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Rainbow is my new SunTiger female reticulated python progression.
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Sweet! I love the Tiger gene, it's one of my favorites.
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cchardwick
Sweet! I love the Tiger gene, it's one of my favorites.
Mine as well.
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What a lovely lady congratulations super jelly tiger reticulated pythons are gorgeous 😊 Rainbow is a pretty name too one of my favorite cartoons growing up was Rainbow Bright ( I think she would approve of your magnificent new noodle)
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C.Marie
What a lovely lady congratulations super jelly tiger reticulated pythons are gorgeous [emoji4] Rainbow is a pretty name too one of my favorite cartoons growing up was Rainbow Bright ( I think she would approve of your magnificent new noodle)
Thank you
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She's a stunner! Well worth the wait!! Congratulations 🎉
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hilabeans
She's a stunner! Well worth the wait!! Congratulations [emoji322]
I agree. Thanks.
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That is going to be a seriously big bad ginormous mama snake one day.
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Godzilla78
That is going to be a seriously big bad ginormous mama snake one day.
I know. Hope to keep her happy and use her for education
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Congrats! Glad to see you got her safe and sound! :)
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Aedryan Methyus
Congrats! Glad to see you got her safe and sound! :)
Me as well. She seams to have a great personality that I was told she had. The breeder that sold her to me said she had always been super mellow.
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...and that is why i hate ground up substrate lol.
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Oh, something you can do which i do for all mine is after they grab and wrap the food, just use tongs or if you're brave, your fingers and lift the food along with the snake up and slide a piece of cardboard under them. Only down side, is you have to wait a while to retrieve the cardboard after feeding unless you like to tempt fate like i do and distract with one hand while using super ninja skills to snatch the pebble from the hand......err i mean the cardboard from the cage floor :P Havent been bit yet but if i ever do i will probably scream like a schoolgirl, pee myself and cry :D
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is it just me or is something going on with that right eye? looks like its full of fluid....
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I saw that to. Maybe it’s just a bad picture, however it doesn’t look good.
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Scherf
is it just me or is something going on with that right eye? looks like its full of fluid....
I don't think her right eye is doing good. We have a vet visit this weekend to look at that. She might be suffering from stuck shed. There is another place where he scales are lifted away like she is getting ready to shed. I am just being overly safe taking her to the vet. I raised her humidity a little.
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I believe he said in another post there was an eye issue. Not sure what they are doing for it but he thinks it happened during shipping
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What amazes me so far about her is how gentle she can be with me and yet so fierce she can be with prey. Even with prey she had a daintiness to her. I think her eye had some suck shed on it. Several layers actually. At this point she has dented the eye cap and hope it resolves now that the stuck shed is off, with next shed. She is so amazing. Have only had her for 2 days and love her so much.
I turned a humidifier on and she hissed at it several times. I was startled at first. The increased humidity helped the stuck shed on her eye to come off.
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i love the name Rainbow! congrats! she's pretty cool!
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Ax01
i love the name Rainbow! congrats! she's pretty cool!
She makes rainbows as she moves in the light. Photos don't do her justice.
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i love the name Rainbow! congrats! she's pretty cool!
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Skyrivers
She makes rainbows as she moves in the light. Photos don't do her justice.
yes she looks great but whatsups w/ her right eye? looks like a stuck eyecap from a bad shed? of just bad pix?
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Ax01
yes she looks great but whatsups w/ her right eye? looks like a stuck eyecap from a bad shed? of just bad pix?
After seeing it, I bumped up the humidity in her enclosure last night to 85% for a few min, their was stuck shed on her eye. Now the eye cap has a dent in it. I think if she sheds again it will be ok. I do have a vet appointment for her Saturday morning. Looks like the eye underneath is ok and normal. Just bad scale over it. She also has another patch of skin that looks like loose scales. About a 2 inch by 2 inch patch. I am not sure if that is getting ready to shed or post shed problem. Doesn't look like stuck shed to me. Doesn't photograph well. Just looks like loose scales.
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The vet says she was dehydrated. The eye is already looking better. Will post pictures next week. Giving her time to digest.
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Sauzo
...and that is why i hate ground up substrate lol.
I ditched the substrate. Was to fine and causing her issues. Did not take long to learn that lesson. I like the wood chips better.
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Reticulated python urinate I suppose. Easy cleaning in the water bowl. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...eab8953121.jpg
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I wanted a second opinion about Rainbows eye. Found a second local herp vet. She said her eye problem was a deformed scale below her eye causing her eye cap to be deformed. When she was checking it out Rainbow decided to empty out in protest. It was rather impressive how much piss and poop that she squirted out rather quickly.:O I wish I had a video of it! I think I will give Rainbow time to shed and look at the eye again. Her eye moves as it should under the deformed eye cap. I will post more photos tonight.
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Not exactly sure about the eye as i am no vet and cant see it but i have found dented eyecaps on my BPs over the years and it was due to low humidity. Once they shed, it was fine.
And my beardie pooped all over the nurses shoes and the vets table when i first took her in. She then jumped on me and ran up my shirt and hung on for life under my chin while peeking at the vet and nurse. Rosey also put the death grip on me when i took her to the same vet and wouldnt let them take her off me and when they did, she would bulldoze through them to get back to me lol. The vet made a joke, that i must take good care of my reptiles as they seem to love dad lol.
But anyways, not to sound like a jerk but you need to relax with the snake lol. You are just nitpicking it to death. It's good that you are checking it over, dont get me wrong but you need to let the snake be and settle in and relax and eat and be a snake. I generally just mess with all my snakes probably 2 maybe 3 times a week. I do change water and check for poops and stir substrate and stuff every 3 days or so and always look in on them but i give them time to just be snakes and have their own personal time. Some snakes dont like to be messed with too much and it will stress them. And depending how high their stress level goes, it can manifest itself into them becoming defensive whenever you open the door, or they quit eating, or regurgitate.
Personally, if your snake is eating, pooping, peeing and doing snake things fine, then i wouldnt worry. Take em out every few days, give them a check over, let them enjoy some exploring and enrichment and then let them be snakes in their cages. Some enjoy interaction more. Like Caesar for some weird reason LOVES interaction at night and will sit there by me while i pet him or will climb half on me and sit there. But during the day, i leave him alone. The boas seem to really care less if i bug them or not. You dont need to worry, you will have that snake for 20+ years so you will get plenty of time to interact with it lol.
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Skyrivers
Hopefully someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but if you're going to put a CHE inside of the enclosure like that don't you need a guard for it? I've seen some gnarly stuff from using CHEs similarly in enclosures. Definitely something you should look into.
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MD_Pythons
Hopefully someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but if you're going to put a CHE inside of the enclosure like that don't you need a guard for it? I've seen some gnarly stuff from using CHEs similarly in enclosures. Definitely something you should look into.
Wow i feel stupid that I didnt catch that lol. Yeah, you need to either lose it or put a guard on it asap. If that snakes touches that CHE, it is going to be in a world of hurt. And retics are very curious and love to see if stuff can hold them. At least Caesar is like that to my dismay most of the time lol.
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Sauzo
Wow i feel stupid that I didnt catch that lol. Yeah, you need to either lose it or put a guard on it asap. If that snakes touches that CHE, it is going to be in a world of hurt. And retics are very curious and love to see if stuff can hold them. At least Caesar is like that to my dismay most of the time lol.
Installation is in progress. Can't believe I missed that also.
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Skyrivers
Installation is in progress. Can't believe I missed that also.
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Words of wisdom, retics are sometimes not the sharpest tool in the shed. You gotta reticproof everything. Make sure there is nothing they can get stuck in too. I had Caesar get stuck in a loop on a plastic plant when he was a baby. I have since learned anything with a closed circle in it is a no no. Just like tape in the cage or exposed heat sources or unregulated heat sources. I swear, retics just look for ways to break or destroy stuff lol. Caesar also shoved his Acurite gauge in his water bowl 2 times. I am surprised it still works after just letting it air dry on top of the cage for a few days. Ironically, the Acurite in Rangos cage took a dump and the display is half gone and Rango doesnt even touch his gauge :confusd:
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You can see in the photos that it's an overgrown scale or some sort of deformity. I didn't understand from the beginning how OP and the vet thought this was a shed issue? It's a scale that covers 1/4 of the eye.
I sound like a jerk which is why I didn't say anything before, thought maybe the photos were just bad or weird or something but I'm glad you finally found a better vet.
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AbsoluteApril
You can see in the photos that it's an overgrown scale or some sort of deformity. I didn't understand from the beginning how OP and the vet thought this was a shed issue? It's a scale that covers 1/4 of the eye.
I sound like a jerk which is why I didn't say anything before, thought maybe the photos were just bad or weird or something but I'm glad you finally found a better vet.
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I took her because I have no experience with the issue. The herp vet I took her and my girlfriends RTB to seams to know her stuff. I wonder if the scale will correct itself with a good shed? Anyone have wisdom here?
I would post photos but she is still in food coma after eating 2 quail chicks and a medium rat. She hasn't moved out of her hide in a couple of days except to drink. I am holding off on handling her till she becomes more active again. If I had my guess, this is the first time she is not hungry. I don't plan on feeding her that much all the time but was a nice treat for her.
Thanks everyone! Hope to have more photos this weekend.
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Sauzo
Words of wisdom, retics are sometimes not the sharpest tool in the shed. You gotta reticproof everything. Make sure there is nothing they can get stuck in too. I had Caesar get stuck in a loop on a plastic plant when he was a baby. I have since learned anything with a closed circle in it is a no no. Just like tape in the cage or exposed heat sources or unregulated heat sources. I swear, retics just look for ways to break or destroy stuff lol. Caesar also shoved his Acurite gauge in his water bowl 2 times. I am surprised it still works after just letting it air dry on top of the cage for a few days. Ironically, the Acurite in Rangos cage took a dump and the display is half gone and Rango doesnt even touch his gauge :confusd:
They are more active than all the others I have. My girlfriends RTB is not as active. Love her so much though.
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New paint job after shedding. Her hide is getting to small already. She lifts it up when she curls up inside of it. Then she sticks her head out to look. I took an oil pan and made her hide out of that. It's time for something bigger though. She's had two feeding sessions with me. One right after I got her and then I was on last week. I have a feeling now that she's being fed properly she's going to grow quickly. 7 more weeks before I put her in her enclosure. After that she'll be out of quarantine. I did notice her looking for food this morning as she rearranged her enclosure last night.
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Forgot to post this.
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Was epic. Happy was not on me. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...cf0c8a2d79.jpg
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I put her in the tub while cleaning her enclosure. When I put her back in her enclosure she climbed into her water bowl. I guess she enjoys a good swim. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3ceda0fb98.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a497e7d272.jpg
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Getting ready to shed again. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f0ca0a3787.jpg
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Am I posting to often? Is everyone bored with her? Just let me know. She is now 8ft and 8lbs. Got her a month ago at 7ft and 5lbs. Going to try to make her wait 7 days this time. Greedy girl!
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Skyrivers
Am I posting to often? Is everyone bored with her?
heck no!!!
EDIT: how's her eye been?