Jack the Russian Rat Snake/elaphe schrenckii (progression)

[zina10]

I absolutely just LOVE him !!!!

You are lucky to have such a cool dude, and its only going to get better

[redshepherd]

I absolutely just LOVE him !!!!

You are lucky to have such a cool dude, and its only going to get better

I'm glad you think so! I jokingly complain with my friends about how he's in his hide 95% of the time, but I'm assuming it's normal for being a young one. I say that everyone tricked me into getting another ball python LOL

[zina10]

I'm glad you think so! I jokingly complain with my friends about how he's in his hide 95% of the time, but I'm assuming it's normal for being a young one. I say that everyone tricked me into getting another ball python LOL

Aw, but he is a teeny baby still, they need their security !

Once he is big enough to go into a bigger enclosure, make sure he has a lot of climbing areas and different hides etc. Put the cage in a area that gives him a lot to look at. They are nosy. He probably can't see through the tub all that well.

Once he has a "playground" and lots to look at, you will notice him being nosy. Of course it will take him a little while to settle and get used to a new "place" first. They get more brave with age/size

He is awesome !!!

[RickyNY]

Little Devil! So that's how they do it!!!

[redshepherd]

It's a wild snake!!!




Or not, it's just Jack...





Climbing on my aralia plant. He then decided to just stay there propped up on the uppermost leaves for forever and refused to come back down, so I had to force him off which freaked him out. :I

[zina10]

It's a wild snake!!!




Or not, it's just Jack...





Climbing on my aralia plant. He then decided to just stay there propped up on the uppermost leaves for forever and refused to come back down, so I had to force him off which freaked him out. :I

Omg..I love it! And I bet so did he They are such awesome snakes!


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[Charles8088]

How big is Jack now?

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[redshepherd]

How big is Jack now?

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Not much bigger. But darker though!

I might be biased, I don't think I'll ever consider him "big" at any point LOL.

[Skyrivers]

I am a ninja. I am one with the door....... There is not a lock I can not pick or cage that can hold me. (evil laughing)

[redshepherd]

Interesting, I'm now noticing a more obvious color AND marking changes in the last month! He looks different even compared to the end of May.

These are today at 1 year old. You can see in the first picture how every other stripe is fading to black, while every other stripe in between is developing a more clear black shape in its centers.


INTERESTING HUH!





And this here is just a pic from last October (also in the beginning of the thread) for comparison! Looking at this myself makes his growth more obvious too or else I'll just think he's 20g forever LOL


His head is the only thing that hasn't become black yet, it's still sorta a weird grey brown. GET GROWING JACK, I'm tired of this tiny-snake grey-brown scales BS haha