Ursula

Just received from John Hannum. Really cool looking and I'm excited. 456g.
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You are the man T! That bull is smokin!! Has she hissed at you yet? I have a male albino whitesided and a female albino. They are some serious chow hounds but my male will miss a meal here and there during breeding season. My female NEVER refuses food. They usually eat anything but try to get them on rats ASAP. Great pick up bud!

Not usually a fan of these guys.. but wow, hot!

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

You are the man T! That bull is smokin!! Has she hissed at you yet? I have a male albino whitesided and a female albino. They are some serious chow hounds but my male will miss a meal here and there during breeding season. My female NEVER refuses food. They usually eat anything but try to get them on rats ASAP. Great pick up bud!

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Thanks ziggy, I'm pumped. She did not hiss or strike when I took her out of the bag, just slithered around and was just a little flighty. She's all comfy in her hide at the moment and settling in and John said she was on weanling rats already so that's good.

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Not usually a fan of these guys.. but wow, hot!

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Thanks fraido. It took me a few looks at pictures but I just had to have her so I pulled the trigger.

I can definitely understand why. 😁 I only have experience with one of these guys, so I really shouldn't judge them as a whole.. but he is a jerk! I find the hiss is really intimidating, as well.

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Great pick Term, she is gorgeous! I love her. :)

Enjoy

I'm glad you like her. The cool thing about these whitesided sayi is they just get better looking with age. Almost all of the stuff from this line hatches out super mellow for me too. They'll squirm some but that's about it - no threat displays or striking unless you really go out of your way to tick them off. My reds, on the other hand, are at the other end of the spectrum and come out of the egg spitting fire.

You've picked up some awesome critters Term. I think you'll really enjoy the Pit experience. Watch it though these guys grow big fast :). My girl will be 3 in September and she's pushing 7ft.

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She's beautiful Zig! And that is fast substantial growth for sure.

Funny story. It was feeding day for shag so I thawed a small rat pup for Ursula. Well she was in her hide and I couldn't see her so I placed the rat in front of the entrance and immediately there was this flash and no rat in my tongs any longer. She had grabbed the rat and back into the hide she went. Scared the stuff out of me. lol
as said she has not hissed or struck but when I pulled the hide off of her for this picture she was hissing loudly and her tail was going 90 to nothing. I'm going to love her.
Also I had stopped by a pet shop for a weaned rat feeder and when I got home and weighed it it was 90g, too big. So much for my judgement when picking feeders. I must go by weight.
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@ ziggy - your Bulls are really nice and their size is awesome. That will be me holding Ursula before too long.

Haha. You got to see and hear that Pit fury T. It's a bit more intimidating when their mouths aren't full and they're all S'd up and striking at you. It's all a bluff though. Congrats on the successful first feeding. They really are garbage disposals. You've got enough snakes now that you'll never waste another rejected feeder. ;)

Yeah zigg. I actually did get to see the gaping mouth because as soon as I lifted the hide she dropped the rat, cocked and looked at me like if you want this rat back you have to go through me and then she struck at me. A few seconds of me not moving and she went back to eating. She was a maniac and the hissing was loud and intimidating. Great experience. 😉

Love her. Pits are so much fun unfortunately I have only had the opportunity to play with wild ones. Would love to add one or two to my collection.

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Love her. Pits are so much fun unfortunately I have only had the opportunity to play with wild ones. Would love to add one or two to my collection.

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Thanks chilliscale I love her too. Contact john1982 to get your pit, you won't be sorry.

That's awesome T. Your girl is almost 500g so I know that must have been a show. She-ra was a beastly 42g when she arrived on 1/16/14. I put on a glove when she started hissing :D. She's a total sweetheart now though.

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Funny story. It was feeding day for shag so I thawed a small rat pup for Ursula. Well she was in her hide and I couldn't see her so I placed the rat in front of the entrance and immediately there was this flash and no rat in my tongs any longer. She had grabbed the rat and back into the hide she went. Scared the stuff out of me. lol

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Feeding time is at least half the fun of working with pits. Even normally calm animals can turn crazy when food is presented. I have a couple now that I have to just toss meals at as they've mastered the art of swerving around the prey and latching onto the hand that feeds them.

Feeding this girl is exhilarating. Her strike is so fast that it's easy to miss. And the reach is unbelievable. I mean the rat/mouse can be 10" away from her and in a flash she has taken it. Absolutely no indecision here. I love it. [emoji106]


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T- my advice is to get a long set of tongs for your girl. That strike range is only going to increase ;). I'm glad to hear Ursula is doing well bud.

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T- my advice is to get a long set of tongs for your girl. That strike range is only going to increase ;). I'm glad to hear Ursula is doing well bud.

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I think you're right about the tongs. There is a repticon show here tomorrow and I'll be looking for some. And Ursula is doing great, very easy snake to keep so far.


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I always use tongs for feeding, these pits are lightning fast when it comes to presenting food items. The bite aint that bad in truth but always bleeds out like crazy :)

Ursula's looking sweet by the way T

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I always use tongs for feeding, these pits are lightning fast when it comes to presenting food items. The bite aint that bad in truth but always bleeds out like crazy :)

Ursula's looking sweet by the way T

AL

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I use tongs to feed all of my snakes but they are especially important for this girl. Just the speed of her strike and retreat with the prey securely in her mouth is amazing. And then the speed with which she swallows the prey is crazy fast. A meal that would take my carpet 5 minutes to complete she has done in 1 minute. A pig with absolutely no manners. lol


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Pits are pretty hardy animals T. The husbandry doesn't get much easier. I've thought about providing ambient heat only for them in the summer, which many people do, but I still keep a hot spot of 84-86 just in case they want to warm up. I'd say my bulls spend 90% of their time on the cool side anyway. As far as their feeding habits go, you are spot on. They have no manners. It's all smash and thrash. It's gotten to the point where I have to take out their water bowls before I feed them because they trash their enclosures and start knocking everything over. Then I have to wait for the next hour for them to calm down before I can sneak the water bowls back in. I love it :D. I got this idea from K Brothers Pythons for feeding my big female.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izW17U0ICBo

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

Pits are pretty hardy animals T. The husbandry doesn't get much easier. I've thought about providing ambient heat only for them in the summer, which many people do, but I still keep a hot spot of 84-86 just in case they want to warm up. I'd say my bulls spend 90% of their time on the cool side anyway. As far as their feeding habits go, you are spot on. They have no manners. It's all smash and thrash. It's gotten to the point where I have to take out their water bowls before I feed them because they trash their enclosures and start knocking everything over. Then I have to wait for the next hour for them to calm down before I can sneak the water bowls back in. I love it :D. I got this idea from K Brothers Pythons for feeding my big female.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izW17U0ICBo

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Nice video but I bet Bulls that size have a much more violent strike than that. You should make a feed video of your large Bulls. The thing about having to wait for them to calm down before sneaking the water bowls back in is so true. I can see that already.


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