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Re: Sahira Progression Thread
Originally Posted by Lusiphera
She’s a beautiful little girl! I tend to add crystals into some of my snake enclosures as well. Is she your first? Be warned they’re like chips, it’s almost impossible to stop at one! Can I ask why you feed live?
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Thank you! Yep she has some Brazilian quartz points in there along with a moss agate skull and a moss agate dragon head. I love the look they give to her enclosure
She is our first baby! I've been around balls since I was a young girl but have never owned one until her. I definitely am already planning my next purchase
I feed live for a wide variety of reasons actually. Primary among those being that she prefers live. It also means that if for whatever reason she ever refuses a meal (hasn't happened yet but I'm sure it will at some point) the rat can be kept until the following week, as opposed to having to throw it away and it having died for no reason. It also means that I'm avoiding the risk of bacterial blooms in the defrosted rat, issues with not preparing correctly, etc. F/t has a much greater risk of error when it comes to that. I also am opposed to storing dead rats in my freezer with the rest of my food. Plus I've seen the place where the rats I get are kept and raised and I can feel confident that the rats I purchase are healthy and being raised in a clean environment where they are well cared for. Bulk buying frozen gives you no such confidence. I'm extremely watchful when feeding as well, and am there to intervene in the unlikely event that anything goes sideways. Hope that answers your question.
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Re: Sahira Progression Thread
Originally Posted by MamaRhea
Just finished adding some more clutter to Sahira's digs. I'm really happy with it! Believe it or not there are 3 large digital hygro/thermometers and a thermostat sensor hidden in there hehe. I'm pretty proud of how it looks.
I discovered upon removing her to change the substrate (currently using a mix of reptichip, coco fibers, and sphag moss) that she is in blue! So that's exciting. It's only her second shed with me so I'm anxious to see how it goes.
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That looks simply amazing !!
Congrats
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She doesn't look overweight to me, & her eyes look clear & bright, not like there are eye-caps stuck, though it can be very hard to tell sometimes, & they usually do come
off with the shed. However, in several photos there are some white skin "edges" showing around her eyes, & that's from shedding...the skin will retract & not be noticeable before too long, it's just that it can get tugged out when the eye-caps are releasing...so IMO, it's more than likely she shed them & they're around somewhere. Maybe she hid them under her pillow, waiting for the eye-cap fairy...? (does she have a pillow? LOL)
She also has some nice iridescence on top of her head...a sign of good health. I'm curious as to what sort of "jewelry" you're planning to make with the shed?
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Re: Sahira Progression Thread
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
She doesn't look overweight to me, & her eyes look clear & bright, not like there are eye-caps stuck, though it can be very hard to tell sometimes, & they usually do come
off with the shed. However, in several photos there are some white skin "edges" showing around her eyes, & that's from shedding...the skin will retract & not be noticeable before too long, it's just that it can get tugged out when the eye-caps are releasing...so IMO, it's more than likely she shed them & they're around somewhere. Maybe she hid them under her pillow, waiting for the eye-cap fairy...? (does she have a pillow? LOL)
She also has some nice iridescence on top of her head...a sign of good health. I'm curious as to what sort of "jewelry" you're planning to make with the shed?
That's such a relief about the eye caps! (eye cap fairy I'm dying) and yes! She's always so shiney and sheeny after her shed, I love it!
This is the end results of the jewelry! I'm pretty pleased with how they came out given that this was my first attempt! I'll make a how-to post separately in case anyone else wants to try.
*Edit I have no idea why some of the pictures look like a broken lcd screen lol, I'll try to fix
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Very nice jewelry, as already noted on your separate thread. What a great idea, & when people ask, you can tell them about your sweet & beautiful "contributor" too.
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Re: Sahira Progression Thread
My little girl is growing fast! She was 197g last week 48 hours after feeding, and 182g today right before a feed. I think this is the week we break 200g!
Question : at what age/weight/prey size do you start spacing meals longer than a week?
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