Crona, Anery Motley

[CloudtheBoa]

The other new arrival came in the other day! A male anery motley 66% het albino, born 2/27/16, from Ragin Redtails & Exotics. He's an itty bitty guy, and very very wriggly. lol Unlike the ghost female, he was quite docile when I got him out and didn't strike. He may soon become one of my favorites!


I have yet to weigh him or measure him, but I will do that after he eats and poops.














I love motley eyes, they're so strange-looking. lol

[Eavlynn]

He's so precious! You have a collection full of cuties

[CloudtheBoa]

Crona may have arrived docile, but he seems to be a bit bitey now that he's settled in. lol When I took him out to change his paper towels the day before feeding him (he pooped on them), he was a bit huffy when grabbing him. I held the hide over his face and grabbed him, and he struck once or twice when I got him.

The same was true when I got him out today. He was a bit strikey the whole time. He REALLY doesn't like his tail to be messed with, I tried to get a photo of his tail because it's black on the underside except the tip, but he kept striking at the camera lens. >.> He managed to actually bite me once, but after that the strikes seemed to stop. I think it was partly because my hands were sweaty because it's rather hot out, and he kept sticking to me and couldn't get a good grip, and partly because he's still a nervous baby.

He ate a hopper mouse Monday, so I gave him 2 days to digest and took him out today.

It was really hot out so I didn't have him outside for long, but here are some outdoor photos so you can get a better idea of his colors.





Starting to get a little defensive here, but calmed down quickly.



















And some in the sunlight.

[John1982]

I really dig the pattern on motley, nice lookin lad.

[CloudtheBoa]

I really dig the pattern on motley, nice lookin lad.

Thanks! I really love motleys, too. I knew I needed to get one!

I took him out a few hours ago and he was really well behaved! I'm wondering if he's just hot during the day even with all the fans and the A/C going....He didn't so much as huff at me, although he is a bit more twitchy and jumpy than Nymeria or Cloud were at that size. It could also be that he was still getting used to the vines I added, they've only been in there since this past Saturday.

Tomorrow is his feeding day, so I probably won't have any more outdoor photos of him until Monday. I might take some during his feeding, though. He's eating a hopper mouse every 10 days, and he currently weighs 82 grams empty.

[CloudtheBoa]

Here are so photos from his third handling. I had to take them on my phone because both camera batteries were dead.

You can see some of the bite marks here. He bit me three times and then didn't bite me again.










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[dkatz4]

OMG those bite marks, what a little jerk; but that face, and that clean clean pattern! He's looking at you and saying, "I'm worth it!"

[EDR]

Really neat lookin boa. Nice pick up enjoy.

[Albert Clark]

Great pickup CTB! That color contrast in him is really working. Grata.

[CloudtheBoa]

Well, Crona has calmed down a lot! The last several handling sessions, he hasn't bit me or struck at me, and the last couple of sessions he didn't even huff at me when I went to grab him. He's also started sleeping in the open again, although he uses his hides he's not in them all the time anymore.