Welcome Monty

[TallJRock]

Hi,

I am a brand new snake owner. My new little boy's name is Monty, he is a baby BEL that I purchased at the Hamburg Reptile Show in Hamburg, PA. I didn't plan on getting a baby, but every BEL for sale at the show was a baby, unlike a lot of other morphs and non-morphs. So, I am taking the challenge of learning about this while Monty is growing up. I fed him a live Hopper on the advice of the breeder and he ate the first try, I had him 7 days when he first ate. I have only held him twice, once a day before he ate and then 3 days after, giving him time to digest and get acclimated to his new home. I took the advice of some other videos and posts that I have looked at and basically just lifted up his hide and then just scooped him up from behind quickly and he quickly just uncoiled and began using me as a jungle gym. I am not going to overdo it with holding him, maybe once a day for just a short time unless he as recently eaten or is in shed. I am excited for him to get comfortable with us. I am attaching a couple pictures of him. The second picture is a bit blurry but I didn't realize how hard it would be to take the pic while holding him LOL. As time goes on I will show more pictures. Thanks for viewing this post!