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[CloudtheBoa]

So I'm borrowing my mom's new Nikon D3200 until I get my Canon Rebel next month, and I got a few shots of Sanji and Nymeria last night.

Nymeria's colors are finally true to life, and you can actually see her pink sides for once!

Everyone ate today, so it will be a few days before I start taking any more photos.

[CloudtheBoa]

Well Nymeria still hasn't shed, despite continuing to grow. She has only shed once since I got her in July, despite having grown 6" in that time. Her first shed was when she grew 4" in 2 months, and she's grown another 2" since then, her last measurement being 26". She's also sitting at 154 grams, which is weight gain of right around 20 grams since January.

My rodent shipment should be arriving this Thursday, so I will be seeing if she's ready for small adult mice and even if she isn't, the bigger meal should spark a shed. If she's not ready, I'll move her back to hoppers for the time being, but hoppers are seeming kinda small lately. Going off weight, it will be a big meal, 8-11% of her weight since they're quoted as 13-18 grams on Big Cheese's website, but hopefully size wise it won't be too bad. They're mainly for Sanji, so it's not a big deal if she's isn't big enough for them yet.

Here she is coiling around a hopper. These photos aren't too good to show size, but the mouse is just a little smaller than her widest part. They've been leaving noticeable bulges up until end of December. The absolute biggest ones still leave bulges, but I don't have any big ones left, there's maybe 3 or 4 hoppers total now.





Trying to eat the hopper bent in half - it was too big and she failed.



Just a little fun belly/tail shot.



Her scales are starting to look funny because she's holding onto her shed for so long. They look kinda old.



Lately, she's been having a very subtle iridescence that is more noticeable than usual, so I've been hoping that means she's shedding, but it's been 4 or 5 days now and her eyes are still clear and her colors haven't changed.

[CloudtheBoa]

Forgot to include these in the last post!



And a closer photo.



Tail knot.



After I put her back in, she wanted to hold onto something so I let her grab onto the vine.

[Lady mkrj58]

So cute Cloud it must be Boa Season lol she is stunning. ....

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[CloudtheBoa]

I got some more definitive photos of her post-meal bulge, and seems she's the perfect size for adult mice! This mouse was one of the smallest from the bag, so her next feeding will be a bigger mouse from the main bag (I've separated all the 15 gram and under mice into a separate freezer bag to feed off first).







She still has not shed, this will be the 6th month since her last shed. I'm not sure what's going on, but I'll give her a few more of these larger meals and if she still doesn't shed I might need some input as to what's taking her so long. :/

[CloudtheBoa]

Well, Nymeria's colors are so faded now that none of her photos turned out good today. :/ Her colors have gotten so pale her scales stand out more than her colors or patterns, but her belly and saddles aren't pinkish and her eyes are clear. *shrug*

She measured out at 27" in length and 174 grams today/last night.

Here's a photo showing her size.

[CloudtheBoa]

Turns out Nymeria is actually a hair under 28", not a hair over 27", I let her out while I dampened her EcoEarth and she was stretched out completely so I took the chance to re-measure her. It was a lot easier to measure her when she wasn't crawling every which way.

She's also FINALLY in shed.













She's currently in Bud's old tub, and was being heated by the heat lamp I was using with him while I waited for the heat tape to arrive.

I've got the heat lamp on a thermostat, so I may just continue with it. I've been wanting to see if I get any difference in growth and digestion from ambient heat, and she won't be big enough for her own T12 for at least a year or two, so I may keep her in this set up for a few months and see if I notice any difference. Both her meals were eaten on heat tape, and took 3-4 days for the bulge to dissipate and I have yet to see any feces. Since she's getting ready shed, and I don't feed during sheds, this will give her time to defecate. Then we'll see if I notice more frequent poops, and if the bulge dissipates faster in this set up. I feel like she just had a hard time digesting on the heat tape despite an 80-85F room temp and 95F surface temp. She only pooped once every 2 months and it took 3 days for even a slight bulge to dissipate. I haven't noticed the same problems with Sanji, and I have yet to see how the new ones do on it, and River digested just fine on it as well.

[CloudtheBoa]

Nymeria deep in blue.

[cristacake]

She's so beautiful. Glad she's finally in the shed process. 6 months is forever!

[Lady mkrj58]

Glad she's going into shed for you, and Cloud on the temperature I feel the same way about the Heat I had to turn my heat up a tad on Both my Baby Boas and now they are doing better.

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