Wanda's Progression Thread (Picture heavy)

[Booper]

Seeing all these progression threads made me want to start one up for our little Normal girl, Wanda (a.k.a Booper). Even though we've had her for about six months now, better late than never, huh?

We bought Wanda on the 24th of September from my local pet store, somewhat sporadically; We had been planning to get a snake for a long time, and we went into the pet store to look for stuff for my fish tank. Well, we came out with a snake viv Wanda came home with us on the 26th of September. We had been looking for a Corn Snake, and my boyfriend bought Wanda believing her to be a cornsnake (She's out first snake, so cut us some slack on our stupidity ) a few temp tweaks here and there, and she settled in very well! We weighed her for the first time on the 10th of October, and she weighed 87g. I'm not too sure what she was when we got her.
A few photos from her first night:



(We removed that tape the very next day)



Here's her just before she had her first shed, on the 4th of October. Also a hand comparison on Dom:



Here's her eating early October (I'm pretty sure this was actually her first meal. It was either that or her second one. She takes F/T like a pro from the first time we offered):



Here's her in late November with a fresh-shed head (but not body):



Same day, showing off that shed just ready to come off!



Here's an adorable photo of Wanda doing her best ball:



Here's a photo from the other day (my hands):



Here's the latest photos taken today (217g full). She turned 38 weeks old on Monday (Dom's hands):




Thanks for reading!

[ringorock]

Unusual looking cornsnake

[Booper]

That's what my sister said when she saw her the first time I think what happened is that the stack of Ball Pythons was next to the Cornsnakes under the Cornsnake label (If that makes sense) and so that's where the confusion was made

[FNG]

Haha that's so adorable. I love the ball.

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[Booper]

Haha that's so adorable. I love the ball.

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Thank you

[Booper]

Just a little update for today:






She looks really big in that last photo She's not actually lol.

Also she was fed today! And I have a funny story about it. I wanted to go to the pet food shop to get some mice, plus one of the next size up because I was pretty sure she was getting big enough to take it. My boyfriend's mother and brother were going out and offered to get them, and so I took a photo of the mouse in my hand (A hopper, I think. Not really 100% on names of mice, but they were about 12g if that helps!) that we've been feeding recently, and I guess my hands are small because the guy at the shop thought that it was a large mouse... There was a bit of mix up (I wanted 5 hoppers, and one of the next size up) and I somehow ended up with five large mice, and 5 pinkie mice They're tiny! I'm not quite sure what to do with them, would Wanda take food that small?

Also, we got her a new feeding box! I've been meaning to do it for a while. I really like this one cus I can plop her in, and then use the hatch to dangle a mouse. We also did end up feeding her the large mouse, I was a little unsure about it but I measured both her and the mouse and it was a thick as her thickest bit so I went for it. We also showed my boyfriend's mum her eating for the first time, and she loved it lol. She's not too sure about snakes due to samonella risk, but she can definitely appreciate them lol.

[Booper]

I want to update this every week, so here's a lil update! Wanda went into shed a few days ago, and her eyes are so blue! Poor little boop. She's such a good girl when she's in shed, she dosen't get grumpy like I've heard other beeps do. Also yeah, she has a few scuffs on her head (Not sure where they came from!) but I'm hoping she'll shed them off.





Also bonus:
"Online, no-one can tell you're a snake "

[SaltLife422]

Just out of curiosity, why do you feed in a separate enclosure?


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[Booper]

Just out of curiosity, why do you feed in a separate enclosure?


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I was told to actually! When we used to feed in her viv bits of substrate used to get stuck to the prey and I was told that if she ingested too much it would give her problems.

[Zincubus]

I was told to actually! When we used to feed in her viv bits of substrate used to get stuck to the prey and I was told that if she ingested too much it would give her problems.

You're not alone I was told the same many years ago ..
Truth is , I believe it to be completely incorrect advice , in hindsight .

It's not even possible to feed my 7' Snow Boa , or the Burm or even the Retic in a separate viv THEN move them afterwards ... Also I defy anyone to come and feed my collection of King snakes in separate rubs then try and get them in their own vivs

I feed all mine in-viv now and simply place two of three little pieces of card (or cardboard if it's easier ) on the floor of each viv .
Never , ever , had any issues .