A dream made real, Mira the Vietnamese blue beauty rat snake

[Bogertophis]

Yeah, that worked out great! Happy "accident"-

[Homebody]

Also going to try and figure out a sky hide for her, one that I can easily access and remove if needed. I've got some ideas on how to go about that though.

Well, if you're ever looking for a way to put in a sky hide that's kind of a pain to access and remove don't hesitate to PM me.

[Snagrio]

Well, if you're ever looking for a way to put in a sky hide that's kind of a pain to access and remove don't hesitate to PM me.

I know you can just screw the rims of a hide upside down on the ceiling, which is what I'm trying to avoid since you'd have to unscrew it every time if access is needed. I have ideas ranging from getting more lipped L brackets and putting them right at the edge of the ceiling and flipping a hide over to rest its rims over, with juuuust enough room to lift and slip the hide out if needed. Or have the hide right side up and have a shelf underneath it on drawer tracks so I can slide the shelf out and access from underneath. I'll figure something out when I have the time.

[Homebody]

I know you can just screw the rims of a hide upside down on the ceiling, which is what I'm trying to avoid since you'd have to unscrew it every time if access is needed. I have ideas ranging from getting more lipped L brackets and putting them right at the edge of the ceiling and flipping a hide over to rest its rims over, with juuuust enough room to lift and slip the hide out if needed. Or have the hide right side up and have a shelf underneath it on drawer tracks so I can slide the shelf out and access from underneath. I'll figure something out when I have the time.

If I understand you correctly, then I went the L bracket route and left aaaalmost enough room to lift and slip the hide out. I could make it easier to remove, but it would feel a little less secure. I only remove it during my monthly clean out, so adjusting it is not high priority.

[Snagrio]

Mira just keeps changing how I think with snakes. I'm so used to looking under things that the last place I thought to look was up.

And another thing that I keep failing at is to not helicopter too much. Was so focused on finding her to see how she was doing after her first meal in the new digs that I (lightly) bumped one of the cork bark pieces on top of her, I felt so terrible... Shouldn't have been poking around the day after she ate as it is but my worry on where she was overtook rational.

Really should've expected her to be there anyway since that's the warmest platform right under the RHP, exactly where she'd want to digest.

[Bogertophis]

That is a bit different from ground dwellers like BPs- many rat snakes are semi-arboreal & love to climb- that's partly what I love about them, including their more out-going nature & activity level.

[HouseofBoop]

Congratulations on your beautiful new girl! 😍

[Snagrio]

Had to make an adjustment. She had been inside the biggest bamboo stump for about 3 days and I was getting concerned that she couldn't get out, so I carefully took the piece out to tip over (really glad I made everything movable) and plugged it off with chunks of cork bark and super glue like I already did with the other two stalks for the same reason. She probably wasn't really stuck and just felt comfy/safe in there, but I was inevitably going to have to do this anyway because I'm sure it was only a matter of time before she truly DID get stuck as she grew in size, which she is doing, quickly.



On a lighter note, she and Hoco had their first hopper mice tonight (with bonus pinkies since I've still got all of those to go through).

[Snagrio]

Behold, a blue blue beauty.

[Snagrio]

My little queen out of a fresh shed.
(There's a light reflecting off her cheek in the second pic in case it looks like scale damage, I thought it was an injury too when I first looked at it).


She did bite me again, but it entirely my own fault. She was hiding in one of her floor hides which she doesn't usually do so I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find her in the first place, and then I brought her upstairs so my dad could see her, and having another person in front of her got her upset enough. Lesson learned.

Worst part is I was explaining to my dad how calm and handleable she has been compared to her species' reputation, only for her to nip my hand seconds after as if to prove a point.