Gerald Super Dwarf Ultra Ivory Retic Progression

[EL-Ziggy]

Hats off to you jmc. I was just catching up on Phyllis' thread and now seeing Gerald's thread I'm just blown away. They are both magnificent specimens. All of you guys have some really amazing retics. Very impressive indeed.

[jmcrook]

Hats off to you jmc. I was just catching up on Phyllis' thread and now seeing Gerald's thread I'm just blown away. They are both magnificent specimens. All of you guys have some really amazing retics. Very impressive indeed.

Thank you Ziggy! I'm quite smitten with all of my critters regardless of their occasional tempers haha. You've got some stellar snakes yourself. How are the olive and the albino carpet doing? That olive is going to be a sight to behold at 10+ feet


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[jmcrook]

And if he's anything like Caesar, when he gets fired up, those yellows should get really bright.

Oh man... if it's anything like Phyllis then he'll be positively on fire in a day or two. She absolutely glows about a day or two after feeding. I imagine she's going to look good having eaten a solid large rat for the first time today


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[jmcrook]

This snake is just so cool. Had a couple short handling sessions with him now and he's been very calm. Ate Friday, gave him yesterday to chill out and start digesting and just now had him out for 10 minutes or so. Very curious but not nearly as flighty as he was right out of the bag.



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[EL-Ziggy]

Big, bold and beautiful !

[Sauzo]

Good looking little man. And he sounds like Caesar.

[jmcrook]

Got a couple pics of Gerald in some natural light by the back door the other day. Can't wait for warmer weather to get some outdoor pictures.

Got a weight on him a little bit ago because he pooed out his small rat last night. 474grams empty. I think I'll feed again tonight because I'm leaving town for about 5 days on Wednesday and don't want him to be too hungry and I think he'll do all of his bathroom business before Wednesday if he eats tonight. Don't want him wallowing in his filth haha


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[Stearns84]

Got a couple pics of Gerald in some natural light by the back door the other day. Can't wait for warmer weather to get some outdoor pictures.

Got a weight on him a little bit ago because he pooed out his small rat last night. 474grams empty. I think I'll feed again tonight because I'm leaving town for about 5 days on Wednesday and don't want him to be too hungry and I think he'll do all of his bathroom business before Wednesday if he eats tonight. Don't want him wallowing in his filth haha


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He's looking really good, not going to lie I'm jealous.

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[jmcrook]

I've concluded that Gerald will sit absolutely still for as long as possible providing he has a sturdy coil around something to make him feel secure. So much less gogogo than Phyllis. I think I got a lounger like Caesar, Sauzo haha!

Sat like this for probably 15 minutes without moving.

Was coiled around my shoulder like this earlier and probably would have sat there all night had I not unwound him to put him back in his cage.


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[Sauzo]

Haha, Caesar isn't a lounger anymore. He was when he was a baby and fairly new. Now he is a spazz that always wants to check stuff out. I usually just take him out and sit on the bed as his new fun now is to climb all over me like I'm a tree and explore the bed and then come back to 'the tree'. I do think he recognizes me though now as when I come up to his cage and stare in, if he sees me, he pops right out and comes up to the front of the cage like he's greeting me.....or seeing he's grown large enough to eat me yet haha.

Caesar used to coil up on me too. Just wait lol. Once he gets used to you and has some food in him, he will probably spazz out like Caesar and constantly try to get on things or stand straight up in the air and look at the ceiling. Although I am still lucky in that I haven't been pee'd, poo'd or bitten yet lol. So far he's a good boy in that respect. Just getting him to sit still for more than a minute or two is almost impossible. It's like a kid who learns how to walk.

And dang, I think he looks fatter than Caesar haha. You got a little porker on your hands