Hi all! I figured I'd start out Tyrion's progression thread before I got behind! He's a Het Stripe Pied, born in October 2017. I fell in love with him instantly!
Here he is in his deli cup after I purchased him at the Reptile Super Show in Pomona!
Here is his initial weight (at around 3 months old)
With all the threads I read about finicky eaters, and enclosures being too big...I decided to follow Deborah's "My ball python won't eat - My BP is stressed - hatchling 101" thread, and I moved him from his 36x18x18" to a 6Q tub, like she mentioned. Still have the room humidifier keeping my office humid until I get him his T8 enclosure! His 1 week acclimation period will be up on Saturday, at which time I'm going to try and feed him. I'm going to hold off another week after that (2 days after his second successful (we hope!) feeding) to start slowly getting him used to being handled. He still balls up when I get close (it's only been 2 days - and no, other than moving him to his tub, I haven't handled him!)
Here's his new home until he's about 200/250 g.
And here are the two pics I took of him when I pulled him out of his deli cup
I'll be checking his temps twice daily with my temp gun to make sure he's being taken care of! Fingers crossed for that first feeding on Saturday!
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