The Big Girls & Their Evening Out

Had to share these pics! It's pretty normal for Orlah to be out on our laps and all as she's a very relaxed lady snake but this was Brannagh's first time! She's been out for handling before but always had to be kept under control (gloves). We decided since she's been pretty good lately to let her try a bit of freedom on the couch and the snake's favorite lounging spot...our rattan coffee table.

Brann did so well! She never tried to bite or strike and was reasonably okay. She's certainly not relaxed like Orlah but she did get a bit of exercise and wasn't obviously aggressive. I'm sooooooo pleased! Oh and she "discovered" TV....apparently Brannagh found Law & Order:SVU very fascinating LOL.

Orlah lounging on the coffeetable
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...offeetable.jpg

Orlah lazing about on the couch
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...OrlahCouch.jpg

Brannagh chillin on the rattan coffeetable
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...offeetable.jpg

Big Ms. B discovers TV!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...BrannaghTV.jpg


~~Jo~~

She seems quite mesmerized by the tube! Good taste in shows too. ;)

LOL thanks Shelby. We watch it everytime Tuesday night come hell or high water as well as the original Law & Order re-runs (god bless you, Jerry Orbach).

It was kind of funny, I don't know if something caught her attention or what but Brann suddenly lifted her head and just stared fascinated at the show for quite awhile. Nice of her since I needed to run get the cam and all LOL.

They were both out seperately for about 20 minutes or so. Nice time had by all!


~~Jo~~

Nice pics there Joanna. I'm glad to hear Brannagh is taking baby steps towards being less aggressive. Every little bit helps, and who knows someday maybe she'll be picking a favorite hockey team too. (Go Capitals! lol)

Thanks Christie, we're really pleased at her growing acceptance of us. She's definitely taught us a lot about patience and handling a less than laid back snake LOL.

We'll just keep at it with her slowly, trying to find the line that allows us to safely handle her and get her out for a bit but doesn't push her so fast that she retreats back to the highly aggressive snake she was when we first got her.

Go Capitals!...baaaaaaaaaah! Go Wings! Go Wings!


~~Jo~~

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by frankykeno

Go Capitals!...baaaaaaaaaah! Go Wings! Go Wings!

---

How bout the Leafs? I'll even go Stars or Avalanche too! ;) C'mon....the Wings? :neener: LOL!!

Scuse me darlin but you are talking to a woman who managed to get to the hospital, give birth to her 4th child (w/o drugs I might add) and get back home with the new baby in between the Saturday evening Wings game and the Monday evening Wings game! Hey it was the playoffs!!!!!! :winner:


~~Jo~~

They are both such pretty snakes! They're gonna make pretty babies for you one day, I'm sure!

the girls are looking hot! they definitely need a boyfriend soon. :P

What lovely girls they are :)


I think I'm partial to Brannagh, but they both look so healthy. You can definitly tell they are well cared for.

I grew up in MI, was a die hard Wings fan, then I moved to Tampa and the same year Lightening got the cup. lol

Thanks Lira! They are both lovely to my eyes and so different though both normals. Brannagh is actually hard to photograph correctly. She seems to come out looking lighter than she is under normal inside lighting. She actually is the darkest of all our females. Her names means "dark beauty" and as soon as I saw it I knew that name was hers! Orlah means "golden princess" btw.


~~Jo~~

wow what beautiful girls you have :)

:D

Lookin fat and healthy! Keep postin more :D

They're lovely big girls :D I never thought of letting Emily watch TV - but I guess they'd like it the same as bearded dragons do :D - they particularly adore the cartoons because of all the bright colors and fast action :D

Some of them could care less if the TV is on, others seem to focus on it a bit more. I expect it's the movement and heat coming off it. I'm not sure how a snake "sees" as far as depth, color, etc. It's also a bit me and my wacky humor attributing human actions to my critters!

We did have a big male GSD years ago that interacted with the TV LOL. If there was a show on about wolves he would run up to the TV, sit down and ever so proudly howl along with them. Very cool to see a big pure white male German Shepherd doing this...wish we had thought to take pics!


~~Jo~~

well dexter loves to look at our 210 gallon tank... he watches the fish (or seems to)... aaaaah living tv!

I thought Emily might like to watch (the UKers will know this one) "I'm a Celebrity get me outta here!!" I don't suppose you get it in the US but they show this bunch of celebrities "abandoned" in the jungle to live on camp for a couple of weeks surrounded by creepy crawlies, rats, mice, other insects and of course snakes - "deadly ball pythons" :eyepoppin LMAO They've got a lovely close-up video shot of a Ball coming up to the camera and he/she looks sooo sweet. (Actually I feel sorry for the bugs that have to put up with the clumsy humans)

Regarding beardies watching TV, there was a nature program on quite a while back that said it was going to show Australian wildlife (including beardies) so I perched mine on a cushion on a footstall in front of the TV so she could watch. Of course I forgot they would be showing predators to and poor lil Beady nearly crapped herself when they showed a close-up of a big hawk zooming in toward the camera. Poor thing - her beard went quite black and stayed dark for almost 20 minutes :(

ahhhhhh poor dragon

(made me giggle though)