66 grams of super cuteness!

Got this little girl today.

http://www.walagata.com/w/the-salamander/71.jpg

http://www.walagata.com/w/the-salamander/72.jpg

She's sweet, adorable and I love her already but she's so tiny!

I've never bought a BP this young before.

She's one month old and has been eating live fuzzies.

I bought F/T fuzzies hoping she'll eat them.

All of you who are breeders and deal with babies all the time....are they tougher than they look at this age/size?

She just seems so impossibly fragile and delicate.

[yeah, "mom worries" again]

We have only bought one as an adult, so it is amazing when they are this small. I think the smallest we have got though was 80 something grams. They grow fast though. If she is that small, I would feed what she is used to until she has gained some weight, then try to switch her. Congrats on your baby!!

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I got a month old cinnie but she was 140 grams! But she was a total B word too! As long as your husbandry is good she will be fine!

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We have only bought one as an adult, so it is amazing when they are this small. I think the smallest we have got though was 80 something grams. They grow fast though. If she is that small, I would feed what she is used to until she has gained some weight, then try to switch her. Congrats on your baby!!

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Ew.

I'm gonna hate feeding little bitty baby live mice!

My rodent supplier isn't open until Tuesday so I have to wait until then to get them anyway.

I thought my petco mutt Iggy was 'tiny' at 126 grams.

She was snakezilla compared to this little worm...:)

[and she's shot up to over 1000 grams since last October!]

Kelly's gotta be the weight gain record holder, though.

She weighed 134 grams on 12/10/11 and is now almost 900 grams.

I can't believe how fast she's growing!

[is there such a thing as a genetic growth rate "tendency"? she's being fed normally but just keeps growing!]

:O

They aren't nearly as fragile as you think. And no, you won't "break" her. She may or may not take the f/t, do try them, but be patient with her and don't let her go too long without a meal. What is she? She looks kinds of fireish or maybe vanillaish?

Cute little bug!

Gale

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Originally Posted by Andybill

I got a month old cinnie but she was 140 grams! But she was a total B word too! As long as your husbandry is good she will be fine!

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:rofl:

I have one "b word" but he's a boy.
Mosby, my Kobylka het Clown is a complete jerk!

He lays in his tub...just watching me, all 's-shaped' and waiting for me to open the tub.
He's never struck but he does a really great impression of an angry rattle snake....:)

He's a good eater though so I guess I can't complain....too much.

:D

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They aren't nearly as fragile as you think. And no, you won't "break" her. She may or may not take the f/t, do try them, but be patient with her and don't let her go too long without a meal. What is she? She looks kinds of fireish or maybe vanillaish?

Cute little bug!

Gale

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She's a pretty little Fire.

Photos just don't do her bright gold justice.

I picked her over her sister because of her 'oopmh' factor and her gloriously bright and long tail stripe.

Her name is "7" because there are marks on her side that look like sevens.

She's a spunky little thing....she's already checked out every inch of her new home and loves her hide.

[kinda of hard to cuddle though...she's really fast and "adventurous"]

I had her and her sister on the display case, just examining them to see which I'd buy and her sister just sat there, balled up but she was actually straining her little body towards me the whole time.
Eventually she got a grip on my t shirt and zoomed up into my hair and wouldn't come out.

I think *I* got 'picked".

:)

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Originally Posted by angllady2

They aren't nearly as fragile as you think. And no, you won't "break" her. She may or may not take the f/t, do try them, but be patient with her and don't let her go too long without a meal. What is she? She looks kinds of fireish or maybe vanillaish?

Cute little bug!

Gale

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Dumb question time:

I've never fed live fuzzies....do I 'zombie dance' the F/T fuzzies or just hold them in front of her?

Live fuzzies don't seem to move very much, except for wobbling around aimlessly when their mom gets up and goes out of reach.

I got my albino at just a few weeks old and he was 53 grams. He took a f/t pinky rat for me first try. He hasn't missed a meal, even in shed. He's close to 400g now and he will gladly accept an extra rat from anyone who didn't feel like eating that week. Give her a full week to settle in and then try to feed. She is gorgeous by the way! Congrats!

Lol, she is soo cute!

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I got my albino at just a few weeks old and he was 53 grams. He took a f/t pinky rat for me first try. He hasn't missed a meal, even in shed. He's close to 400g now and he will gladly accept an extra rat from anyone who didn't feel like eating that week. Give her a full week to settle in and then try to feed. She is gorgeous by the way! Congrats!

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Thank you Elbee!

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Lol, she is soo cute!

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Don't you just wanna grab her and hug her silly?

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Originally Posted by Salamander

Got this little girl today.

http://www.walagata.com/w/the-salamander/71.jpg

http://www.walagata.com/w/the-salamander/72.jpg

She's sweet, adorable and I love her already but she's so tiny!

I've never bought a BP this young before.

She's one month old and has been eating live fuzzies.

I bought F/T fuzzies hoping she'll eat them.

All of you who are breeders and deal with babies all the time....are they tougher than they look at this age/size?

She just seems so impossibly fragile and delicate.

[yeah, "mom worries" again]

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Nice snake you got their. She is also very bright and looks healthy. They are tougher than they look. They can fend for themselves if they wanted to. They can defend them selves, hunt, ect... Have fun with your new snake!!

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Nice snake you got their. She is also very bright and looks healthy. They are tougher than they look. They can fend for themselves if they wanted to. They can defend them selves, hunt, ect... Have fun with your new snake!!

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Thanks!

And she ate!

I was going to wait but she just 'felt hungry' to me so I thawed out a fuzzy and laid it in her hide.

She didn't grab at it or anything so I shrugged and went to bed.

I woke up this morning to find it gone.

Yay!

Another willing F/T eater!

:banana::banana::banana:

Now she's much less restless and has stopped 'searching'.

She must have been famished.

Yay! Glad she ate for you!

She is just soooooooooo adorable and cute! I just want to hug her and squeeze her to bits!

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Yay! Glad she ate for you!

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She is just soooooooooo adorable and cute! I just want to hug her and squeeze her to bits!

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Thanks...and me too but I gotta wait until she settles in and gets a little bigger to start hugging and squeezing her to bits!

:D

Pretty little Fire you have there. Had to edit my post cause I thought she was YB until I read back through. Glad to hear she took f/t for you. We had to start ours out my daughter's with live, 5-7 day old rats for about three feedings and then got her to switch over. They grow so fast. My daughter picked hers up at Repticon the last week of January. It was 76 gms and now she is closing in on 300 gms. The YB girl she got at the October show was 87 grams and now is about 430.

We have a clutch of YB to Normal due to hatch the end of August. The eggs are about 12 days in the incubator and we candled them again yesterday and everything looks good. Hope we get some girls looks as good as yours.

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Pretty little Fire you have there. Had to edit my post cause I thought she was YB until I read back through. Glad to hear she took f/t for you. We had to start ours out my daughter's with live, 5-7 day old rats for about three feedings and then got her to switch over. They grow so fast. My daughter picked hers up at Repticon the last week of January. It was 76 gms and now she is closing in on 300 gms. The YB girl she got at the October show was 87 grams and now is about 430.

We have a clutch of YB to Normal due to hatch the end of August. The eggs are about 12 days in the incubator and we candled them again yesterday and everything looks good. Hope we get some girls looks as good as yours.

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Well now she's *72* grams of super cuteness! LOL

Omigosh...I really couldn't bear feeding baby rats.
I have pet rats and it just freaks me out too much.

I have 2 BPs who totally refuse F/T and I have to feed them specifically medium, male mice.
[seriously...bigger or female...they have no interest at all. weirdos!] :rolleyes:

I love my gentle, sweet natured YB girl and I hope you'll share pix of yours when they hatch....:)

This is Ivy, who was [sort of] named after her Ivory daddy.

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...1/9/7/ivy1.jpg


http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...1/9/7/ivy3.jpg

When she grows up, she's got a date with either my SP or my Fire.

[can't decide which]

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Well now she's *72* grams of super cuteness! LOL

Omigosh...I really couldn't bear feeding baby rats.
I have pet rats and it just freaks me out too much.

I have 2 BPs who totally refuse F/T and I have to feed them specifically medium, male mice.
[seriously...bigger or female...they have no interest at all. weirdos!] :rolleyes:

I love my gentle, sweet natured YB girl and I hope you'll share pix of yours when they hatch....:)

This is Ivy, who was [sort of] named after her Ivory daddy.

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...1/9/7/ivy1.jpg


http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...1/9/7/ivy3.jpg

When she grows up, she's got a date with either my SP or my Fire.

[can't decide which]

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I will share some pics when they're out. For now here is a pick of the Sire and Mom with the eggs.

http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/...snakes002B.jpg

http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/...glaying016.jpg

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Dumb question time:

I've never fed live fuzzies....do I 'zombie dance' the F/T fuzzies or just hold them in front of her?

Live fuzzies don't seem to move very much, except for wobbling around aimlessly when their mom gets up and goes out of reach.

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I just hold them with tongs a few inches in front of the baby. I've noticed that the babies seem intimidated if you move the F/T around too much.

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I will share some pics when they're out. For now here is a pick of the Sire and Mom with the eggs.

http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/...snakes002B.jpg

http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/...glaying016.jpg

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Oh my!

Dad is gorgeous!

Mom looks a lot like my Agnes.

I can't wait to see the babies!

:D

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I just hold them with tongs a few inches in front of the baby. I've noticed that the babies seem intimidated if you move the F/T around too much.

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I guess she sure was because she waited until I was gone and sound asleep before eating....LOL

[I wish it wouldn't upset her to be photographed right now...her little "mouse belly bump" is adorable]

My YB is the same way and she's about 7 months old or so.

I'm to quietly lay down the rat, close the lid and buzz off so she can pick it up and carry it into her hide to eat in private.


She's only "grabbed" a couple of times since I've had her.

My semi-rescue Peggy, however, is so shocked that she actually gets fed every single week nearly knocks the tongs out of my hand and lunges for her food so hard that she flips her hide off of herself and smacks into the side of her tub.

Poor thing just hasn't come to realize that she will always have food, yet.

When out, she's as sweet as honey and calm as can be, though.

I know I'm a lot less worried about the baby, now.

Thanks to everybody's reassurances that she isn't as fragile as she seems and the joy of her eating with no problems, I'm pretty confident now that she's going to be okay....:)

[but she's still so tiny!]

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