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Re: The last python is in captivity, the forum is at peace... Zebes update thread
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Your kid folds his clothes neatly & all you can do is complain! And anyway, I've unrolled sheds before- you just need more practice!
I can do it to an extent, but it's tricky, and the shed is never fully intact to begin with (the head in particular is always broken or otherwise indistinguishable). Not to mention it's a 50/50 if a shed is even salvageable at all as he tends to have a, shall we say, "blowout" right after a shed and it can sometimes soil the shed. Ah well, maybe Hocotate will be more forgiving.
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Re: The last python is in captivity, the forum is at peace... Zebes update thread
Originally Posted by Snagrio
I can do it to an extent, but it's tricky, and the shed is never fully intact to begin with (the head in particular is always broken or otherwise indistinguishable). Not to mention it's a 50/50 if a shed is even salvageable at all as he tends to have a, shall we say, "blowout" right after a shed and it can sometimes soil the shed. Ah well, maybe Hocotate will be more forgiving.
Well yeah, you don't want to be saving brown sheds...but it's awfully "tidy" when they leave it in the shed. Someday, when you least expect it, you'll get an intact shed. And I didn't say they're "easy" to un-roll...but I've been pretty motivated, like when the BCI I had got to be 7.5' long & her sheds were over 8' long! And she was a "roller" too, lol. It was worth the effort, that shed was HUGE.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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His first meal since his last shed. Struck so fast he got me to jump lol.
Still determined to never actually let me watch him eat though. Presented it to him while he was cruising around and despite not being in a hide he still dragged it halfway across the enclosure to eat in one. I swear he does it out of spite at this point.
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No, it's not out of spite- it's instinctive that they avoid eating "in public" -out in the open is where they're easily prey for other predators, especially when their mouth is occupied with swallowing a meal- they're basically defenseless- and they're also slowed down with a meal on board- so escape is far less likely to happen. You just have a smart snake- don't take it personal.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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Re: The last python is in captivity, the forum is at peace... Zebes update thread
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
No, it's not out of spite- it's instinctive that they avoid eating "in public" -out in the open is where they're easily prey for other predators, especially when their mouth is occupied with swallowing a meal- they're basically defenseless- and they're also slowed down with a meal on board- so escape is far less likely to happen. You just have a smart snake- don't take it personal.
It was a joke, I know why he does it. I just think it's funny the extreme lengths he in particular will go, while my corn ate right in front of me without a care in the world for his very first meal with me.
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Been a while since I've updated here. Zebes went dormant for what was close to a month. Never saw him in blue so wasn't sure what was up, and it was only today that I found out he really was in shed all that time. Goodness.
He was understandably quite hungry after the fact so I fed him his usual.
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Exactly 2 years from yesterday when I first weighed him he was 95 grams. Now, 989 grams. He's gotten so big, where has the time gone.
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