Progression of Muriel the Albino Paradox

[Fincayra]

Thank you, everyone!

Today was not a great day. My old dog had to be put to sleep. He lived at my mom's house and I moved out a while ago, but I'd still visit him. He was there during my childhood so this is a big loss. Love you, Pepper.



I cheered up a little when I caught Muriel doing this. I was lucky enough to snap a couple pics before she fell- good thing aspen is soft!





Spider snake, spider snake
does whatever a spider snake does...

[M.P.C]

What in the world is she holding onto.... is she really just clinging to the top like a spider?

[Fincayra]

She somehow wedged herself between the edge of the glass and the screen top, which kind of overlaps a bit. She couldn't stay up there for very long!

[M.P.C]

Lmao that is awesome

[Reinz]

Sorry to hear about Pepper. I know how tough that is. I have my own personal pet cemetery in my backyard.

Don't worry about falls from within in cage. Those are nothing. And these guys are tough. My Ball climbed up the wall and pulled a lamp fixture out of the wall over 7 ft up! She hit the floor and kept on trucking.

[M.P.C]

yes thats so true... they can fall from so high, and then they sit there and look around like "wasent me" and continue with what they were doing

[madelion]

I'm still waiting to get my first snake (bp) and I now want a bci thanks a lot

[Fincayra]

They're hard to resist, madelion! I love ball pythons, but you can't beat the bci's personality. I never thought I'd own such an adventurous snake! Really looking forward to a growth spurt. I'm starting to believe more and more that she'll be just like one big, adorable lap dog... and I'm already missing the days when I had a dog in my life. Oh, to dream!

Last Sunday she ate her first fuzzy after a two-week hunger strike. She just wouldn't touch the pinkies, so I gave up and bought the appropriately sized prey. Still, it was very time-consuming getting her to eat it. I think I jiggled the thing in front of her nose for half an hour. Just like the pinkie, she nuzzled it and swayed a bit, but it was like she didn't understand what she was supposed to do to get it in her mouth. I warmed it up three times and still nothing. Finally I did the grooviest zombie dance I could think of, and she struck. I hope the next feeding won't be so complicated!

I set a piece of display wood I'd gotten at a pet store on the bar stool next to my computer so she could hang out with me for a bit. It was a rainy day, but the apartment was warm and she seemed comfortable.

[CloudtheBoa]

Sometimes snakes can take a bit of persuasion to get to eat. Lol As she gets older and eats more meals she may not require so much work to feed.

My retic's first rat required me to heat the head and do the dance twice for her to eat. She wrapped but then just gave up trying to find it. Waiting to see how her next feeding goes.

I remember how different my BCI was from the ball python, they're quite different, and they're easy to get hooked on for sure!


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[Sauzo]

Some snakes are work to get to eat. Rosey slams rats like a champ and always has since a baby. Dottie slams rats harder than Rosey....and shes a BP. Vicky is the polite one who grabs her mouse, squeezes it, then cuddles with it and sniffs it's butt and face. Then she looks around for awhile. Then after about 15 mins of the hugging/cuddling game, she eats it. What I have noticed is if I leave her alone with the mouse, she eventually will find the head and eat it. Just don't create outside stimuli that will distract her.