Figment - Our Hypo Lavender Corn Baby

Got some nice shots of Figment today with the DSLR and I wanted to share. Love his purple eyes!

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Feeding night for Figment!

Two pictures below.

I am feeding 1 20-25G adult mouse weekly now instead of 1 jumbo mouse (40G+) every other week. I will monitor weight and if necessary, skip a week here and there. However, I am happy not to be feeding a "fatty" meal to him anymore.

He loves his mice though!

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Nice! Does he eat rats Dave?

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

Nice! Does he eat rats Dave?

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I am pretty firm believer in mice for corns. I offered him a weaned rat once, while he was in shed (which has never stopped him before), and he refused.

I would consider offering him another, and occasionally a rat, but would want to stick to mostly mice.

Got some cool shots of Figment today as well as a video. He was nice and chill today. He's making up for last night when he was all over the place and a total spaz!

This is about as calm as Figment gets.

Video link: https://streamable.com/wb7nn

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He looks so pretty in blue & cream colors...but as far as activity, that's what's so cool about rat snakes in general...they have more than one speed. ;)

Not that you're going to add any more snakes, but if you wanted a rat snake that moves like in this video (& FYI for others reading this) you should have
gotten a Trans Pecos rat snake...they are very chilled when handled, and even in their cages they are graceful & seem to "tiptoe" over their branches.
Plus they stay about 4', not longer than the biggest (or older) corns, but a little heavier-bodied...very stealthy & nocturnal, but nosy (easily interacted with).
(-just sayin'...I know, I'm a bad influence...:D lol.)

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

He looks so pretty in blue & cream colors...but as far as activity, that's what's so cool about rat snakes in general...they have more than one speed. ;)

Not that you're going to add any more snakes, but if you wanted a rat snake that moves like in this video (& FYI for others reading this) you should have
gotten a Trans Pecos rat snake...they are very chilled when handled, and even in their cages they are graceful & seem to "tiptoe" over their branches.
Plus they stay about 4', not longer than the biggest (or older) corns, but a little heavier-bodied...very stealthy & nocturnal, but nosy (easily interacted with).
(-just sayin'...I know, I'm a bad influence...:D lol.)

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BAD, BAD, Bogertophis! Feliz hasn't even arrived yet! :colbert:

How do you spell that again? T-R-A-N-S P-E-C-O-S? For others reading, of course.

:)

Figment downed a mouse tonight. Pictures below of him finishing it off.

However, both corns are beggars. Last night Figment was begging for food while I fed Solana. Tonight, both were begging for food, like most nights I am in the reptile area after the lights go out. Solana ate yesterday! Has she no shame?

Here are the two begging colubrids!

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And Figment finishing up! DAD! Look! The tails goes down like spaghetti!

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Figment is an animal! Well, yes, I know, he literally is. However, he is also figuratively an animal! I open his enclosure tonight to offer his mouse and before he even sees it he has half his body out of the darn tank. I finally enticed him back in with the mouse and he struck it and gobbled it down, but geez. With him and Behira, I need to keep the hook near by! Rascals!

Here's Figment after his meal looking for more! Yes, I know he shed, but it was feeding night, so that will be taken care of tomorrow, or Monday morning at the latest.

​Figgie the Piggie begging for more food!


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Figment post shed. Sorry for iPhone pics, but the lighting actually captured his colors decently. Not great, but decent.

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