Riverrun

[CloudtheBoa]

I picked up this little girl at the local expo today, been wanting one since I got Cloud, and finally decided to take the plunge. So far I'm debating on naming her Riverrun, but name suggestions are welcome!

She's a female poss het purple albino reticulated python. Her breeder wasn't at the expo, so I wasn't able to get her exact hatch date, but one of the vendors thought that she was probably born sometime in October. She's 3'-3.5' and weighs 150 grams. She was extremely laid back, and showed no signs of any stress or any irritability while I had her out looking at her at the expo, so hopefully that trend will continue once she's settled in. She spent most of the time sleeping on my arm or crawling onto my head, which may have been an hour or two while we waited for my mom to show up. Once we left the expo, she stayed in her plastic container, except for a few quick photos in the sun.

She's got some dry scales and a slight bit of nose rub, but I'm hoping that will clear up after a few days in a decent-sized tub and some humidity. Other than the slight discrepancies, she looks to be well-hydrated and healthy. No sign of mites or RI, so the quarantine may go well.

I've got her in her temporary set up while I wait for some more heat tape to ship in, and she's settling in. Other than to bask a bit, she's been pretty much non-stop exploring. When I went to go see what she was doing, she immediately locked onto me and started crawling in my direction, so she's perked up quite a bit now that she's got some warmth to her.





All snakes look huge in my hands.


So I had some help!


Showing off her sides.

[JoshSloane]

Looks awesome! I just picked up a tiger dwarf male myself.

[CloudtheBoa]

There were some nice dwarfs at the booth where I got her, I'd say about 5', but these guys can be misleading in their length. Haha. There was a surprising number of retics and a variety of snakes for such a small expo, it was a great experience.


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[anicatgirl]

Super lovely girl! I can't get over how pretty

[influence]

lovely retic you got there! her pattern and coloration reminded me of my first retic (also my first snake) during college years

[rev.jeremiah.routh]

I've been after a dwarf myself. Beautiful animal man, keep us updated.

[CloudtheBoa]

Thanks everyone. I'll definitely be updating this thread.


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[CloudtheBoa]

I went ahead and fed her today. I figured if she refused, I'd just offer next week, and it's been about a week since she was last fed. She took two of Sanji's small fuzzy mice, but I plan on buying her some small adult mice in the shipment next week.


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[artgecko]

Nice looking animal!
I wish I could get a regular retic... I just don't have the muscle strength to handle one and my husband isn't exactly cool with helping me out with a 10+ foot snake lol. Cudos to you for taking the plunge! She has great coloration for a normal.. Very nice orange tones and almost purplish grey areas.

I hope she does well for you!

[CloudtheBoa]

Well it looks like she's going into shed. Her belly has turned pink and she's hanging out in her humid hide rather than out in the open or in her plant. I've suspected this for a couple of days now, but her colors have just now started dulling and her eyes are getting a milky hue.


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