I purchased Loki on November 16 (from craigslist). The man I got him from said he was around a year old. He came with a 10 gallon tank with a heat lamp and no thermometer. He was on some kind of wood chip bedding that was very sharp to the touch.For being a year old he was very small, around 400 grams when I first weighed him. He was very much in the middle of a shed when I got him. First things first, I put a temperature monitor in his tank. The 'hot side' ran in the low 80's and the cold side in the high 70s. About 3 days after I got him, I picked up a new 55 gallon aquarium for him. I set it up, put him on eco earth and got him a light that was strong enough to get his basking spot up to 92 and a second light to keep the cool side up to the low 80s. He is very active and loves exploring his tank in the late evenings. He eats a small rat every Thursday and by Monday he is already hunting for another meal.
Since November 16th he has shed every 2 to 3 weeks and put on a lot of weight. At last weigh in he was 932 grams. I am very pleased with his progress. I have been lazy about introducing him with the holidays and all.
Here are some pictures from today:
Stretched out to his full length.
And curled up under the good lights showing his colors.
I am assuming he is a normal?
I am planning on getting set up with a T8 by my birthday in April.
Thanks for reading.
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