For those of you that have been cheering on our rescued WC adult female Saoirse I thought you'd all like to know that as of tonight's weigh in Saoirse is 1,030 grams! Finally she's broken that 1,000 barrier!!!!

She came off her 5.5 month winter fast and ate once, then stopped eating again for a few more weeks than started up a few weeks back and has been eating very aggressively each Thursday. She's still pretty triangular in shape and can stand to gain quite a bit more before she's in fighting form again but we've been waiting and praying for this milestone every since the day we got her last fall (at a meagre 620 grams - very underweight for an adult female).

She's continuing to accept handling beautifully and has lost her inital shyness completely. She still thinks Mike is the best thing around and is most relaxed when she's climbing around him or lazing on his lap. We're so glad we gave this special snake a home!