Dexter - My New 2016 Male Matrix Het T+ Albino

Here are a few photos of my new Matrix boy that I picked up to go with my female in the future. I named him Dexter and he is a total sweetheart. I can't get over how much bigger he is than my 2016 Sumatrans. This boy weighs in at 347 grams, whereas my male Sumatran only weighs 247 grams and my female Sumatran is 270 grams. I realize that Sumatrans are usually much smaller than Bloods as adults, but is it normal for them to be that much smaller throughout all the earlier stages of growth as well?

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Beautiful.

Thanks. :) As we all know, photos definitely fail to show these beautiful animals true colors, though... :(

It seems like all depends on how often and what they are fed, I haven't noticed much difference when young. My 2016 blood is already about the size of my 2015 borneo boy because one eats anything and the other is picky and wants live mice. But my 2015 borneo girl is huge because she's a piggy too. My sstp is the oldest and still the biggest so far but my older blood is only about a pound less at a year younger.

Beautiful Blood!

Just an update on this big baby boy... At the time my daughter was taking the above photos last week, Dexter struck at her once while she was trying to take one of the close-up pictures. Tonight I had him out for some "US" time and he had been sitting and crawling around on my hands and arms (while I was standing)... My daughter was standing maybe 3' or 4' in front of me just watching and all of the sudden, Dexter just threw himself completely out of my hands lunging at her trying to bite her and fell to the carpeted floor (which sucks!)... He let me pick him right back up without incident and I put him away. He seems to be alright from the fall, fortunately. My daughter on the other hand, is probably traumatized! lol :P What baffles me about this incident is, I was looking directly at my daughter when this happened and I know for a fact that she wasn't moving her hands or moving around fast or being loud or anything. Any idea what would make this guy do that?

And, yes... From now on I will be sitting down at all times while i'm holding my Bloods and Short Tails!

They can be crazy jumpy like that, things you don't notice seem to startle them and they jerk back or strike fast. Probably just started watching her instead of you and got insecure. They seem to much prefer being fully supported vs in the air and a flailing one isn't fun. On the ground they will turn themselves around by throwing the back end around, pretty funny to see.

:O Gorgeous!!! Can you get a close up of that fabulous face. Wow I envy you so much , will make magnificent babies for sure! Good luck :P

It might take some convincing my daughter to do it that's for sure! LOL! I will definitely be taking much better pictures of all my snakes soon, though. :) My new Marbles... Oh my goodness... I'm in love with them, too! It's starting to be really hard to say which of my snakes is my favorite! I just wanna kiss all of their faces off! lol

I am sure she won't be able to stay mad for long such a stunning little face truly amazing , CONGRATULATIONS!! [emoji322][emoji7][emoji322]


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If you have a telephoto lens, that should help with the close-up pictures.

My jungle carpet python was very much a Mamma's Boy for the first few months after I got him - we had to train him to behave for other people. Maybe your boy is similar?


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Here are a few quick updated photos of Dexter...

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Beautiful snake !!


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Thanks Zincubus. He's a good boy. :) I picked him up a few days ago and I could have swore he had doubled in size!

He's looking good!

Thanks. :)

Here are a couple updated photos of my sweet little boy. As some of you know, I had some regurgitation issues with him a couple months ago and i'm taking my time getting him back up to his regular feeding schedule, so he is looking pretty thin...

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Here are a couple updated photos of my sweet little boy. As some of you know, I had some regurgitation issues with him a couple months ago and i'm taking my time getting him back up to his regular feeding schedule, so he is looking pretty thin...

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Wow, just wow!! He looks like lava. Like he would burn me if I touched him. Does he glow in the dark?

LOL! No, he doesn't glow, but i'm surprised someone hasn't created a glowing Frankenstein gene yet! lol Dexter's colors are a lot brighter than his girlfriend - Sophie...

Oh, he is beautiful !! So is Sophie.

He doesn't look bad or skinny at all, its better you take it slow with him. When he is back to 100%, he will catch up in no time ;)

Thanks Zina! :) He is definitely thin, though. The photos don't show it very well, but his spine is sticking up quite a bit. I think he's going to be fine, though...

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Thanks Zina! :) He is definitely thin, though. The photos don't show it very well, but his spine is sticking up quite a bit. I think he's going to be fine, though...

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He will be. He will not starve to death in a couple of month...recurrent regurgitation would be far more dangerous..

If he holds down those small meals, just follow the plan you made for yourself, and in a couple of month he can start to gain weight again safely. In a few month, all this will be nothing but a bad memory ;)

He really is a great colour, glad you got the regurge under control, fingers crossed he’s on the mend now


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