My burm is saying something

He says 'mom, I can only do two things in my house. Sit on my newspaper.. or squish in my water bowl. I don't like it when my water bowl makes my bed soggy, so I can really only do one thing. Sit on my newspaper.'

I told him that his new cage will be ready for him in just one week, but he won't listen!

Mr Harry is just a hair under 3' long now.

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what a beauty!

LOL! Poor guy looks a little squished, but I'm sure he'll be more than happy in the new pad. He looks like he has a nice newspaper nest though. Good gracious he's a growing boy. I can't wait to see how big he is in a year. He's just beautiful.

The sad thing is that both blood pythons are nearly as squished as he is! The bloods are moving into a 3' rack once it arrives, and Harry will take over one of their old tubs.. more than double what he has now.

Donovan the dumerils boa is going into the third tub of the 3' rack, and then when Harry outgrows the blood tub (that sounds bad.. lol) he'll move into Donovan's old house. (that'll probably only be a couple months at this rate!)

It sounds like you are kept busy just lining up the next couple months housing for everyone. WOW! You'll have to take a picture when everyone gets their housing upgraded.

Oh and I agree it never sounds good when you say blood tub. It just doesn't sound right. LOL!

Yeah.. well I have my 12 slot shoe rack which still has 4 slots empty (hoping to remedy this on Saturday when I go to the reptile swap.. woohoo!).. and I'm getting the three slot 3' rack within the week I hope. I still need a second 3' rack and two four slot sweater box racks.. then I'm set for awhile. :)

LOL! That's such a handful! I can't believe your getting more. I'm kinda jealous. ;) Anything in particular you're looking for or just going to see what grabs your attention? I'm hoping to order another rack in a month or so. Then I have to order an incubator and a couple more thermostats. Sheesh, it never ends. It's fun, but good gravy! :psychotic

man, i cant imagine what you'll do when Harry gets to be a 16 footer. LOL!

haha.. well a 16' male burm would be unusual, but I'm fully expecting to buy him an 8' boaphile cage when the time comes.

And as for what I'll get.. Perhaps a future mate for one of my baby colubrids.. or a striped california kingsnake... ringed python.. calabar burrowing python.. savu python.. white lipped python.. sumatran short tail.. jungle carpet.. viper boa.. soloman island ground/tree boa.. male surinam red tail.. argentine boa.. male hogg island boa.. male roughscaled sand boa.. female kenyan sand boas.. yellowtail/blacktail cribo, tiger rat snake, mandarin rat, hypoerythristic/het sinaloan milk, hypo honduran milk, anery milk perhaps a male green anaconda. :D

I'm in the market for a lot of stuff.

:O Whoa! :O

That's just the less expensive stuff I could afford next week. Didn't put things like a het pied pair that I want..

I don't know how you do it, much less how you house them all. I know you do an excellent job with them, but it boogles the mind. LOL! Although if the husband was less resistant to the idea of lots of snake I'd probably have more too. Probably not that many, but definitely more. ;) Make sure to let us know what you end up with! (although I'm sure you will :D )

As if I wouldn't show them all off when I come home? lol

I also plan on picking up a green bottle blue tarantula at the swap.

I tell you I spend more time taking care of the darn rats than I do the snakes! lol I love the rats too though..

When are you opening that zoo? At this rate it should be at the end of the year. ;) LOL!!

You can go to walmart and get some big sweater boxes for a couple bucks each

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I also plan on picking up a green bottle blue tarantula at the swap.

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GBB's are great, you'll enjoy it, and they are so much fun to grow up from slings. I don't think you'll find any this weekend, unless Bruce and Bill have some. Botar won't be at the swap this weekend.

Diceman - I have sweater boxes and tubs ALL OVER my floor. I am completely sick of them and that is why I am switching over to racks. Much easier maintenance.

Schlyne - that's a bummer! I was planning on going with Botar. Do the other guys have a website?

I hate to be the Devil's Advocate here (does that term even apply to what I'm about to say?), but I have this annoying feeling that a "newbie" herper posting a similar thread ("Look how small my snake's enclosure is, but I swear I'll get something better soon.") would have been torn to shreds by now with condescending remarks about how they "shouldn't keep a snake if they can't provide for it," etc. etc.

I'm not attacking you at all here, Shelby. You're clearly experienced and trust-worthy with regards to caring for your herps from what I can tell. I'm just finding it extremely ironic how your particular snake's situation is "cute" and acceptable, while Joe Schmoe's would have been an abomination and despicable. Sure, it's speculation, but I think it's quite founded. *shrugs*

Either way, he looks gorgeous, and I hope to see some pics of your new enclosures - my next step is a nice rack system with full environmental control (heat, humidity, etc.), so I always like to see what other people are using.

Well I think it's because people know me and they realise that I just bought this snake less than three months ago.. and one month ago that enclosure was fine!

If he was showing any signs of stress at all I would not hesitate to go out and buy him a sterilite tub for the week. But.. he eats like an absolute pig, is active, alert and wonderfully tame. Just had a one piece shed last week, so I don't think it will harm him to remain one more week in this small enclosure. We all know that baby boids do better in smaller spaces anyway! ;)

Well, I'm glad you understood where I was coming from, without taking my words as direct criticism. I'm not exactly "seasoned" myself ;)

Yeah actually the same thing ran through my head earlier. His squished-ness is very temporary. I ordered the rack a week ago, and am eagerly awaiting it's arrival.