I grabbbed him and headed home ASAP before she changed her mind so i didn't ask any questions to the guy that sold him to me. I got his tub all setup and quickly weighted him and snapped some photos. He weighs 100g and he has a really nice yellow to him. My daughter and I realized that we needed to name them something that matched each other (you know like Bonnie and Clyde or Starcky and Hutch) and, both of us being big time Star Wars nerds, she will probably change her's from Monty to Jango and I will name mine Boba. Not sure on the names but that is where we are leaning. Now the suck of having to wait a week to leave him alone and feed. I am really excited and want to check him out but I will be patient for now. My wife has been reall great about it. I was totally expecting to come home empty handed but instead i got this little guy.

Thanks for reading my mumbles and checking him out.:D:D:D:D:D

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Pics didn't work :(

Sorry, my computer crashed when I tried to fix the images...hope these work.

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How about now?

Sure wish I could edit my OP cause my grammar and spelling are aweful.:rolleye2:

Congratulations on the new addition. I like that last photo...

Nice pickup!! :gj:

I had to keep sneaking in the room and checking on him last night...I feel like a new father...:D:oops::rolleye2:

Ok, so we are now thinking about naming them R2 and 3PO (of course my new guy would be 3PO since he is golden :P)...whew...if my daughter didn't insist I wouldn't name them at all and just refer to them as normal and pastel :D

great looking pastel. We ran by the show yesterday also had a pretty good time ending up going home with another anaconda. The columbia show is always a blast

I was actually looking for a Mice Direct booth there but couldn't find it. One of those dudes was selling a really friendly normal (I think he said she was about 5 years old) for like $35 but I like starting these guys small and watching them grow. Did you get any pics with that nile at the front door?

He's a cutie! Congrats on the new addition! :gj:

Here's the normal the guy wanted $35 for. As you can tell, my daughter loved this dude and, I think in this photo, she was trying to get me to get him instead of the pastel I got. However, I wanted to get a small one and raise him. This one was pretty awesome. You touch or rub his head and he wouldn't jerk back and just wanted to hang on you neck and chill.

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OK, this little dude has an attitude. I haven't messed with him at all but I have had to go into his tub and change his water and rearrange the stuff he keeps movcing around at night while he explores his home. Well, this morning I checked on him and he was behind his water bowl and I saw that he had nocked over his meter so I couldn't see temps or humidity. I opened the tub to fix and sure enough he nipped at me twice while I was in there. Like I said he was behind is water bowl so he couldn't reach me but I just kept doing what I was doing. It was just funny to me seeing him trying to take charge.:rolleyes: I know today is only the 4th day since I got him but I am going to try to feed him tonight. The guy I got him from said he ate the week prior to me getting him so he's probably pretty hungry right now. The good thing is that by Saturday I can take him out and start handling him more to break him being so snappy. :D