Morellia Madness

[Gio]

Looks like the hunt is on! I like the red light too!

[Gio]

Kevin has been a bit "pissy" when it comes time to handle him. He's rather skilled when it comes to evading me.

I've posted many times how much I like the semi arboreal characteristic of carpets and boas. However, those same characteristics can backfire when you want to get them out of the cage.

Tonight I just didn't want to deal with getting him out so he got his way.

If you look at the photo, you can see him looking at me from under the branch planning his next counter if I attempt to get him out again.



I will say this guy has beautiful coloring. He was an absolute steal from Nick Mutton. I just wanted a normal, but he had an older animal he decided to part with and his genetic package was a tad more than normal LOL!

[WrongPython]

Kevin's looking great, Gio! So are the other Morelia on this thread, too -- I'm fairly confident that some sort of Morelia (or something Morelia-adjacent) will make it into this house eventually.

By chance, are any of Kevin's perches easily removable? My longi actually acts the same way sometimes when I try to take him out (though thankfully not so "pissy"), and I've found that he doesn't throw a fuss and is to content to come out when I pick him up on his perch. It's a trick that I picked up from listening to some Corallus/GTP podcasts that seems to work with semi-arboreals. Perhaps it would work with Kevin as well?

...though I imagine it might be quite something removing a snake of his size on his perch! I'm already having visions of me carrying a ~6 foot longi around the house on a tree branch...

[Gio]

Kevin's looking great, Gio! So are the other Morelia on this thread, too -- I'm fairly confident that some sort of Morelia (or something Morelia-adjacent) will make it into this house eventually.

By chance, are any of Kevin's perches easily removable? My longi actually acts the same way sometimes when I try to take him out (though thankfully not so "pissy"), and I've found that he doesn't throw a fuss and is to content to come out when I pick him up on his perch. It's a trick that I picked up from listening to some Corallus/GTP podcasts that seems to work with semi-arboreals. Perhaps it would work with Kevin as well?

...though I imagine it might be quite something removing a snake of his size on his perch! I'm already having visions of me carrying a ~6 foot longi around the house on a tree branch...

Yes,

I can pull perches without much fuss, I just wasn't in the mood yesterday.

BUT,,,,,, I waited him out, and when I went down an hour later guess who was investigating his floor hide? I got him out immediately and we hung out for about 10 minutes.

He's a great display animal so I don't mind the perching constantly. He's probably more arboreal than the retic was here. And that retic was by far the most arboreal snake I've had.

[jmcrook]

Brisbane cinnamon roll



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[Gio]

No need for morph projects when you have something that looks that good!

What a beauty!

[Gio]

Kevin ate and of course dragged his food through a freshly changed out water bowl to irritate me.



A bit later I finally caught him stretched out a bit.


I'm very happy with this fella!

[jmcrook]

Haha! The Murphy’s law of snake keeping. “When are your snakes the absolute filthiest? Right after cleaning them...”

I’m thinking of doing a full deep clean on all enclosures this evening. Hopefully not ~too much mess afterwards, as no one aside from the Royal Python has eaten since November 1st.


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[Gio]

Look at who finally realized the larger cage has places to climb and perch!



I was tempted to move the boa constrictor into this unit as the coastal just didn't seem overly interested in the extra space, let alone the perches.

Jewel is a click or two longer than 8 feet and I figured she would take to the cage right away.

As it turned out, she likes it but it took some time.

[jmcrook]

6.5 weeks since last feeding and temp cycling has the room hitting 72-73° at night this week with very low, if any hot spots provided. Cooler climate southern locality coastal still out hunting every night. God I love carpet pythons.
Charlotte Marie, Brisbane Locality Coastal



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