Pixie the tanimbar scrub python

[Team Slytherin]

That is pretty incredible. What a little super hero ninja!! Scrub intelligence is definitely impressive.

[Skyrivers]

Never underestimate their intelligence or reach! Love her.

Pixie just displayed some very neat behavior!

I opened her cage door a crack (sliding glass doors) with her sitting on sort of the opposite side of the enclosure. My hands and everything were still outside the enclosure. Within a second, she shot across the cage with her mouth open and then made a distinct U-turn around the crack in the door to bite at me on the outside!

Most snakes would just strike at the glass like a buncha morons. She's my only snake that obviously comprehends glass barriers AND clearly learned the exact location the sliding doors open. That she needs to strike AROUND the glass to bite at something outside shows a level of intelligence beyond my other snakes, and it's really interesting! I don't think I've seen a snake do a U-turn strike before either. I wish I had it recorded, but Pixie's unpredictable behaviors surprise me every day lol

Also quick reaction time, because I had only just opened the sliding door for a second LOL.



Anyway, here's a pic from yesterday

[dboeren]

If scrubs didn't get so big I think they'd be a lot more popular. Maybe someday there will be a dwarf form available.

[redshepherd]

Ugh, Pixie is perfect. I need a scrub in my life. Very interesting to read about that behavior, I guess most of my snakes aren't very intelligent.

Also, does her shed have iridescence in it? I looked at my white-lipped python's shed and the head portion had noticeable iridescence in it - it was pretty cool to see.

haha while my GTP wants to eat her RHP every single meal for the past 2 years and will never learn anything.

how interesting, I haven't noticed if it has iridescence! I'll need to take a look next time!

If scrubs didn't get so big I think they'd be a lot more popular. Maybe someday there will be a dwarf form available.

Mine is a tanimbar scrub and they don't get big at all! 6-7 feet max, and their head and overall proportions stay quite small and thin.

[dboeren]

OK, good to know. I had thought they all got pretty big.

[EL-Ziggy]

What a gorgeous critter! That iridescence is like a frkn rainbow.

[redshepherd]

A rare opportunity for this girl! LOL. She decided to be in a good mood today right after being pissed about a cage clean and moving her decor around. Honestly, she makes no sense haha






And misc pics of DURING the time I was messing with her cage, in which she was pissed when I put her back.

[Sauzo]

Looks good. I especially love the glove lol. Roll the dice and go glove less!!!

[EL-Ziggy]

She looks GREAT Red! She's stretching out and filling in nicely. I like your gloves too . I have to get myself a cooler pair. I used to snicker when I saw folks handling non venomous snakes with gloves until I got a scrub. Is Pixie snappy outside her enclosure? My male is most likely to bite when I'm taking him out. He's usually ok after that. He's only tagged me one time when I was handling him but I think my GF startled him. They always seem poised to strike to me though.

[redshepherd]

Looks good. I especially love the glove lol. Roll the dice and go glove less!!!

thanks! LOL I can't, it's hardly a dice roll because she always flips out if she feels me bare hand on her. Or if she senses my bare hand nearby, she lashes out at it 90% of the time