Shayna - Our Albino Spider Ball

This is Shayna. She is about 800 +/- grams in this picture and had just shed. She is about 900 grams now and is about 1 1/2 years old.

We named her Shayna because it means beautiful in Yiddish.

She is a great pet. Incredibly calm, but a good eater on F/T rats. We got her at 5 months and 200 grams! My how they grow!

I will post more pics as she grows. This shows how bright she is, at least on her head. I have other pics that show off her yellow on her body better, but I like this pic.

She is almost neon yellow after a shed.

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Shayna shed yesterday. She has been stubborn and refused food the past two feedings - hopefully just because she was going to shed.

Anyway, here are some fresh pics.

Thanks to all for looking.

David

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Awww she's so beautiful! :)


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This is Shayna. She is about 800 +/- grams in this picture and had just shed. She is about 900 grams now and is about 1 1/2 years old.

We named her Shayna because it means beautiful in Yiddish.

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Good thing you went with Shayna and not Shonde!

Very nice girl you've got there! Here is my new Male Albino Spider. Just got him this past week.
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He's cute too.

Shayna has lost a lot of the white on her as she got older. I wonder if your guy will do the same.

David

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He's cute too.

Shayna has lost a lot of the white on her as she got older. I wonder if your guy will do the same.

David

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Not sure...he's already 1 1/2 yrs old.

Wow that is a beautiful Snake and the other one posted is to what a Privilege to be care taker of such beautiful Animals what surrounds us here on earth never ceases to Amaze me.

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😳 idk why I torture myself in this way I see all these beautiful snakes and cry myself to sleep knowing that it'll be a good while before I can buy a morph 😒😩


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I understand, but don't torture yourself.

We love Shayna not because of how she looks, but because she is an awesome animal!

They don't know they look different! Just love them for who they are!

David

Roach,

Shayna is about the same age. She really only had white on her the first couple of months. By the time we got her at 5 months, it was almost all gone.

So, your guy might keep the white.

David

So very well said dakski and I do love my girl to pieces, in fact kinda heart broken that we're not living together at the moment :( at any rate I just get impatient for the future I'm working toward I guess lol in the mean time I enjoy talking to fellow enthusiasts


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Shayna is about 1100 grams now. Here are some pics. Sorry the poor quality/bad shots, but I wanted to give a sense of how much she has grown.

In person she almost "glows."

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Man she has really gotten big!! She's as beautiful as ever :)

She is beautiful, the name fits!

She's beautiful! Growing like a champ

Here are some shots from today. She is 1174G dry and is doing great. She is now 2 years and 4 months old. My wonderful wife is holding her.

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Shayna is 5 now and a steady 1600G or so.

Haven't updated in a while and thought I should.

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Looks absolutely stunning !!!


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Shayna is 5 now and a steady 1600G or so.

Haven't updated in a while and thought I should.

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wow, what a beautiful baby!!! love love love her!

Thank you!

She's a total sweetheart too!

We love her too!

Two new pics. Sorry, not great quality.

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Shayna just shed and, unfortunately, this is the best picture I could get. I think it shows how her yellow pops - almost neon.

She's in her winter "fast," but is doing great otherwise. She hasn't eaten in about 4 months, but is down from about 1580G to about 1480G. Still drinking, shedding, and doing other "snake" stuff. She's 5 now and has done this like clockwork for 3 years. Occasionally, in the past, she would take a rat here and there, but I know she will eat when ready.

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After almost exactly 5 months (beginning of September) of not eating, Shayna stopped her yearly fast tonight, and gobbled down a 125G F/T medium rat!

It was kind of funny. She might have forgotten how to snake/eat for a minute.

She rarely strikes and is very shy. I usually shake it and then put it down and walk away. When in regular feeding schedule mode, she might strike 1/15 times, but eats 12/15 times.

Today, I shook, she came over to see, and I put down in front of her. She seemed interested for the first time in a long time, smelled and tasted for a while, then grabbed and tried to eat from the middle a couple of times. Then she grabbed the head, pulled around the tank, and seemed to start eating okay. I walked away to let her eat and when I came back 30 minutes later, the rat was gone.

I need to double check her hides tomorrow to make sure she didn't just drag it around and leave it hidden somewhere. She has done that every once in a while.

Very happy (assuming she ate). I know she will eat when she wants. However, nerve racking to see her not eat for that long!

She went from 1580G down to about 1470G, and has been drinking and dropping urine and urate regularly. So, it wasn't a concern about health or anything (she is also 5 1/2 years old). Just frustrating for me. She has also done this every year for 3 years now. I've had her since 6 months old and 200G.

Having a corn and a BCI, who eat like clockwork, it's interesting dealing with the idiosyncrasies of a BP and weird eating habits.

However, I wouldn't have Shayna any other way. She is an awesome snake.

Beautiful and incredibly docile, calm, and sweet.

I checked today and the rat is gone! She ate! Hooray!

Glad she did and I did not find it rotting under a hide :).

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I checked today and the rat is gone! She ate! Hooray!

Glad she did and I did not find it rotting under a hide :).

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Excellent !!


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My goodness!! Stunnnning!!

this is an old thread and nice to see it updated or I would have never seen this gorgeous girl!!

What a nice snake. Love her.

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So, Shayna started eating again, and I am handling her a little more often. She looked so pretty tonight, and I got a new camera, so PICTURE TIME!

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So, I tried feeding Shayna again this week to get some weight back on her. She refused, :(.

The past few winters when she fasted, she had "false starts" too, and doesn't eat every week usually anyway. I'll try again next week.

Not worried considering how happily she ate last week and this her modus operandi.

Oh, well.

I'm no expert by any means but I'd have probably not handled her until she's had a few feeds . I'd have also waited ten days before trying the second one ( no handling in between ) .... Get into a routine of feeding ....ten day gap and then you can try after 7 days or so and handle then ...

Also read up on the hairdryer method as it generally works wonders for fussy Royals ...


She looks absolutely amazing by the way , I'm very envious !


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I'm no expert by any means but I'd have probably not handled her until she's had a few feeds . I'd have also waited ten days before trying the second one ( no handling in between ) .... Get into a routine of feeding ....ten day gap and then you can try after 7 days or so and handle then ...

Also read up on the hairdryer method as it generally works wonders for fussy Royals ...


She looks absolutely amazing by the way , I'm very envious !


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I've tried it all with Shayna over the years :). Bottom line is she eats when she wants.

Sunday is feed day here, so I feed either 7 or 14 days, etc. I'll offer again in two weeks.

Also, the past few winters she took a rat or two over the 4-6 months before beginning to feed regularly again.

I appreciate the input on handling. Aside from the pics I took her out to clean her tank and that was it. I always leave her alone completely the day of feeding and often the day before as well.

I have had better success defrosting at room temp and then dropping the rat in hot water for 30 seconds or so instead of using the hairdryer. Seems to more uniformly heat the rat and she is more likely to take it. I know many people have success with the hairdryer and my other two snakes (BCI and Corn) will eat anything, prepared anyway!

Again, when it comes to eating, especially in the winter, she does what she wants and on her schedule, not mine!

Being a healthy weight, color, drinking regularly, and this being her yearly winter thing, I am not worried.

Thank you for pointing out how beautiful she is; I agree. She is a totally awesome snake all around!

So, Shayna happily gobbled down a medium rat tonight! I am moving to feeding every two weeks now. Reviewing my records, she would often eat every week, when not in fast, but then refuse a meal or two.

She didn't strike as usual. Waited for me to drop the rat and walk away. I hid in the corner, out of her sight, and about a minute later, she began eating. Got it down quick too!

Very happy she is off fast! I don't worry too much, and I know she will eat when ready, but it's so much more fun when they eat regularly!

Well, the winter fast is definitely over!

She is going to shed, but still gobbled down a medium rat last night! I shook it, put it down (which she prefers), and came back two minutes later to her chowing down.

I am feeding her every two weeks and she has been eating like a pig! Good deal!

That's 3 rats in the past 6 weeks, after not eating for 5 months. Glad she is eating again; it's so much easier on me!

This morning I found a beautiful Shayna, along with a perfect shed, and a bunch of waste!

I'll post pictures soon, if I remember, but she doesn't look much different than last shed, LOL. She's been full grown and had the same colors for a while.

I also weighed her and she came in at 1600G even, which is her normal weight when not fasting.

I think she's a little less because she had a 100G rat Sunday night. Either way, definitely gaining weight back to her normal and up from her low of 1430G before her yearly winter fast ended 6 weeks ago.

She's an awesome snake, but funny! I picked her up out of her tank to clean it and gave her to Katie to hold for a few minutes (Katie got out early today because of the Noreaster!). She was doing great, then when I took her back, and draped her from my neck, she bumped her head into my chest, freaked out, bolted backwards, hit the back of her head against my hand, then bolted forward, and hit my chest again! She can be such a spaz! She spooks so easily, but also gets over it, virtually immediately. Good thing she's not a biter, otherwise I am sure she would have nailed me with how easily she freaks out! Really, she is an incredibly gentle soul.

My niece, Meghan, came over tonight and loves the reptiles! Shayna is her favorite because her favorite color is yellow. Shayna has known Meghan since Shayna was about 6 months old and Meghan was 2! They are buddies. Obviously, Meghan didn't have as much responsibility/freedom with her or the other reptiles when she was younger. She's 7 now and I am allowing her to hold the snakes now (while supervised).

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Outside pictures - 80F today!

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So beautiful, love her coloring :D

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Outside pictures - 80F today!

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Amazing looking snake for that combo. Albino has always been my fav recessive and whatever line yours came from is gorgeous with the spider pattern.

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Amazing looking snake for that combo. Albino has always been my fav recessive and whatever line yours came from is gorgeous with the spider pattern.

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Of course, 2 days after I took this picture, Shayna's eye clouded over, and she shed last night.

Can't wait to get some pictures of her with fresh paint in the next few days!

Is so cool to lead the next generation into the love of herps. Nice looking albino as well. Keep up the good work.

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My niece, Meghan, came over tonight and loves the reptiles! Shayna is her favorite because her favorite color is yellow. Shayna has known Meghan since Shayna was about 6 months old and Meghan was 2! They are buddies. Obviously, Meghan didn't have as much responsibility/freedom with her or the other reptiles when she was younger. She's 7 now and I am allowing her to hold the snakes now (while supervised).

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Going through some old photos and found one of Shayna the day I got her at just under 200G.

So cute! She's grown quite a bit! She also has lost all the white that she had on her sides. She's now just different shades of yellow with a little white around her belly and on her belly.

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Going through some old photos and found one of Shayna the day I got her at just under 200G.

So cute! She's grown quite a bit! She also has lost all the white that she had on her sides. She's now just different shades of yellow with a little white around her belly and on her belly.

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LOVE those albino's....I'm so jealous!! :sniff:

Outside Pictures Today!

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Had my Buddy, Dan, visit for the first time in about 8 months. He loves the reptiles. Here are some shots of him with Shayna.

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Shayna has been doing great. She turns 6 years old September 1st of this year and is going strong.

She fasted for 5 months this past winter (pretty normal for her) and went from 1600G down to 1430G. Since February, she's been eating most meals offered and has only refused one of her past 5 (she eats a medium rat every other week). Before last meal she was back to 1600G and looking happy and healthy, as always.

Katie and I got a new addition last week, Solana the Scaleless Sunglow Motley Corn baby, and I spent some quality time with Shayna today so she didn't feel left out :).

Here are a couple of overexposed selfies with me and her.

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Katie held Shayna for a little while tonight and I got a couple of good shots of her (Shayna - Katie was very casual and didn't want pictures of her on the internet from tonight).

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I feel I've been neglecting Shayna, on the forum that is, with the new addition of Solana, and Behira growing so much and so fast!

Shayna shed last night and I wanted to post some (crappy iPhone pictures) and update.

Shayna will be 6 years old on September 1st of this year (2018). She has fasted ever winter for the past 3 years (maybe 4 - I'll have to check my records) for about 4-5 months and loses about 6-8% of her body weight.

The highest I've weighed Shayna in the past is about 1620G. She averages about 1450G or so after her winter fast and then gains it all back during the summer.

Today Shayna weighed in at 1750G (although she is due for a big old poop). I still figure she's 1650G+.

She's been eating regularly, a medium rat every 2 weeks, since the end of her fast in the end of February, with only two skipped/refused meals that entire time.

I attribute a lot of this to my new (well, now 8 months old) Boaphile tanks. Temps are better controlled with more gradual gradients then her old setup (highs and lows are similar, but again, more gradual gradients with less fluctuation - the tanks are so well insulated) and humidity is definitely better.

By far these are the best tanks I have ever owned, and it shows with Shayna. She now eats as frequently as ever, sheds perfectly and regularly, and seems, overall, really "happy" and healthy.

To be clear, I've had zero health issues with Shayna since I got her at 200G and 5 months. The old setup was suffice, but she really seems to be thriving now and I couldn't be happier.

I tried to save space, more than money, initially, and didn't research all the options, but when I got Behira, needed a BIG tank, and stackable. That's how I ended up with the Boaphile tanks. I have zero regrets. Seeing her doing better than ever makes me really happy.

Whatever you decide to get, Boaphile, AP, etc, just do it right. Get the best thermostats, heating elements, right size tank, etc. It makes a huge difference.

Here are the pictures.

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She really is stunning dakski


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She really is stunning dakski


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I love Shayna. She's a great snake and great snake ambassador!

She is the snake that got me back into snake keeping after my transplant. I had been told to get rid of my reptiles, and re-homed my two corn snakes prior to my kidney transplant. My Beardie, George, RIP, my ex said she would take care of, but of course didn't. So I ended up taking care of him anyway. Between that and a lot of research, I realized with proper precautions, no reason why I couldn't keep snakes and I regretted my knee-jerk reaction to the doctors lack of knowledge.

She's really calm and predictable and so beautiful. She's almost fluorescent in person. Some of the outside shots get that, a little, but not all of it. Just like cameras tend not to do a good job with Behira's iridescent skin/scales.

Shayna means beautiful in Yiddish and I think it fits her perfectly.