You really can't have just one...

A new addition to my collection.

He doesn't have a name yet, but he's a 2018' BEL boy. Lesser x BEL(mojave lesser) parents. I got him from Tropical Hut, a local reptile store/bp breeder in my area. They are also the ones who produced Rei, she is such a fantastic snake so I decided to look through them for a BEL before going online.

Debut pictures. Just got him all settled in his tub at home away from my other snakes now, no touchy for a week.

Just before the drive home, couldn't resist a peek. Don't mind the mess of my car. I delivery drive pizza for a living so I practically live in my car

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Had to snap a photo before I put him in the tub.
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Beautiful, like a brand new canvas. What color are you going to paint him?

very nice! congrats! welcome to the BEL club.

BTW are u from the Portland area? i know Tropical Hut from there. they have nice animals and they always make a big showing at the expos.

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Originally Posted by e_nigma

Beautiful, like a brand new canvas. What color are you going to paint him?

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lol.

:)

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Originally Posted by Ax01

very nice! congrats! welcome to the BEL club.

BTW are u from the Portland area? i know Tropical Hut from there. they have nice animals and they always make a big showing at the expos.

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Yep, Portland area. North of the Columbia River tho.

Very COOL.

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Congratulations, I’ve always wanted a bel, he’s gorgeous!

Gawd he's stunning[emoji173]
I want one or a pied but then again I don't know if I want a second snake
Decisions decisions

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Gawd he's stunning[emoji173]
I want one or a pied but then again I don't know if I want a second snake
Decisions decisions

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Get both. Then you won't have a "second" snake :D

Just what I need an enabler..LOL

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Originally Posted by SquirmyPug

Get both. Then you won't have a "second" snake :D

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Beautiful new addition! Most of us know the feeling, myself included. ("really can't have just one") ;)

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Just what I need an enabler..LOL

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Haha I can't help it, I just bought a second a week or two ago.

Thinking about calling him Blizzard, and Blizz for short, another running candidate is Aspen, like the white-bark trees.

Heck I've already thought about names for a white one and I don't even have one yet!

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Heck I've already thought about names for a white one and I don't even have one yet!

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There there...your snake don't care. :D

I vote Aspen, that’s a cool name, or Casper


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Do you deliver to Maine?

Small update today. Aspen(his name now) has just taken a live mouse and taken it down like a champ. Not nervous at all. I like to watch my snakes eat but if they hesitate I leave them alone. He wasn't shy at all. I dropped the mouse in and he had it in less than 2 minutes. Probably helps its been a couple weeks since his last feeding.

Still gonna keep him on the minimal handling until I get a few more meals into him. Once I know he's eating consistently then its a switch to f/t, then to rats after that. If he's anything like Rei he'll be a champ at it.

Its now 7 months later. I no longer feel like I can rightfully call Aspen "my little BEL boy"

He has grown quite a bit, he's probably closing in on 600 grams now. I have him on small rats and I'm moving him out to a bi-weekly feed schedule, same that Rei is on now, I plan on keeping him there for awhile.

Anyway, updated photo
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Sorry for the slight blurry, my phone camera actually sucks.
He's just chillin' on the back of my chair, I was right there with him. Turned around and snapped a photo. He's really become a lot less shy now that he has some size on him. Still a little more flinchy and flighty than Rei, but much calmer and very much less "I wanna ball up" than when he was younger.

Great BEL. I love them

Lovely critter, cannot wait to hatch my first BEL.

I have a BP from Tropical Hut as well. She's a yearling, mouser, and acts like she's never been handled or worse yet been handled very roughly. I actually had to buy a hook because of her.

She's slowly improving, but based on her temperament, which wasn't disclosed, I doubt I'd shop there again.