Some photos of my new albino dwarf reticulated python!

[cchardwick]

I had her out again today and let her crawl all over the place. I'm trying really hard to keep at least one hand on her at all times when she is out of the cage so she doesn't switch over to hunting mode, seems like it's working really good. We are starting to build confidence in each other and now I'm not afraid she will bite me when her head is on my arm. After about 10 or 15 minutes she starts speeding up a bit and I know it's time to put her back in her tub. Tonight I tried to put her back in the tub and she didn't want to go, so I kept her out for another five or ten minutes, then she started moving faster, maybe getting a bit stressed? And then she was ready to go back in the tub LOL. I'm guessing if I keep working with her she will want to stay out longer and longer. Our routine is that I feed her, then give her two days to digest, then handle her on the third day.

So far in the last 1.5 weeks I've fed her three medium rats and two adult mice. She didn't go to the bathroom (other than pee) and I just weighed her, she is coming in at 1027 grams (weight taken on 12-Aug-2016). The rats I've been feeding her are about 2x - 3x wider than she is and she still pounds them down. She has a bump from the rat the day after feeding and then by the second day she looks skinny again. She seemed really too thin for her length so I'm trying to fatten her up a bit, then I'll slow down the feeding. I'm going to feed another medium rat tomorrow, then will probably slow down to 2x a week instead of 3x. I plan on posting updates to this thread as my retic grows and post weights so you can track the progress of her.

Here's another bizarre thing that is happening... Before I got my reticulated python I would handle my Australian Woma python twice a day for about five minutes per day. Once I started cleaning up the rack I could see the woma in the tub window practically begging to get out and be handled. The first day I got my retic the woma saw that snake in my hands and he has totally changed. Now the woma doesn't even want to come out. I open up the tub and he just sits there all coiled up. Can snakes get jealous? I still open up the tub twice a day but he refuses to come out to play, never knew a snake could get jealous but as far as I can tell it's happening!!