My sonoran gopher progression thread

Hey all! So my friend had to rehome this girl to me, as he couldn't care for her any more. (I have lots of reptile experience is why) she is just a normal, but she is absolutely gorgeous :)
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Very nice Pit!

Beautiful!

Thanks guys! :) Here's a few close ups of her
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So the story behind him giving her to me, is that she hadn't eaten in about two months. He also didn't have time to try and figure out what was wrong. I think that the feeders were just slightly too large, and she didn't like that. Plus she was raised on live mice before he got her so she might be a little more picky than most pits. Anyways, he gave her to me and I scented her rat with mouse substrate and she ate right away :)
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Congrats on getting her to take a rat Spaz. I wouldn't want to feed a full grown pit 5-7 mice per feeding. My bull snakes will eat anything I offer, Rats, mice, chicks it doesn't matter. They really are bottomless pits :).

They are beautiful snakes.
I've found them wild here - sadly, only as road kill.

Nice looking gal you got there. :gj:

Thanks guys! :) I was happy to get her to eat since she hadn't eaten for my friend in quite a while. According to the breeder her parents are wild caught because they had near perfect saddles and he wanted to breed them, they are local here too. I love seeing the wild ones, they are all so feisty!

Any thoughts , tips or useful info on Hypo Ghost Bull snakes .. guys ?

Thank you .

She finally shed :) I took her out for pictures, and then fed her. She ate right away, no scenting required this time :)
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Very pretty girl!

Thank you! :) I need to start a weight chart for her, I haven't yet weighed her because I was concentrating on getting her eating again, haha. This next time she poops I think I'll do a weigh day with all my reptiles

My pool table is a great place for pictures :)
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Do you know how old she is Spaz? How much and how often do you feed her? I haven't seen too many picky pits when it comes to food. Mine will eat pretty much anything I offer them. It seems like she's doing well under your care. Nice pictures too. :)

My friend got her in July last year, she was three months old at the time. So that would make her about 9 months old :) She eats every 6 days with me, she gets a single good sized rat pup, and is about to be upgraded to weanlings :) And thank you! I am thankful my friend gave her to me, since I've dealth with stubborn feeders before, so I knew how to get her back on food :) Half the time it's a husbandry issue, haha

She's getting bigger, bit by bit, now that shes eating again :)
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Her nose is healing up quite nicely :)
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Looks like you're doing a great job with her spaz. :)

Wow what a gorgeous snake! I love the scales =)!

Thanks guys! :)

She is finally calming down enough to where I can let her explore the living room a little bit without worrying about her bolting off somewhere :)
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Your pit is still looking great spaz. Nice photos too. :)

Congrats on bringing her back to a healthy state! Her contrasting coloration and muscle tone are very apparent. Wish I had a pair of her offspring if you decide to breed her. A real amazing specimen. :cool:

Cool thread and snake and now I want one. Problem is I want at least one of all of them.

Thanks guys! I am thinking of pairing her next year, I've been looking at getting a male. I just re-probed her to be 100% sure she is female, and she probed out female again :) I've been encouraged to do a hybridization since I own a male corn snake. However I am unsure about the morals of that. What do you guys think?

I'm kind of a purist but I don't mind some hybrids. Not a big fan of the pit x corn idea though. Just my 2 cents. :)

I'm the same way, I wouldn't want to muddle the lines, there's not enough pits in the hobby as it is lol. And I agree, I feel like the colors wouldn't mix well, the dark brown mixing with the bright red would become really muddy looking

She was very well behaved for me today for her outdoor photoshoot :) 3+ months of gentle handling can really do work on their personality
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Gorgeous pit and great pics Spaz. You are spot on,with some gentle consistent handling, and lots of food, most pits will calm down pretty quickly. Glad to see your girl settling in well.

Great looking animal spaz and I really enjoy this progression thread.

Thank you Ziggy! :) Yeah a lot of people won't handle their pits because they can be pretty defensive at first, but they tame down fairly easily. And thanks Terminal! Glad you enjoy seeing her :)
Got a couple more outdoor ones, she is still fairly small because she wasn't eating at her last home but I think she will grow rather quickly here :)
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Got a nice clean shed out of her today, and she got to sit in an extra cage while hers got cleaned :)
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Looking great. Always love the coloring just after a shed.

Your girl is looking awesome as usual spaz. It looks like she's growing nicely too.

Thanks guys! :) I hadn't even noticed it until now but she is growing like crazy.

Got a few good close ups of her injury today, looks like she is slowly growing those scales back on her face :)
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Got a good tongue pic yesterday :)
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Nice pic spaz. Unlike most others I've seen, your bull has more of a smile than a scowl :D. Both of mine ALWAYS look mad. Your girl has great colors too. She's gonna be a real beast in a year or so.

Thank you! I adore the way her scales are on her face. She really does look like she's smiling, haha. I am excited for her to reach her full size, I have to agree with you, she's gonna be a beast!
She also manages to be elegant and completely dorky at the same time, haha
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Great pics......she's looking nice and healthy

AL

Thank you! :)
Her face injury is healing, albeit a little slowly. She has quite the spunky personality though! She is also 4 feet 1.95 inches long :)
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She's growing fast Spaz! What are you feeding her these days?

Isn't she! I've had her only about six months (maybe a little more?) and shes grown quite a bit :) She eats a properly sized rat once a week(about as wide as her widest part). I figure for colubrids with such high metabolisms, medium sized meals once a week work well. :)

She was super interested in this box for some reason, haha
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She's looking great spaz and I agree that that is one interesting box. lol


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Thanks! And I do agree, an interesting box indeed, haha!
Today I used my bathtub as a light box for her. (No water, don't worry haha)
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Very nice pictures as always.


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Nice looking Pit. :)

Thanks guys!