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  • 07-25-2020, 10:39 PM
    Mikknu
    Re: Olin- 2020 Colombian Boa Thread
    The long branch was actually custom made with the cage. As far as I can tell, it's actually a giant PVC Pipe that someone maybe heated up and bent before painting and sealing it... ? You can see the two I got the cage secondhand, but I know the makers on facebook. They're local to my area.

    https://m.facebook.com/AquaticOak/ph...&mt_nav=0&_rdr

    Here is the facebook page. I do believe they ship their cages as well, though the wait time is pretty long. Maybe they can make the branches and ship them specifically? It can come out.

    Thank you for the compliment C: I'm really happy how the cage turned out. My handsome boy blends in quite nicely.
  • 07-25-2020, 11:58 PM
    Igotsmallballs
    Re: Olin- 2020 Colombian Boa Thread
    Beautiful boy!
  • 07-26-2020, 02:54 AM
    richardhind1972
    Re: Olin- 2020 Colombian Boa Thread
    The viv looks awsome.
    He may be a bit stressed from all the new things being changed in his home, I'm sure he'll settle back down once you've finished
    Looks like he's enjoying all the new furniture tho [emoji106][emoji106]

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  • 08-03-2020, 04:20 PM
    Mikknu
    Whoo. Another wonderful week with Olin, and his first real handling session with me this week! It's just a few days short of him having been home with me for a full month. I had a rare sunny day and briefly took him outside the door for a quick pic too.

    Here's a pic of him taking his first hopper. He absolutely horked it down, I think it took less than 2 or 3 minutes before it was gone. I was pretty impressed. He has left me two nicely sized presents at this point, so I'm happy with how he's feeding and processing. They can actually be a bit hard to find though... His poops are pretty small for an 8 sq. ft enclosure.

    When I stopped by the place where I get my feeders, the wife of the breeder I got Olin from was there and we exchanged pleasantries. She about gave me a heart attack saying Olin would get 15-20 feet, but I think she meant weight, not length.

    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...727_103459.jpg

    He totally adores his aerial hide. Being so small, I don't think he's too comfortable with not being in a hide except at night or when he's digesting. From where I'm sitting at my desk I can juuuust barely see his nose poking out right now. I got a zoomed in picture of him. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, I'll catch him moving from one side of the viv to the other. I've been thinking about adding springtails, but I'm not sure how well they'd do with reptichip as substrate and live moss being the only plants.

    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...803_143911.jpg
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...801_223503.jpg

    Still no hissing and no defensive behaviour around me. Not even when I take him out of his cage. Granted, I'm already using tap training so that's probably a good sign. He's a pretty curious dude. I gave him a weigh while I had him out as well. He's 111g now, about 10g more than when I first got him.

    Here's him out in the sunlight! I have a daylight bulb for my crested gecko, but it doesn't look quite the same. I adore the pale browns of boa babies. I can't wait to see him darken up as he gets older.
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...802_153856.jpg

    I especially love how some of his darker browns are lined by black. You can really see it in the stripe leading up towards his eye.
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...801_223004.jpg

    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...801_223335.jpg

    Here's him under the daylight bulb! I really do adore this little guy. I noticed this week that in the beginning rows of his back pattern he also has more of a }{ design instead of the () pattern later on him. I think that's super cool, personally. I tried my best to get some good pictures of that feature of him.

    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...801_222329.jpg
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...801_221825.jpg
  • 08-03-2020, 04:29 PM
    ckuhn003
    Re: Olin- 2020 Colombian Boa Thread
    He's a really good looking Boa! Sounds like you're doing all the right things which is going to payoff in his health and handle-ability.
  • 08-14-2020, 06:36 PM
    Mikknu
    Well, it's been a while.

    Unfortunately, I been away from my home for nearly 5 days due to a medical situation involving barotrauma. This has unfortunately hit me kinda hard, and I'm pretty drained from being in consistent pain. It brought me a lot of joy to get back home and see my handsome scaley sons again. And, I was happy to discover that my beautiful boy is in blue! He's hunkered down in the hottest and most humid area of the whole viv, right by the dripper that keeps his overall humidity up. He has a hide full of moss right next to his CHE I spray frequently as well in case he wants it. About what humidity level should I keep the overall viv while he's in blue?

    A small update from a week ago is that Olin ate just fine, but he did miss the mouse and instead bit himself! He didn't actually hurt himself, but what he did do was explode the mouse's stomach... It was pretty gross. I haven't fed him yet today, but I'm not sure he'll tale it. His activity levels are very low, and Olin seems pretty content just to chill in his warm hide. I can't believe he fits in it... He takes up the whole thing. It's a small pangea box hide.

    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...813_230053.jpg

    Here are a few pictures from before my medical hiatus. I don't have many. Now that he's in blue, I probably won't get to hold him for a little while longer than I was expecting.

    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...806_221028.jpg

    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...805_110138.jpg
  • 08-14-2020, 07:16 PM
    dakski
    Re: Olin- 2020 Colombian Boa Thread
    Feel better soon!

    He's looking good.
  • 08-25-2020, 12:49 AM
    Mikknu
    Hello everyone! I'm feeling much better, and have pretty much recovered from my medical issue at this point. Just in time as well, as I have a 2 week trip starting this Sunday.

    Olin's first shed went completely perfectly! He did crumple it up into a little ball though, sadly. I was hoping to keep it to compare it to later. He is currently 131g. As of the last few hours, I've had the pleasure of seeing him hunting :D It makes me happy to know that the feeding schedule he's on is working for him. For my two week vacation he's going to be in reptile daycare with the breeder I got him from, along with my crested gecko Quincy. I'm most likely going to feed Olin tomorrow since I've seen him hunting now, so that he will be 96 hours post feeding before I make the drive to take him over to them. It isn't too long, but the only other time he's been in a cup was on his way home the first time. A picture of him exploring below!

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgFT4a0X...jpg&name=large

    Here are a few pictures about a day post shed! He's gained some wonderful rainbow hues to him, though he isn't anything super shiny. The best I can notice is that his darks seem darker, but if anyone else notices something new let me know!

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Efza9d4X...jpg&name=large

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgFXamcX...jpg&name=small

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgKEsbjX...jpg&name=large

    He has a ton of speckling near his tail. I really enjoy it. However, I took the following two pictures less than 12 hours apart. He is very clearly far more speckled and a lot darker and grey in the second picture, with a lateral stripe. What does this mean? Is he too cold? I've measured the temps all over his viv, including in his aerial hide where he spends most of his time, and they're all within acceptable ranges and exactly where I want them to be for the most part. He hadn't been out for long in either picture, and I was sitting in the exact same spot with the exact same lights on. Is it stress?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgH2W4AX...jpg&name=large

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgH2YLqX...jpg&name=large

    The colour change is cool and all, but I'm worried it means something bad. Hopefully I'm just being paranoid about it however.
  • 08-25-2020, 04:00 AM
    richardhind1972
    Re: Olin- 2020 Colombian Boa Thread
    Glad you feeling better. He's looking great, boas have light and dark phases sometimes extreme, I posted some pics of my leopard in his light and dark phases the other day, it's perfectly normal.

    If you moisten the rolled up shed you should be to unroll it, most of my boas leave it in a nice coiled up present

    Enjoy your holiday (vacation)



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