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    Kallari the Melanistic Russian Rat Snake (Progression Thread)

    She's on her way and arriving tomorrow morning! So excited! Here's a photo of the new baby girl that Zerkle Reptiles sent me

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    Very cool snake! I can't wait for the "rest of the story" so do keep us posted.

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    Cool new pickup!!! Congrats!!

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    YESSSSSS FINALLY!!!

    And guys, according to Zerkle (though not sure how true this is), she is the first melanistic russian rat snake bred and born in the United States! Or first being sold rather, because there was another female melanistic in the same clutch that they kept.
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    So excited for you! Can't wait to see how this girl grows!
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    Well this is a bummer. FedEx had a shipping delay so my girl has been held up while crossing states. There is a chance the truck may leave later this afternoon so I'm hoping that means she could still arrive later tonight or at the very least tomorrow morning.

    Zerkle and I are keeping very close watch on updates. I've been reassured Debbie from Reptiles2you will take care of things and keep us posted. Fingers crossed everyone! Hoping baby girl will be okay and get here safely.
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    Sorry for the late update folks!

    Here she is everyone! She made it safe and sound yesterday morning!

    Meet Kallari my melanistic elaphe schrenckii! This little girl is already full of personality and made taking photos a real challenge. She kept climbing over my phone so at some point I'll have to take better photos but this will have to do for now. She is a TINY little thing!
















    I caught her spying on me twice already and she seems very keen on keeping tabs on what I'm doing. Definitely intimidated and nervous by my presence but bold enough to occasionally get a closer look at me. She only retreated into her hide once when I cleaned up some poop and wow, it's so entirely different than what I'm used to with ball pythons haha. I thought it was a chocolate chip at first.

    I felt bad for spooking her but within 20 minutes she was already back to scoping out every crook and cranny of her tub! Makes me glad I gave her some climbing options in quarantine!
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    Congrats!!!

    Yup, colubrids are worlds apart from BPs in so many ways. They're a lot of fun, and I feel they're a great choice for anybody choosing to keep multiple species.

    Just curious, why the gloves in some pics?

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    Re: Kallari the Melanistic Russian Rat Snake (Progression Thread)

    Quote Originally Posted by craigafrechette View Post
    Congrats!!!

    Yup, colubrids are worlds apart from BPs in so many ways. They're a lot of fun, and I feel they're a great choice for anybody choosing to keep multiple species.

    Just curious, why the gloves in some pics?
    Thanks for much Craig! She's definitely a lot of fun to watch so far and I'm finding the differences between her and Tapioca very fascinating! I definitely need to keep an eye on her because she moves faster than what I'm used to haha.

    The gloves were when I was checking for mites since I'd figure they'd be easier to spot on white. She just kept winding around my hand that I didn't get the chance to take the gloves off haha, especially when I had some good photo opportunities! Every other photo was blurry as heck lol
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    Re: Kallari the Melanistic Russian Rat Snake (Progression Thread)

    Quote Originally Posted by MissterDog View Post
    Thanks for much Craig! She's definitely a lot of fun to watch so far and I'm finding the differences between her and Tapioca very fascinating! I definitely need to keep an eye on her because she moves faster than what I'm used to haha.

    The gloves were when I was checking for mites since I'd figure they'd be easier to spot on white. She just kept winding around my hand that I didn't get the chance to take the gloves off haha, especially when I had some good photo opportunities! Every other photo was blurry as heck lol
    Ah, ok. That makes perfect sense.

    And yup, they're like lightning compared to BPs. Super escape artists too. If there's an opportunity to escape, they'll find it, hahaha. I feel your pain on the blurry pics too. They are definitely difficult to get good photos of.

    I do love variety. Like you said, it's fascinating to see the differences from one species to another.
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