Malachi in shed

Just had to take a picture of the little fella in shed. This is Malachi our 100% het for albino who is just coming up on 8 months of age. Weighed empty tonight at 410 grams so we are just thrilled with his progress with us. He was produced by Adam at 8BallPythons and is just a wonderful young male with a stupendous feeding response.

Here's Mal in blue tonight. I'm sure he'll feel much better in a few days.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...nshedFeb06.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...Malinshed2.jpg

I'll have to remember to take a freshly shed pic of him in a few days when he's all done.

~~Jo~~

Very beautiful Jo! I absolutely love the alien heads on him! :love:

Awww! Isn't amazing how drastically they change from shed to after shed? It's almost like opening a present to see what they look like after the shed!

What a beauty! Make sure to take those post shed pics, I wanna see him all shiny and bold!

LOL funny you should say bold Jason. This male is bold as brass as my granny would have said. Everything Thursday morning I do my rounds and make sure everyone is set for feeding night (promptly at 9 p.m. Thursday evenings LOL). After that they have no human contact (just our feeding day routine).

Every Thursday morning there is bold little Malachi our smallest ball python either coiled on top of one of his hides or out in the open in full strike position....and the little boogerhead takes a swing at me, sometimes two or three credible attempts!

Every dang Thursday morning...it's "morning Malachi...dang it you impatient little snake!" Ya think I'd learn! LOL

I love this little male. Adam told me when we picked him he had a very aggressive feeding response and boy he was right. Mal eats two fat rat pups every Thursday w/o fail so he's not that hungry...he just wants his dinner and he wants it NOW! LOL

Funny enough he never bites though, just strikes at us and he's totally calm any other day and easy to handle. A bit of hissing here and there when we remove him from his tub but that's just his grumbly way. Feeding day however is all about business with this male snake.


~~Jo~~

What a cutie...before and after pics of the same snake might be a great addition to the FAQs here on shedding. =)

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

LOL funny you should say bold Jason. This male is bold as brass as my granny would have said. Everything Thursday morning I do my rounds and make sure everyone is set for feeding night (promptly at 9 p.m. Thursday evenings LOL). After that they have no human contact (just our feeding day routine).

Every Thursday morning there is bold little Malachi our smallest ball python either coiled on top of one of his hides or out in the open in full strike position....and the little boogerhead takes a swing at me, sometimes two or three credible attempts!

Every dang Thursday morning...it's "morning Malachi...dang it you impatient little snake!" Ya think I'd learn! LOL

I love this little male. Adam told me when we picked him he had a very aggressive feeding response and boy he was right. Mal eats two fat rat pups every Thursday w/o fail so he's not that hungry...he just wants his dinner and he wants it NOW! LOL

Funny enough he never bites though, just strikes at us and he's totally calm any other day and easy to handle. A bit of hissing here and there when we remove him from his tub but that's just his grumbly way. Feeding day however is all about business with this male snake.


~~Jo~~

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Jo,I love your enthusiasm for such a little stinker of a snake, I'm the same way with critters though, the fiestier they are the more I like them. Isn't amazing how such a small animal can stand up to us (but we all know its only a show :) )...must be little man syndrome. LOL

Today (my normal feeding day for the older two) Shogun was out and waiting for me to bring his food. Normally he's calm enough for me to take him out and put him in his feeding tub, but not today, he must've smelled the rats coming because I walked near the cage and he was ready to strike...the rat literally didn't even get a chance to touch the floor of the cage. :chew:

Gotta love em'!

Jason

Maybe I'm just wierd Jason but even when we were going through the early days with big Brannagh, where she was actively trying to bite us and almost unhandable....I just loved that snake and her damn you attitude! LOL Don't get me wrong here, I don't like or want to take a bite....but I just accept it as part of normal snake behaviour occasionally. It's also a thrilling challenge to find the unique way to get a snake past it's aggression with us. I've always loved rehabbing creatures.....my first dog has been abused and eventually shot by her previous human (barely human to be honest)...I got her when I was 9 so maybe it's just ingrained in me somewhat.

With Mal it's not aggression or a poor past life (Adam raises beautiful babies), it's just his strong feeding response. For me I don't even count his strikes as anything more than a typical "gimme rat!" attitude and hey I'll take that any day of the week LOL.


~~Jo~~

Oh wow. :O That little guy is getting so big. Holy moly. That's awesome Jo!! :D Mr. Hissypants is growing up. :happycry:

It's Thursday! Post some feeding pictures! I wanna see Mr. Hissypants again.:laughing:

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Originally Posted by JBallPython

It's Thursday! Post some feeding pictures! I wanna see Mr. Hissypants again.:laughing:

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Yis yis!

Okay I'll try. You know of course that even though Malachi has never missed a Thursday, in shed or not, that just because I want pictures this particular Thursday...he'll turn his nose up at his plump rat pups. LOL


Snakes are sent to try us simple humans! :P


~~Jo~~

Jo! Your avatar kills me! Buwhahhaha! High five, girlfriend! :D

Too funny Cass since I was just thinking the same about yours LOL.

I found this silly picture on the web and added the wording myself (who could resist really :P ) I love making my own avatars!


~~Jo~~

Cute lil stinker/excellent eater! lol! Poor guy tho, snakey pms is never fun. Hope he sheds soon and feels better! :)

Okay as requested here's a few pictures of Malachi snarfing down his rat pup tonight (this is actually 1 of 2 he ate...he's a piggie boy LOL).

Hey Lady! Where's MY rat!!!
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ereismyrat.jpg

Rat - the other white meat!
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...sfordinner.jpg

Malachini feeding #1
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Malachi feeding #2
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...alfeeding2.jpg

Malachi stretched upright
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...alfeeding3.jpg

Next one please!
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/1/8/5/8/BURP.jpg

Hope you enjoyed! Nothing seems to put this male off his feed...being in shed and having silly me clicking away with a flash while he's trying to enjoy a meal LOL

~~Jo~~

Very nice Jo! Echo ate in shed yesterday also and pulled the mouse into the teeny tiny purple hide box with her to eat it in privacy! Silly girl!

Awesome! I'm sure he will do very well by you :cool:

His Supreme Highness, The Maharaja Malachi and his Fabulous Harem!

Down the hatch without a scratch! And I see you taught him that cobra trick.;)


Thanks for the pictures Jo!

Thanks everyone (especially Cass and the new title for Malachi LOL). He's a great little male and we couldn't be more pleased with him!

Doesn't that cobra pose just slay you LOL. Too funny! Rionach, one of our females does this wierd head up stretch thing when you rub her chin.....we call it her Loch Ness Monster pose.


~~Jo~~

Well as requested here's the post-shed pics (put the one in blue in here too for comparison). Malachi presented us with a nice complete shed and a big defecation this morning. Oh and he weighed 420 grams empty tonight.


Deep in blue a few days ago....
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...nshedFeb06.jpg

What a nice looking boy he is!
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ldjustshed.JPG
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...tshedFeb06.JPG

~~Jo~~

Fabulous!! He is a heart breaker!

Malachi The Lady Killer should he his new title. He looks great Jo, I'm sure all of the females on the block will be quite smitten.:P

Jason

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...tshedFeb06.JPG

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I'm....too sexy for my coils....too sexy for my coils...too sexy for all the goyles!

Seriously, Malachi and Gomez are like the rock stars of bp.net! ;)

He's so handsome! Sullivan should be presenting me with a shed tomorrow. He presented me with some nice urine and urates today when I tried out my new probes on him today "just to be sure" he was really a boy - more like wishing away his "boy-ness"! LOL He's still a boy! LOL

Robin you are so going to give Sully a complex! Here he is being a studly snake and you keeping seeing if he's really a male.....poor poor fella you better ship him to me! LMAO (male or female that snake of yours is a stunner Robin!)

Thanks for the compliments about our Malachi. We have always been impressed with him but it seems he's just getting better and better as time goes by. With his good growth rate we are very confident he'll be going on his first "date" this coming fall.

~~Jo~~

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Originally Posted by cassandra

I'm....too sexy for my coils....too sexy for my coils...too sexy for all the goyles!

Seriously, Malachi and Gomez are like the rock stars of bp.net! ;)

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then tose 2 should check out Miss Chunkers by adizziedoll and her rockin wayz

I was just talking to Miss Chunkers, and she said she'll show both of em a good time....:date: :lick: :hump: :juggle:

LOL! It's the Loooooove Connection!

LOL! You're all just silly snake peoples!

I believe when I mentioned this to young Malachi he gave me the immature male "girls have cooties!!!....and by the way WHERE'S MY RAT PUP!" look LOL

By this fall I'm sure Malachi will quite happily discover females!


~~Jo~~

Malachi looks GORGEOUS, ah shedding... nature's celebrity make-over ;)

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Robin you are so going to give Sully a complex! Here he is being a studly snake and you keeping seeing if he's really a male.....poor poor fella you better ship him to me! LMAO (male or female that snake of yours is a stunner Robin!)

Thanks for the compliments about our Malachi. We have always been impressed with him but it seems he's just getting better and better as time goes by. With his good growth rate we are very confident he'll be going on his first "date" this coming fall.

~~Jo~~

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Ha ha! I peeked in on him last night before I went to bed and he presented me with a sock shed! Of the three new ones, two have had sock sheds and one had to be assisted with a soak. I'll have to snap some new pictures of him when I get home this afternoon.

But, Malachi is really a hottie! I love the one little dot on his back! Godiva said she especially likes his blushing, Auntie Jo, and wants to know if it's would be in bad taste to go on a date with her "cousin" - even if he is just a "play" cousin! ;) ;)

LOL Godiva is welcome any day any time hon. She's a hottie!


Mal has a funny little single dot here and there on his patterns. Very cute....I call him Spot for fun LOL.


~~Jo~~