Updates on this pastry...

Cake quickly outgrew his 15qt, and moved into this decorated 66qt a few weeks ago! I snapped some photos just tonight.

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Cake seems to also enjoy pretending he's arboreal... He climbed on the manzanita driftwood himself, so I picked it up and snapped some photos. He may appear skilled, but he just as easily loses his grip and falls. U_U (He's slid/nearly fallen off my arm or the chair multiple times...)

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(the below photo was flipped to look nicer. In reality, his head was upside down.)

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He's a good looking boy. Got a nice new place too, lucky guy.

He's stunning! His eyes look like gemstones in that last photo.

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Originally Posted by Bigfish1975

He's a good looking boy. Got a nice new place too, lucky guy.

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Thanks! I honestly am a firm believer that the woods and different textures/climbing areas provide healthy stimulation for the reptiles. I don't think the hanging leaves make much of a difference to ball pythons specifically, but it's nice to look at. :P

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Thanks! I honestly am a firm believer that the woods and different textures/climbing areas provide healthy stimulation for the reptiles. I don't think the hanging leaves make much of a difference to ball pythons specifically, but it's nice to look at. :P

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I know they are terrestrial rather than arboreal, but I'd have to agree with you there on climbing materials. One of the first things Manasa inspected when she got her new tank were the fake vines I hung up in it :)

Mostly I just use the plants as cover/clutter for Manasa, though one of my baby corn's favourite hiding spots so far is curled up deep in one of her plants :P

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I know they are terrestrial rather than arboreal, but I'd have to agree with you there on climbing materials. One of the first things Manasa inspected when she got her new tank were the fake vines I hung up in it :)

Mostly I just use the plants as cover/clutter for Manasa, though one of my baby corn's favourite hiding spots so far is curled up deep in one of her plants :P

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Yeah! They're not arboreal, but they can still safely climb and inspect objects 5" off the ground. And same, my snakes also inspect everything in a new setup.

That's adorable! I kind of wish Cake would hide in the plants... :P

Amazing photos! What do you use?

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Amazing photos! What do you use?

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Thanks! You mean for a camera? I use a Nikon D7000 for these with a 50mm F/1.4 lens. Pricey.. :bow: But totally worthwhile for portrait shots and pet photography.

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Thanks! You mean for a camera? I use a Nikon D7000 for these with a 50mm F/1.4 lens. Pricey.. :bow: But totally worthwhile for portrait shots and pet photography.

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That's awesome. Those pictures are so crisp, it really captures the beauty of your baby (:

Cake is so gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.

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That's awesome. Those pictures are so crisp, it really captures the beauty of your baby (:

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Ahh thanks! There's always the post-processing that goes into it though to make it look this clear and crisp, as with all photography.. :oops: I work/draw in Photoshop for a living, and my hobby photos are included. LOL

Jeeeez your photos are insane!!

Nice upgrade and great shots!


Don't be fooled by those saying BPs are poor climbers and really terrestrial.


Here's Elvira trying to get into the attic.


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Nice upgrade and great shots!


Don't be fooled by those saying BPs are poor climbers and really terrestrial.


Here's Elvira trying to get into the attic.


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Elvira is an EXCELLENT climber, wow! Especially for appearing so heavy.
I'm 100% sure that Cake would not be able to do that... LOL. He falls on his heavy butt so easily, like he doesn't have a solid sense of weight and balance.

Orochimaru likes to pretend he's an arboreal snake too. He has even struck, wrapped, and swallowed prey from a perch. Your pictures always make me want to find my actual camera. I don't think I've used it since the photography segment of journalism when I was in high school.

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Orochimaru likes to pretend he's an arboreal snake too. He has even struck, wrapped, and swallowed prey from a perch. Your pictures always make me want to find my actual camera. I don't think I've used it since the photography segment of journalism when I was in high school.

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That's really neat. He's the real Orochimaru (ha..ha). I can't imagine Cake doing something like that at all.

Ahhh find your camera! :D Photography and the post-processing that goes with it is so impulsive and creative? It's a good thing to get back into. A big backing part of my daily fun in reptiles is the photography (weirdly).

You've motivated me to dig out the camera take some shots this weekend. Awesome set up and he's a great looking guy!

I don't know how much different an albino ball is from an albino leopard gecko but I used to have leopard geckos when I was a child. My albino had horrible depth perception and usually had to be practically hand fed before the other geckos ate all the crickets. Just knowing this and how horrible its eye site was it makes me wonder if your albino ball has bad depth perception/equilibrium stuff going on.

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I don't know how much different an albino ball is from an albino leopard gecko but I used to have leopard geckos when I was a child. My albino had horrible depth perception and usually had to be practically hand fed before the other geckos ate all the crickets. Just knowing this and how horrible its eye site was it makes me wonder if your albino ball has bad depth perception/equilibrium stuff going on.

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That's interesting! It's very possible that Cake also has skewed perception, or something related. I actually did suspect before that he had something like that going on, because he occasionally displays the typical "spider wobble", despite not being a spider. :rolleyes: Shaking his head/neck when it's held up, his head going in loops when he's trying to move down off my hand, etc.

This was Cake deep in "blue", and his colors lighten significantly. I guess the shed could have affected him too, but you can see him totally looping (shot in sequence).

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Ya that's strange I wonder if it's common in albinos. I decided to stay away from them as far as my breeding efforts go just because I like to use uvb lighting hoping it would help them grow and develop quicker and I was afraid I would give albinos cataracts.

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I had a very nice second hand 35mm with an additional zoom lens, as a teenager. Did well with it too.
Sadly, Just can't get the hang of these digital cameras!

Cake is lovely as ever. From the thread title, I thought maybe you had been baking.

As for Elvira, Yikes! I'd be scared to death for her hanging off that little ledge like that! At least, we all now know that if our snakes escape, the attic is one more place we really should check. Maybe she was attracted to the heat?

Well, Cake just did some ambassadorial work for the reluctant SO.
There IS consensus that Cake is a cutie.

(I declined to show the Elvira escape pics. Thought that might lead in the wrong direction.) ;)

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Ahh thanks! There's always the post-processing that goes into it though to make it look this clear and crisp, as with all photography.. :oops: I work/draw in Photoshop for a living, and my hobby photos are included. LOL

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Oh, nice! I use a camera phone and gimp to do what I can hahaha. Someday I hope to have a nice camera again like the one you have.

Well great. Now i have to buy a nice camera! seriously tho those pictures are incredible, the colors come through so great!

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Originally Posted by distaff

Well, Cake just did some ambassadorial work for the reluctant SO.
There IS consensus that Cake is a cutie.

(I declined to show the Elvira escape pics. Thought that might lead in the wrong direction.) ;)

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Elvira did not escape in those pics. She was having a play day.

You can't see from the pics, but the attic door was cracked open about 1/2 inch. She could feel the warm air and see a new hiding place when she got closer.


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Originally Posted by distaff

Well, Cake just did some ambassadorial work for the reluctant SO.
There IS consensus that Cake is a cutie.

(I declined to show the Elvira escape pics. Thought that might lead in the wrong direction.) ;)

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Yay! Thanks for sharing with your SO. :D Show him all the ball pythons that are just adorable blobs, show him show him.

Almost needed Sunglasses for that Albino, so beautiful!

I wonder if you could get a nice close up shot of your Albino's eye? That'd be sick

Great pictures! Cake looks amazing. I hadn't really had any interest in albinos until seeing this photo set.


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I wonder if you could get a nice close up shot of your Albino's eye? That'd be sick

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Yes I can! I feel like his eye's going a little pink than the ruby red freshly after shed already, but it's worth a shot.

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Almost needed Sunglasses for that Albino, so beautiful!

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Thanks! :cool: His whites glow against the orange under the sun in particular, so we'd be wearing sunglasses anyway. LOL

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Great pictures! Cake looks amazing. I hadn't really had any interest in albinos until seeing this photo set.

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Thanks! These high-contrast albinos look sweet in real life, and make great photogenic subjects. I'm glad these photos can bring that across well enough. :D

INTENSE CAKE FACE. Eyezooms.

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That's a stunner !

It would look AMAZING on dark coloured substrate like Orchid bark !!

Oh man, that's wicked.

WOW! Fantastic photos, I've been trying to do something similar for so kind they just never Stay Still!!

Might I ask what particular for of albino this is?
(Regular, lavender etc..)


Stan:

Vivian the cornsnake
Nymeria the Het. Pied Royal
Baldrick the Piebald Royal
Larry and Lizzy the common wall lizards

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Originally Posted by Stannos

WOW! Fantastic photos, I've been trying to do something similar for so kind they just never Stay Still!!

Might I ask what particular for of albino this is?
(Regular, lavender etc..)


Stan:

Vivian the cornsnake
Nymeria the Het. Pied Royal
Baldrick the Piebald Royal
Larry and Lizzy the common wall lizards

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Thank you! :'D He's just a regular albino with high contrast breeding.

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Originally Posted by Stannos

WOW! Fantastic photos, I've been trying to do something similar for so kind they just never Stay Still!!

Might I ask what particular for of albino this is?
(Regular, lavender etc..)


Stan:

Vivian the cornsnake
Nymeria the Het. Pied Royal
Baldrick the Piebald Royal
Larry and Lizzy the common wall lizards

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I was told to leave them where you're taking the photo and simply cover them with small box or biscuit tin or something ( dark ) ,

Leave them for a minute or two , get prepared and when you take the cover off they're nice and calm / still and quite often wrapped in a ball shape ..