Things are going very well.
Wallace seems to be growing at the desired pace I was shooting for and what I was told he'd likely progress at.
He's a 1 year old snake, June, 1st. I am still feeding small rats every 10-14 days with zero behavior problems. Only today has he finally started reacting to movements in front of the cage. I will be bumping him up to medium rats and quail when he hits his 1st B-day.
Warmer weather, increased daylight and age are getting him going.
He has be wonderful to handle since a few spraying incidents early on. The only accidental, defensive bite was not a bad experience. I actually am better having gone through incident, as I know what to expect and how BIG his mouth opens. The species certainly has one of the, if not the, largest mouth gapes in the snake world. The little ones are quite capable of opening wide.
He's 5+ feet. Maybe 5.5, though he's not really measurable so I'm a bit on the give or take there, but not by a lot.
The combination of SD and dwarf blood seem to be working in concert with his male, gender and keeping him very manageable as far as the size. He is a mover when he's being handled, but there are times when he sits still. I find he either starts out a bit crazy and settles, or he starts out mellow and gets antsy after 15-20 minutes.
I will be curious to see what the start of his second year brings. Another 3-4 feet and some thickness is what I'm expecting.
The guy takes a nice picture when he's ready to pose. Here are a couple in the evening light from yesterday.
This one brings out his SD green coloring. These guys do tend to change color a bit throughout the day it seems.
This one shows some nice head scales and another look at the peepers, well one of them anyhow.
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