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Pumpkin Pie progression thread
sooo this was an interesting first successful feeding!!!
it's been 9 days since this little man came home, and with two feedings being unsuccessful i was starting to think he was going to need the Deb treatment of a 6qt bin. buuuut take a look at this!!!
he seemed super spooked by the feeders every feeding and it was starting to worry me, but he always seemed to show interest. tonight was no different, but i decided (without thinking tbh) to try a different approach. i picked him up out of his bin and held the feeder right up to him. he seemed to catch the scent and starting focusing on the prey, and he struck!!! but missed...i continued to wiggle the feeder and got him to strike again, and he nailed it!!!
i gently set him down and stepped back, watching from afar. i'm very happy to say that he has eaten! i didn't really expect what happened to work, but i can't complain!
way to go, Pumpkin! here's to many, many more successful feedings. [emoji4]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7aad11d2e5.jpg
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Precious boy. Can't wait to see more photos of him -- pieds are just so, so pretty. much aesthetic. wow. lol.
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Awe congrats! I'm so happy you were able to get him to eat! And I love the name, it suits him well lol I can't wait to see more ^-^
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Originally Posted by tttaylorrr
sooo this was an interesting first successful feeding!!!
it's been 9 days since this little man came home, and with two feedings being unsuccessful i was starting to think he was going to need the Deb treatment of a 6qt bin. buuuut take a look at this!!!
he seemed super spooked by the feeders every feeding and it was starting to worry me, but he always seemed to show interest. tonight was no different, but i decided (without thinking tbh) to try a different approach. i picked him up out of his bin and held the feeder right up to him. he seemed to catch the scent and starting focusing on the prey, and he struck!!! but missed...i continued to wiggle the feeder and got him to strike again, and he nailed it!!!
i gently set him down and stepped back, watching from afar. i'm very happy to say that he has eaten! i didn't really expect what happened to work, but i can't complain!
way to go, Pumpkin! here's to many, many more successful feedings. [emoji4] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7aad11d2e5.jpg
Congratulations!!
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Precious boy. Can't wait to see more photos of him -- pieds are just so, so pretty. much aesthetic. wow. lol.
he's beautiful, and is such a well-tempered boy. it's nice to have a new baby that isn't a brat (sorry Coffee Bean [emoji14]).
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Awe congrats! I'm so happy you were able to get him to eat! And I love the name, it suits him well lol I can't wait to see more ^-^
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i'm happy, too! and i can't believe my "method" actually worked lol. i wouldn't recommend it, but i could tell he needed some real guidance probably because he was fed live.
people kept suggesting Pumpkin and it really grew on me. he's my little punkin'!!! [emoji4]
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Congratulations!!
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thank you!!! it's always such a big relief when they eat that first meal.
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he's beautiful, and is such a well-tempered boy. it's nice to have a new baby that isn't a brat (sorry Coffee Bean [emoji14]).i'm happy, too! and i can't believe my "method" actually worked lol. i wouldn't recommend it, but i could tell he needed some real guidance probably because he was fed live.
people kept suggesting Pumpkin and it really grew on me. he's my little punkin'!!! [emoji4]thank you!!! it's always such a big relief when they eat that first meal.
I know that feel.. You are like yes yes they ate...[emoji1]
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Congrats! An odd meathod but whatever works :P
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good job! i've seen/heard of a method of one breeder picking up his picky eaters when offering prey. pick 'em up by the lower-third/tail and hoist them and offer food. kinda like GTP style. maybe i'll try that w/ some of my lil ones.
also i thought u were gonna name him Pineapple.
Edit: Happy National Pasta Day! aka Spaghetti Day. be sure to wish your lil one Happy Spaghetti Day!
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good job! i've seen/heard of a method of one breeder picking up his picky eaters when offering prey. pick 'em up by the lower-third/tail and hoist them and offer food. kinda like GTP style. maybe i'll try that w/ some of my lil ones.
also i thought u were gonna name him Pineapple.
Edit: Happy National Pasta Day! aka Spaghetti Day. be sure to wish your lil one Happy Spaghetti Day!
that's interesting! i honestly didn't think it was a thing lol. i was just happy he ate! if he acts shy again i'll be doing it again to see if it helps.
he was never gona be pineapple! i wanted a fall/seasonal name, hahahaha.
also i'll be sure to let Spaghetti know! she gets a full tank cleaning today. :)
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tonight is feeding night for the two youngsters!!! it will be Pumpkin's 4th feeding attempt (and hopefully 2nd successful feeding), and Coffee Bean will be offered her first rat (pup)! i'm posting now because i'm honestly too excited, and i'm hoping Pumpkin will take the feeder from his enclosure instead of me picking him up! i just want him to eat so i can handle him!!! I'M JUST VERY EXCITED!
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Realized I'm late to the party for the first post but hooray the little man ate for you!!! Congrats! Pumpkin Pie is such a cute name you decided to go with!
Hoping he will eat again tonight for you on his own! You can do it little pumpkin!
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tonight is feeding night for the two youngsters!!! it will be Pumpkin's 4th feeding attempt (and hopefully 2nd successful feeding), and Coffee Bean will be offered her first rat (pup)! i'm posting now because i'm honestly too excited, and i'm hoping Pumpkin will take the feeder from his enclosure instead of me picking him up! i just want him to eat so i can handle him!!! I'M JUST VERY EXCITED!
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i was so excited about this i forgot i was going 3hrs out of town this weekend. sorry there hasn't been an update to this, but i didn't want to feed when i wasn't going to be home! this feeding is tonight, and i hope it goes well!!!
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not much to see but Pumpkin struck at the feeder from the tongs!!! progress!
i'm waiting to see the tail disappear. LOL.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d1b6831c46.jpg
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here's an update on this guy:
still haven't hit magic number 3 yet, but i've been fighting with the seasonal change in temps and losing; i know he's too cold to want to eat. :( i finally got Spaghetti's temps squared away (who ate this morning) and now Pumpkin Pie will be getting all of my attention until he's comfortable. tubs are still new to me so i'm still learning how to keep the temps where they should be.
Pumpkin will be getting a full tub cleaning when i get home after work. i'd like to start setting up Coffee Bean and Spaghetti's 32qt tubs tonight if i can. i plan to rearrange where everyone's enclosure are if the tubs get set up.
ramble, ramble. lots of stuff to do. i feel like i'm letting him down. STUPID WEATHER.
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Woooo!! That's so exciting! [emoji7] you go lil pumpkin!!!
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following up on this post: IT'S SUCCESSFUL FEEDING NUMBER THREE!!! he seemed hungry and was half-way out of his hide when i presented the small mouse. after a beat he struck at it but missed and immediately recoiled into his hide; i think the miss spooked him. so i proceeded to reheat and re-offer the mouse like, close to 10 times, and every time he'd poke his snoot out and appear interested, but never pulled the trigger.
so i decided screw it and picked him up out of his enclosure. he was very flighty at first, but as i kept putting the mouse up to his snoot he started getting interested in it: first calming down and focusing, followed by tongue flicks and tracking the prey item as i moved it, then he started to press his snoot RIGHT against the mouse's nose, then BAM! a strike! i gently placed him down and, after ~20 minutes, he got the mouse down!
idk why he seems so disinterested in the mouse inside the enclosure...it's almost like he can't smell it, or doesn't realize what it is. once he's out of his enclosure he figures it out fairly quickly (2/3 successful feedings using this method). i've tried no lighting, heating up the mouse warmer than usual, and it hasn't seemed to work to get him to strike from his hide (except that one time, and he didn't even hesitate). then again he is still fairly young, so maybe he's still figuring it all out. has anyone else had a hatchling like this??
i also realized i've never weighed him! so after 2 days he's getting a weigh and a quick handling sesh. the reason i thought of this was because, as i was watching him eat, it seemed like it was a pretty big meal for him; it took him a while (well, longer than Coffee Bean) to get it all down. once i have a weight i'll know for sure.
going back to the day i brought him home (10/07) up until now (11/06), he's eaten 3 times out of 8 total offerings. when i was thinking about all the times he refused i was getting worried, but looking at the time period he's pretty much on the mark in terms of eating.
yaaaaaay, Pumpkin Pie!
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GOOD JOB PUMPKIN! Dean just took his third mouse with me! First hopper too. Its so exciting isnt it :P Lil Pumpkin is sooo hansome!
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You're such an awesome snek mom!
go Pumpkin!
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LOL this picture is priceless. Just needs a Santa hat photoshopped on to go with that "rat beard".... hold on I got this...
Tada! Christmas pumpkin pied!
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LOL omgosh that's hilarious!!! i would've never seen it like that; it does look like a beard! THANK YOU for the photo edit, i love it!!! :)
EDIT: i just noticed the arm sticking out of the "beard" and now it's really morbid HAHAHA!!!
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put him in a smaller hat and he will look much bigger. :gj:
Edit: BTW i thought his name was Peanutbutter for some reason lol.
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Originally Posted by Ax01
good job! i've seen/heard of a method of one breeder picking up his picky eaters when offering prey. pick 'em up by the lower-third/tail and hoist them and offer food. kinda like GTP style. maybe i'll try that w/ some of my lil ones.
also i thought u were gonna name him Pineapple.
Edit: Happy National Pasta Day! aka Spaghetti Day. be sure to wish your lil one Happy Spaghetti Day!
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put him in a smaller hat and he will look much bigger. :gj:
Edit: BTW i thought his name was Peanutbutter for some reason lol.
i'm sensing a pattern...
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after about 4 or 5 missed strikes and reheating, he finally got it off the tongs. (,;
i forget how derpy the youngin's are.
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idk why he seems so disinterested in the mouse inside the enclosure...it's almost like he can't smell it, or doesn't realize what it is. once he's out of his enclosure he figures it out fairly quickly (2/3 successful feedings using this method). i've tried no lighting, heating up the mouse warmer than usual, and it hasn't seemed to work to get him to strike from his hide (except that one time, and he didn't even hesitate). then again he is still fairly young, so maybe he's still figuring it all out. has anyone else had a hatchling like this??
Heh, my corn snake would ONLY eat when he was young if I was holding him. He grew out of it and is the typical garbage disposal now. Different species obviously lol, but only similar thing I've heard of.
Glad he's eating (sometimes!) off of tongs now :D
He's stunning, also! All your snakes make me jealous!
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Heh, my corn snake would ONLY eat when he was young if I was holding him. He grew out of it and is the typical garbage disposal now. Different species obviously lol, but only similar thing I've heard of.
Glad he's eating (sometimes!) off of tongs now :D
He's stunning, also! All your snakes make me jealous!
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awe, thank you!!! i appreciate your reply. it's such a weird baby-snake quirk that no one seems to talk about, but it's nice to hear other stories like this!
he's amazing - reminds me of a young Yellow - and i can't wait for him to get some more size on him!
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He is so beautiful and bright! Lovely boy :').
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Photogenic boy! He already looks so festive for Thanksgiving!
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Great addition! Glad he's eating for you now. :gj:
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Great addition! Glad he's eating for you now. :gj:
thank you! i'm certainly happy he's eating, and off the tongs no less!
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Grow little boy grow! So good to see this cutie again <3
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this has literally been the LONGEST SHED EVER IN THE HISTORY OF SNAKES!!! i first noticed a pink belly at the very very beginning of december, but it very well could have been late november. he was pink for a few days and then it went away. after pink belly went away he slowly progressed into dull colors, and i was waiting for him to come out of the dull stage but he never did. i checked on Pumpkin this morning and i saw part of his head had shed off and there were some pieces around where he was sleeping. he looked so wrinkly and miserable; it's taken him almost a MONTH to shed out!!!
hopefully i'll get home tonight to a shiny new pied!!! i wish i had pics to share but i wanted to leave him alone through his first shed with me.
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Maze was doing the long shed routine last month. It was literal agony. Here's her shed records:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...thouxt_540.png
I feel your pain, I really, really do. lmao. Hopefully he gets it over with soon -- sounds like he's on his way!
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oh wow, yup that's about how long it's been for him too.
his feedings have been weirder than usual as of late so i hope i can chalk that up to being in shed. only once has he eaten for me two feedings in a row. [emoji21]
i'm omw home now so i hope to see a shiny and HUNGRY noodle.
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it looks like he got his face shed off just fine (i found an eyecap in the lil bits of shed in the substrate) but he has yet to make an attempt to get the rest of the shed off.
do i wait him out and hope he gets the shed off himself? at what point do i decide to intervene?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c292a93bf3.jpg
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My inferno done this last shed, I gave him half the day to get started on his, never did. I didn't want him to have to deal with any stuck shed so I helped him out. Once we got it started and he felt it coming down his neck he got the rest off himself.
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My inferno done this last shed, I gave him half the day to get started on his, never did. I didn't want him to have to deal with any stuck shed so I helped him out. Once we got it started and he felt it coming down his neck he got the rest off himself.
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thank you for the reply. it's technically only been half a day since i noticed he was actively shedding.
i'll check on him tonight, and if by tomorrow morning if he hasn't made progress i will intervene.
thanks!!! [emoji3]
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No probs [emoji6]
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i present to you all: a forcefully fresh shed Pumpkin Pie!!!
i've never had to shed a snake before, let alone one with almost all its shed still on. the whole process took just over an hour, and i filmed some of it which i will post (hopefully) later today.
Pumpkin handled it fairly well despite wanting NOTHING to do with it. a couple half-hearted hisses was all i got. i was just happy he managed to get most of his head off by himself.
he's definitely lost some weight ): but hopefully this shed will help kickstart that hunger and he'll eat better.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7ed6aa1004.jpg
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here's the shedding process video. anticlimactic because i stopped recording to focus on the process and don't show the end result, but i figured someone might watch lol.
https://streamable.com/zjfyi
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Poor buddy :c. Fingers crossed that his hunger wins for the foreseeable future.
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Pumpkin Pie has FINALLY eaten 3 consecutive meals with me! yay, milestone achieved!!! [emoji7][emoji7][emoji7]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...cc786d7236.jpg
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Pumpkin refused last night so he got a tub cleaning. he's put weight back on and then some, and i think i spy a pink belly starting. hopefully he's figured out how to shed...
almost 100g!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ad5fda322e.jpg
and a pink belly button [emoji4]
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BREAKING: Pumpkin Pie continues to do well, is still amazing.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7f6f8c51aa.jpg
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