Cloud, Colombian BCI

[CloudtheBoa]

Well... Whatever happened, he's HUGE. Haha. Luckily he's a youngin still. You can way slow down his feeding and it won't hurt him one bit. Heck, it would probably help him. Everyone is concerned that he could have a fatty liver I do believe. That's the main issue with power feeding and super fast growth. He is a looker.

I really hope not, I would feel bad. ;.; Is there a way to get like x-rays to see or something? I wouldn't mind paying if it could put mine and everyone else's minds at rest. And thanks, I think so, too! The best is when he gets a rosy tone to him, but the camera almost never picks it up. >.>

Okay, I have to ask. How big are you? If you are a tiny thing what we are seeing could be way thrown off. My guy looks small compared to me but I am a fluffy woman. Haha

I am 5'1" and 100-105lbs.

[WifeOfSlasher]

I know, not the best photo. Haha. Here's my late '11 guy. He's on 12" tiles.

[CloudtheBoa]

I know, not the best photo. Haha. Here's my late '11 guy. He's on 12" tiles.

He does look quite a bit smaller. I'm guessing 4 or 5ft?

[WifeOfSlasher]

I really hope not, I would feel bad. ;.; Is there a way to get like x-rays to see or something? I wouldn't mind paying if it could put mine and everyone else's minds at rest. And thanks, I think so, too! The best is when he gets a rosy tone to him, but the camera almost never picks it up. >.>



I am 5'1" and 100-105lbs.

Haha. I was starting to wonder. I think you being a tiny thing is throwing us all off. Cloud would not look like that compared to me at 5'9" and fluffy. While he is a good sized dude I'm starting to feel that he's not as big as we were originally thinking especially if some of those weights are done with a couple of feeding under his belt. We always try to weigh after they relieve themselves.

Tests, nah. He's young. I honestly feel that if you back off his feeds a bit and continue allowing him his exercise he'll be just fine.

[WifeOfSlasher]

I do believe he has crossed over 5' now. He's near impossible to measure. He goes from finger tips, across my shoulders, and to my elbow on the other arm.

[CloudtheBoa]

Haha. I was starting to wonder. I think you being a tiny thing is throwing us all off. Cloud would not look like that compared to me at 5'9" and fluffy. While he is a good sized dude I'm starting to feel that he's not as big as we were originally thinking especially if some of those weights are done with a couple of feeding under his belt. We always try to weigh after they relieve themselves.

Tests, nah. He's young. I honestly feel that if you back off his feeds a bit and continue allowing him his exercise he'll be just fine.

Alright. *breathes huge sigh of relief* Yeah, I always weigh after they void as well. When he poops, I'll weigh him again, maybe those urates threw it off.

I do believe he has crossed over 5' now. He's near impossible to measure. He goes from finger tips, across my shoulders, and to my elbow on the other arm.

rofl I'm lucky, my guy is really cooperative. I just put him up against the wall and he flattens out against it, I just really need to hold his head down.

[WifeOfSlasher]

Alright. *breathes huge sigh of relief* Yeah, I always weigh after they void as well. When he poops, I'll weigh him again, maybe those urates threw it off.



rofl I'm lucky, my guy is really cooperative. I just put him up against the wall and he flattens out against it, I just really need to hold his head down.

Mine does his best impression of a BP. He's confused.

[CloudtheBoa]

Mine does his best impression of a BP. He's confused.

Haha I'd like to see that. lol My ball python doesn't think he's a ball python. Unless he's in a hide, he doesn't curl up, if he gets startled he pushes his head under his belly or just pulls it back.

[WifeOfSlasher]

He's more than happy to spread out as long as you don't mess with him. He's a lazy bum that likes to wrap around things on he's been out of his enclosure for a couple minutes. His favorite place in the world is curled up on his shelf in the corner on the cool side. I swear he only uses that 10"x48" surface. The rest of the enclosure... What's that? Haha

[CloudtheBoa]

He's more than happy to spread out as long as you don't mess with him. He's a lazy bum that likes to wrap around things on he's been out of his enclosure for a couple minutes. His favorite place in the world is curled up on his shelf in the corner on the cool side. I swear he only uses that 10"x48" surface. The rest of the enclosure... What's that? Haha

Cloud loves his hides. lol The other enclosure he was in had a branch (which he's now too big for), but he never used it. He was always either in the hot or cool hide, and then just cruising at night. I caught him in the tree a couple of times, but it went mostly unused. If he's not in his hides, he's buried in the substrate. He loves fresh bedding, too, so if it's the day I do a complete substrate change, he'll be buried until it goes through its first cycle and dries out. lol

I do want to still offer climbing stuff for him, but I'm not sure how I'll go about it yet. Once we get a new place and I know we won't be moving sometime soon, I'd like to make a bioactive enclosure. I've been looking at some threads on it, and I feel his enclosure is empty with just the two hides and the water dish and I like the natural look of the bioactive. Just not sure if there's a living plant strong enough to hold him, or if I'll have to get a big branch or something. I don't trust the ball python with the natural environment, I just KNOW he'll trample every plant. The garter would probably enjoy a decent naturalistic enclosure as well.

Some more throwbacks. From last summer and a few from the summer and early fall of 2012.

Threaded through a chair, last summer.


U wat m8?




The look of a snake about to take a dump. I had a few outside poops last summer. He didn't even have a sausage butt, so I was not expecting it. Better in the yard than on me, though. lol


The camera *almost* captured the reddish hue here.


He buried himself, and popped his head up once he felt me walk into the room. Look at that pile of dirt on his head.