Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

[dakski]

Spoke to Jeff Ronne today. He said mediums more frequently. So, she pounded one tonight and I’ll be offering every 10 days for her for a bit.

[Gio]

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...rst-BCI/page64

Gio, took outdoor pictures a couple of weeks ago. I think you missed it. See above link.

Just saw them!
Looking good.

It's hard to keep up sometimes.

Thanks for posting those.

[dakski]

Just saw them!
Looking good.

It's hard to keep up sometimes.

Thanks for posting those.

No problem Gio!

Thanks for looking!

[dakski]

Behira looks super after (another) shed. She ate two days ago, but regardless, is really starting to put on some girth.

Katie got a couple pics of me holding her as well.

[Reptile$ 4 Life]

She looks fantastic! Also that shirt is hilarious.

[dakski]

Got a few more pics of Behira today. She's looking great and is as calm as ever. She even fell asleep on my lap, again!

[dakski]

Behira left me a big present today. She's now 1,930G dry. That's up 260G since the beginning of the year and when she was stagnant due to an every 3 week feeding schedule and frequent shedding. This is encouraging me to stick to a more frequent feeding schedule for her (every ten days) until she breaks the frequent, although not as frequent, shed cycle.

I can see the growth as she's really thickening up, but it's nice to confirm it with her weight.

She was in her light phase today and looking beautiful so I snapped a couple of pics.

[dakski]

Back on her ten day feeding schedule. Behira devoured another medium F/T rat tonight. She still cannot wait to eat and often (like tonight) strikes the door (acrylic) before I can even get the rat in front of her. That doesn't stop her from nailing the rat immediately when offered.

So far, except for once when young, she hasn't done any damage to herself, but I wish she would calm down! When young, she bent a tooth, but it came out on its own next feeding. Good thing, I am not a reptile dentist.

I do, as many of you know, keep a drape up over all my boas (3) tanks so they don't strike at movement at night, which they will do. So at least there are no unsolicited strikes at the doors these days.

Also, I've decided to keep Behira on medium rats for a while, but feed every ten days vs. 14-21 on larger prey.

I spoke with Jeff Ronne and some peeps on here and that was the sentiment.

[dakski]

Spent some time with Behira today. She's such a good girl.

She's looking good and no signs of shed at the moment, which is also good.

[dakski]

Behira shed a couple of days ago - 26 days. She's doing great and getting bigger and STRONGER! She's currently back to eating every ten days - but a medium rat - which isn't too big for her. They weigh about 100G and she's pushing 2KG.

We spent some quality time today and I got a few pics.