Progression Thread?

[jbzapanda]

That first picture - oh my gosh. His little face is like; "well that was silly wasn't it?".

Haha! He loves eating, so I understand that face

[jbzapanda]

Did a full tank clean for this little guy! He also hissed at me for the first time today when I got him out Snapped right out of it as soon as I was holding him!


Also weighing in at 366g

Tomorrow's repticon so he'll finally be getting rats!

[cletus]

He's getting big!

[jbzapanda]

Definitely! More comparison shots. I find these so fun to do lol

[kath_]

What a gorgeous snake! You're doing an amazing job at taking care of him. His colors remind me of cake and he has the sweetest little face.

[jbzapanda]

What a gorgeous snake! You're doing an amazing job at taking care of him. His colors remind me of cake and he has the sweetest little face.

Thank you so much! I love that little face of his

[jbzapanda]

I thought I owned a ball python.. turns out he's a sand boa..

Guess I'll never see my snake again. Good thing he's bright

[jbzapanda]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Gotta say I'm extremely thankful for the easiest going little noodle I know! Took down his first f/t weaned rat today after being on mice for a while..


Also hitting the 400g mark! (I weighed him before he ate)

I hope everyone has a safe and tasty thanksgiving!

[jbzapanda]

Here's something I never thought I would be posting about..

I came home to feed Jumbi, opened the enclosure... AND THERE WAS NO SNAKE TO FEED!

I had an escapee and now I know what it feels like to temporarily lose a child you guys are probably gonna give me crap for it, probably deserve it. I have no idea how he got out of his enclosure, but I know they're pure muscle, so I suspect he got out through the tiny cage door on the lid. I think he used his climbing sticks to support his body and pushed through the corner of the latch..

I frantically looked everywhere for him in my room and found him 30 minutes later wedged in my bookshelf right next to where he's set up. I knew they don't tend to wander far off the tank plus the mini space heater was right in front of it.



Thankfully he's okay. He was only out for about 12 hours. Now he's back, fed, and the latch is temporarily blocked off by a heavy ceramic saucer.



Lesson learned. I feel terrible that this happened. Definitely going to be figuring out ways to make it more secure. At least he'll be digesting for 2 days and I can figure things out in the meantime.

Any suggestions would be really helpful

[cletus]

Glad he's back! I had a corn snake get loose once. My wife was deathly afraid of snakes but she wanted me to be able to have one so bad so she surprised me on my birthday with a really cool orange corn snake. I don't even remember what kind it was. This was like 1994 time frame. It got out and we didn't find it for like a week. She couldn't sleep and though it would kill our newborn. I found him wedged in between the wall and the desk that his enclosure was sitting on. He stayed there the whole time. Needless to say they snake went away and I didn't get another snake until we weren't married anymore. Glad you got him back!!