Got a new noodle joining the household...

[Gio]

Haha, Caesar blasts my hand away with his body when he wants to be left alone. I don't cave and keep bugging him which then makes him actually have to move to try and get to the other hide lol.

And I remember the days when a small rat would keep Caesar happy. Those days seem so long ago. I fed him a small rat a few weeks ago from one Dottie didn't want and my god, after eating it, it just fired him up and he lunged at the glass door with mouth open and rubbed all over it like those fachuggers from Alien. Was hilarious and scary at the same time lol. I'll have to actually get a weight on Caesar when I find something to shove him in. There is no way on gods green earth he is going to sit still on a scale.

And yeah, I think Phyllis and Caesar are just pigs haha. They seem to eat anything, anywhere, anytime. Wallace and Riverrun are the more well mannered feeders haha.

And yeah I want to see pics of this new snake that you swooped in and poached from under me

I don't even get that much whizz from Wallace which is great, although he sometimes save it up to aim at me which isn't so great.

Too bad we don't all live a bit closer as I'd like to come see the other snakes I read about here in person.

I'm glad this board is still active. So many have died off and gone the way of FaceBook which I find sad.

[Sauzo]

Haha, Caesar blasts my hand away with his body when he wants to be left alone. I don't cave and keep bugging him which then makes him actually have to move to try and get to the other hide lol.

And I remember the days when a small rat would keep Caesar happy. Those days seem so long ago. I fed him a small rat a few weeks ago from one Dottie didn't want and my god, after eating it, it just fired him up and he lunged at the glass door with mouth open and rubbed all over it like those fachuggers from Alien. Was hilarious and scary at the same time lol. I'll have to actually get a weight on Caesar when I find something to shove him in. There is no way on gods green earth he is going to sit still on a scale.

And yeah, I think Phyllis and Caesar are just pigs haha. They seem to eat anything, anywhere, anytime. Wallace and Riverrun are the more well mannered feeders haha.

And yeah I want to see pics of this new snake that you swooped in and poached from under me

Ok, well after wrestling with Caesar, I kind of got him to more or less sit still in a tub. It looks like Caesar weighed in at 2179g and that's empty. He left me a nice poop in cage today lol.

[Sauzo]

I don't even get that much whizz from Wallace which is great, although he sometimes save it up to aim at me which isn't so great.

Too bad we don't all live a bit closer as I'd like to come see the other snakes I read about here in person.

I'm glad this board is still active. So many have died off and gone the way of FaceBook which I find sad.

Whizz? Do you mean piss? If so, no Caesar has never pissed on me. I was talking about him shoving my hand away with his body when he is cranky and wants to be left alone lol. And the Facehugger thing is what it reminded me of when he tried to latch onto the glass door with mouth opened almost 180 degrees and rubbing it all over the door after the small rat which clearly just angered him into wanting more food asap lol.

[jmcrook]

Ok, well after wrestling with Caesar, I kind of got him to more or less sit still in a tub. It looks like Caesar weighed in at 2179g and that's empty. He left me a nice poop in cage today lol.

Holy moly! He's a beast! I weighed Phyllis at 1770grams empty today.


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[Sauzo]

Lol I told ya. Caesar is a monster for food. The weird thing is he is still skinny as a rail lol. I mean at tops he is maybe 2" thick at his fattest part. I don't know where he is hiding that bulk unless he is storing up for a huge piss haha. It's dinner night for him so I'll snap a pic of him after his large rat. This one is kind of on the small side but I'll get a weight on the rat before I feed it to him so you can see what kind of lump it leaves in him.

[Gio]

Whizz? Do you mean piss? If so, no Caesar has never pissed on me. I was talking about him shoving my hand away with his body when he is cranky and wants to be left alone lol. And the Facehugger thing is what it reminded me of when he tried to latch onto the glass door with mouth opened almost 180 degrees and rubbing it all over the door after the small rat which clearly just angered him into wanting more food asap lol.

Yep, Whizz, piss, all the same. I was just saying that because JM was on his 3rd cleaning LOL!

Wallace has been perfect for me up to this point. He's usually an eater, but far from starving (I'm wondering if my rats are larger than yours) and he has not been too bad to clean up after.

He is much different form the other species here. Some feel carpets are just smaller, similar versions of SD and dwarf retics, but I don't see it like that. I feel the carpet I have here is closer in digesting and handling to the boa.

Activity is a tough one. I see ALL the snakes, sans the royal out climbing and perching after lights out.

[Sauzo]

Ok so I weighed the food. I went to the old shop I used to go for years since my normal reptile shop is a 1.5 hour drive roundtrip and I didn't feel like doing it today. I weighed the larges. One was 164g and the other was 147g. Those are both smaller than I usually feed Caesar so he ate both lol. I took some pics and you can see, they don't leave that much of a lump in him and he is still sitting around looking outside lol.





As you can see, they are noticeable but they aren't overwhelming. He does get a much better lump when fed a single 250g rat though and he gets nice and quiet after that too and just curls up and sleeps for a couple days lol.

[Sauzo]

Yep, Whizz, piss, all the same. I was just saying that because JM was on his 3rd cleaning LOL!

Wallace has been perfect for me up to this point. He's usually an eater, but far from starving (I'm wondering if my rats are larger than yours) and he has not been too bad to clean up after.

He is much different form the other species here. Some feel carpets are just smaller, similar versions of SD and dwarf retics, but I don't see it like that. I feel the carpet I have here is closer in digesting and handling to the boa.

Activity is a tough one. I see ALL the snakes, sans the royal out climbing and perching after lights out.

When I had Allie, she ate like Caesar lol. She was about 3.5' and eating small rats every week. She would get a big lump, go up on her perch and it would be gone in a couple days lol.

As for activity, I always see my snakes out, even my BP is out stretched out in the front of the cage probably 3 nights a week. Everyone else, pretty much just sits out 24/7 anyways lol.





Rango was being the oddball today but usually he is out much more than that lol.

[Gio]

When I had Allie, she ate like Caesar lol. She was about 3.5' and eating small rats every week. She would get a big lump, go up on her perch and it would be gone in a couple days lol.

As for activity, I always see my snakes out, even my BP is out stretched out in the front of the cage probably 3 nights a week. Everyone else, pretty much just sits out 24/7 anyways lol.





Rango was being the oddball today but usually he is out much more than that lol.

OK,

I'll weigh some stuff tomorrow.

As far as "out" I mean moving around and usually climbing.

Wallace has little to no lump now after smalls, and he could go up but I'm in no rush for a 10 footer.

I just got the ultimate cage price quote from Monster Cages the other night so it looks like Wallace will get a 6' wide by 30" deep by 30" tall unit.

I will deck it out for sure.

Anyhow, JM has a new critter coming and I'm looking forward to seeing it.

By the way JM,,, the quarantine cage looks great!

[Sauzo]

Lol I hear ya on the 10' snake. I don't really have a choice though because when Caesar gets hungry, he starts destroying stuff and the hungrier he gets, the more he pushes and smooshes his face. He's still got the 2 little scrapes on his chin from him pushing. They look better and should come out next shed I hope. Caesar is just very food driven. He'd be the guy out in the jungle dropping out of a tree on some unsuspecting passerby hahaha.

Nice size cage but how the heck are you going to heat a 30" tall cage? An RHP isn't going to reach the floor. You are going to have to offer a hotspot perch. I'm just going to stick with the T25. 72x30x18 will be plenty for Caesar...I think, unless he gets 10'+. Then I might have to look into the guy locally here who builds custom cages out of PVC to your spec and even delivers them cause I'm sure a 96x30x18 is going to cost me a leg in shipping haha.

And don't mind us poaching your thread JM. We're killing time until you post those pics!!

And the quarantine cage is ugly as sin. I never liked the look of Neodesha cages. Get a new AP cage!!!

Haha I just caught Caesar 'sniffing' the spot where he ate the 2 rats on top of his paper. He's sniffing the Eco Earth looking for more dinner I think. He is such a pig. He looked up at me when I checked in on him and then started flicking his tongue on the spot again lol.