Mazikeen progression thread

Weigh day! A bit early since "weigh day" is feeding day this month, and waking he rup early on feeding day is a Mistake. She's up a whole 56 grams from last month. Color me impressed.
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So, I'm not a photographer. I hated taking photography in school because I couldn't take any good photos to save my life. And yet here I am, staring at these photos, in awe of just how beautiful Mazikeen is. She stuns me every time I lay eyes on her. And somehow I managed to capture that? With my own two hands? Thanks RNG gods for blessing me with this pure, pure noodle lmao.
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me rn:
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Just went through the thread and you have a beautiful snake and tub. I'm jealous. If you don't mind me asking, what model of acurite are you using? I've been trying to decided what model to get.

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Originally Posted by madhatter18

Just went through the thread and you have a beautiful snake and tub. I'm jealous. If you don't mind me asking, what model of acurite are you using? I've been trying to decided what model to get.

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Thank you!

I actually only use the AcuRites as a backup, as I found that the hydrometer I purchased from them was defective. The temperature gauge on it works fine, but it was reading 20% higher on humidity than was actually present, and as a result Maze had a bad shed shortly after she arrived.

The thermometer I'm using is the ThermoPro-TP50 model. It is a thermometer and a hydrometer combined, and it came in a two-pack at only $12 for me. Win/win! They're super accurate, and also a lot more compact than the chunky AcuRites I was using.

Growing girl! Almost 200 grams already wow! Tappy is 174 grams now so he's catching up slowly :p

Maze is forever a beautiful child

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Originally Posted by MissterDog

Growing girl! Almost 200 grams already wow! Tappy is 174 grams now so he's catching up slowly :p

Maze is forever a beautiful child

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I know! I'm still in shock! She is in the middle of a growth spurt apparently because I did nothing differently. Haven't even upped her prey size yet; some of the rat fuzzies were on the big side. And Tappy will no doubt make up for it later.... :P. Perhaps sooner than later, should he hit his own growth spurt. I can't wait to see a big Tapioca, even though he's a precious Smol Boy rn.

Thanks! 😊

Feeding day! No pictures, just two videos, so there'll be another post after this one with the second video. This is feeding #10 since last shed. Her belly looked pretty pink last night, so I'm hopeful.

The strike:

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And the Chomp:

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I just love the faces she makes while she gets it down :').

Haha the enthused wiggle she did before she managed to wrap! Love this feisty girl!

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Originally Posted by MissterDog

Haha the enthused wiggle she did before she managed to wrap! Love this feisty girl!

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I didn't even notice that! Lol, what a silly wiggly noodle. She's finally looking wrinkly today, and she's been hanging out in her humid hide a lot lately, so. I think she's quit faking me out. SHED APPROACHES AT LAST.

Mazikeen has been entering the early stages of shed (at last)! She spent two days in her humid hide, using how deep she dug in the moss to modulate her temperature. I caught her with her head sticking out of it a few nights ago.
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Crunchy girl.

She also has a huge sausage butt, but she's in shed so she'll probably leave me a big ol' present when she's done lol.
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Her as of now, basking beneath her CHE without a care in the world, deep in blue:

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