Kalatoa 100% Pure SD Retic Progression (Pic heavy...)

[jmcrook]

This is sort of an update post for the whole crew.
The move to Mississippi went well. Gerald and Phyllis shed within an hour of each other the day before I was going to put them in temporary tubs so that worked out well. No messes in anyone's snake bags over the course of 12 hours being bagged in boxes. Weirdly Geoffrey was the most rambunctious in his bag. He's usually content to continue acting like a rock regardless of the situation at hand but this time I had to double tape his moving box closed because he, while still in his bag, pushed the top open.
Also got an updated weight on Phyllis while in her bag... 3400grams/7.5lbs! She's getting some nice girth.
Went to the local pet shop to get rats for everyone. Pitifully stocked, way over priced, and low weights. The smalls weighed about normal at 60-65grams each. Their jumbo rat (yes they only had one) however only weighed about 285grams and was priced at $8.99! For some reason they did give me $2 off the jumbo and $2 off my four smalls but I still ended up paying $28 for 5 rats in total. Promptly made an order with rodent pro and should be stocked for the next 4 months for $110 total at an average price of $2.43/rat for 43 rats ranging between small and 2xl. Cut my feeding costs down by more than half.
Talked to Ali at AP... just waiting on my apparently missing RHP from pro products that I ordered in April. This is getting annoying at this point. Been like 18 weeks since I ordered the cage and it turns out the thing holding everything up is the dang panel at this point. And I know that Bob received payment because the check cleared the bank like a week or so after sending it to him.
And now a couple obligatory photos haha


And Geoffrey acting like a rock as per usual lol


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[DLena]

Of course Geoffrey is acting like a rock...he got tons of exercise on the road trip! Phyllis and Gerald are getting so big, I don't get how your hat brim can still support their weight. There're just beautiful.

[Sauzo]

Dang, i could have ordered a T65 and had it set up and Caesar in it in the amount of time you are waiting lol. Phyllis and Gerald look good. Caesar is in shed now lol.

Might be picking up another snake lol. Was debating on a hatchling Coastal Carpet if you didnt know but i backed out as i like carpets but I'm a boa guy. I'm talking to gal about a Peruvian Longtail BCL from a Vin Russo and Legacy Reptile pairing. Depending what the parents looks like, i might be pulling the trigger as that and an Iquitos or Pucallpa Peruvian are the 2 snakes i really want.

And grats on you and everyone else making it safe and sound. i was expecting the post to be pics of the new set up though

[jmcrook]

Dang, i could have ordered a T65 and had it set up and Caesar in it in the amount of time you are waiting lol. Phyllis and Gerald look good. Caesar is in shed now lol.

Might be picking up another snake lol. Was debating on a hatchling Coastal Carpet if you didnt know but i backed out as i like carpets but I'm a boa guy. I'm talking to gal about a Peruvian Longtail BCL from a Vin Russo and Legacy Reptile pairing. Depending what the parents looks like, i might be pulling the trigger as that and an Iquitos or Pucallpa Peruvian are the 2 snakes i really want.

And grats on you and everyone else making it safe and sound. i was expecting the post to be pics of the new set up though

You and your boas really make me want a locality red tail BCC lol. You've got a great gang of critters there. On the flip side, I've just always just been more drawn to pythons for some reason, not entirely sure why. I'd love a carpet python some day... or a BCC... or a white lipped python... or a dwarf burm... hahaha
I'll be sure to post pics when/if I ever get this dang T25


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[jmcrook]

Of course Geoffrey is acting like a rock...he got tons of exercise on the road trip! Phyllis and Gerald are getting so big, I don't get how your hat brim can still support their weight. There're just beautiful.

lol it's definitely the most activity he's had any part of in a while. He's such a lazy bum but he's the oldest snake I currently have and I couldn't imagine not having him haha.
Gerald is definitely getting bigger but he doesn't feel much bigger really. Definitely stronger and still squirrelly but for being 17 months old he's tiny. Maybe 1000grams.
Phyllis is getting huge. She's got some serious mass to her now. I feel like she's been growing thicker rather than longer for a bit now.
And my hat barely holds them, if at all anymore. It's more my hat brim resting on my glasses, resting on the bridge of my nose hah


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[Sauzo]

You and your boas really make me want a locality red tail BCC lol. You've got a great gang of critters there. On the flip side, I've just always just been more drawn to pythons for some reason, not entirely sure why. I'd love a carpet python some day... or a BCC... or a white lipped python... or a dwarf burm... hahaha
I'll be sure to post pics when/if I ever get this dang T25


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Thanks and yeah there is too many snakes and not enough room and caging haha. I'd like a carpet but like i said, I've always been a boa guy. Probably because boas are so mellow and loungers....like me lol. Caesar is awesome but my god, more than one of him and it would become a job to me which i dont want it to become and burn me out. Plus boas dont eat as much so it's cheaper haha. Caesar already eats $45 worth of Guinea pigs a month. Two more of him and I'd have to get a job just to feed them lol. Plus boas grow as fast as paint dries so i dont have to worry about caging costs for years.

With my experience from Caesar and Dottie and Allison when she wasnt trying to eat me, pythons are easier to get to change directions where as once my boas make up their mind where they want to go, its hard to change their mind. I turn them a different direction and they turn right around lol. I move them and they seem to know which way to go haha.

But cant go wrong either way and if i could, I'd get a lot of both. Just i have 2 extra cages and one of them I'm debating on a Gila Monster still but even though I've wanted once since a kid and now can finally get one, I'm actually second thinking it now as if i took a bite and was down for 2 weeks, that would really put a strain on the household so might be a better idea to just live vicariously through other people with them haha. So it pretty much would boil down to a BCL in 1 cage and then either an Iquitos or Pucallpa Peruvian BCC or another Suriname BCC.

[Gio]

Looking good.

The cage will arrive soon enough. Mine is being built. Still have to order my panel. So maybe we'll be gearing up at the same time.

Your crew is getting big!

[jmcrook]

Caesar is awesome but my god, more than one of him and it would become a job to me which i dont want it to become and burn me out. Plus boas dont eat as much so it's cheaper haha. Caesar already eats $45 worth of Guinea pigs a month. Two more of him and I'd have to get a job just to feed them lol.

Holy mackerel dude! $45/month on one snake?! I thought I was spending a lot on rodents. You should really look into rodent pro or something comparable. My new local shop, which I'm surprised I even have in this city, sells small rats for $5. At that cost it makes sense for me to spend $29 on shipping even for just one bag of 20 small rats as it would bring my small rat price down to $2.50/rat. I just ordered 20 small, 10 medium, 9 xl, and 6 xxl, and spent $109.75 which puts me at an average price of $2.44 per rat of any of the four sizes I ordered. Much better than paying $8.99 for an under weight "jumbo" once a week-10 days imo.


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[Sauzo]

Looking good.

The cage will arrive soon enough. Mine is being built. Still have to order my panel. So maybe we'll be gearing up at the same time.

Your crew is getting big!

Wait, did you break down for an AP T25 too?

[Sauzo]

Holy mackerel dude! $45/month on one snake?! I thought I was spending a lot on rodents. You should really look into rodent pro or something comparable. My new local shop, which I'm surprised I even have in this city, sells small rats for $5. At that cost it makes sense for me to spend $29 on shipping even for just one bag of 20 small rats as it would bring my small rat price down to $2.50/rat. I just ordered 20 small, 10 medium, 9 xl, and 6 xxl, and spent $109.75 which puts me at an average price of $2.44 per rat of any of the four sizes I ordered. Much better than paying $8.99 for an under weight "jumbo" once a week-10 days imo.


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Dude, that's just for Caesar too lol. I spend about $100 a month on food for all of them and then depending on Harley, usually more. And yes, i need a mini chest freezer lol.