Pat the baby biak green tree python

[richardhind1972]

Great pics,I love the stripe right across his face thru his eyes


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[PiperPython]

I can't wait until the first time you have to try and restrain Pat. It is a right of passage and may your wounds heal fast

I had to help my little guy with some shed, and he swung around and got me - green tree python baby bites hurt more than one would think

[Sauzo]

I guess I'm lucky. Pat has never tried to bite me. He did bite the gal two times though haha. He usually will just hiss at me a little if he is feeling cranky and then tries to get back to his cage. Dottie hisses at me sometimes too if i bug her when she is out and about. It's more of just a drive by hissing as she keeps moving lol. Pat hissed today also when i was removing his shed and part of it fell on him. Guess he was alseep. He hissed a little, raised his head and turned it to look at the shed. Then turned back around and laid down again haha.

[zina10]

uhoh...







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[Sauzo]

uhoh...







LOL

Maybe. I didnt really look for any green lol. I mostly was just making sure i didnt see any stuck shed on him as it all came off in 1 piece but the head was curled up and him being so small, i could get it completely uncurled. Got it uncurled enough to see the 2 eyes caps and that was it.

Then i was so excited to finally see him again, i put him down on my hand while he was on the perch. He hissed a little at me, looked around and then climbed on my hand in order to get closer to his cage door to the plants inside his door where he grabbed onto and went to the back perch under the heater to curl up and sleep more haha. So I guess we work on his social skills another day.

Would be neat if it was a little green. Not holding my breath though as from what everyone has told me, Biaks take the longest to color change and generally will go though changes their whole lives vs other locals that go through changes rapidly and are yellow one day and green the next week lol.

[SDA]

Hey since you have been running UV with Pat for a while now are you noticing any benefit? I am debating installing in Ganja's cage to help stimulate some health benefits but wanted to hear from you what your experience with Pat and UV has been?

Very familiar with UV lighting and restrictions needed so I have the setup all laid out just needing some first hand experience with GTP and UV stimulation.

[Sauzo]

Hey since you have been running UV with Pat for a while now are you noticing any benefit? I am debating installing in Ganja's cage to help stimulate some health benefits but wanted to hear from you what your experience with Pat and UV has been?

Very familiar with UV lighting and restrictions needed so I have the setup all laid out just needing some first hand experience with GTP and UV stimulation.

Well, i honestly havent noticed any difference. I mean he does sometimes sleep close to the UVB and other days will sleep at the back behind his plant blocking the UVB. I mean he does his snaky stuff, hisses at me when he wants to be left alone but has never taken a shot at me. I mean it cant hurt and if you can set up safely, i would go for it. I'm still trying to figure out a way to mount them in the boa cages without having to butcher everything and install guards.

I was so excited to finally see him and whats he do when i put him down on my hand while he was on the perch, he hisses a little at me, climbs on my hand, stretches out and grabs his plant at the cage door, crawls in, turns around to look outside for about 5 mins, then turns around again and goes to sleep under his heater lol.

Then later that night, Gina shed too. She was more happy and came out while i messed with her. Also Vicky shed too and she just looked at me, though i might be offering food and when no food, she went behind her hide on the cool side. Such ingrates i say!!!

[SDA]

In the boa cage you might just want to think on using a screw in bulb type with a light cage like they use in Europe. Should provide UV light and be sturdy enough to handle boa destruction.

Like this (they even make angled cages so you can mount it on a horizontal wall if desired)

[Sauzo]

Yeah i've seen those and i know they have been used for years. Back when i was a teenager when dirt was new, the breeder i got my Nile Monitor from who also bred burms and retics used those in his cages. I just dont want something that obtrusive in the cage as i have 18 inch cages. I thought about using something like 22 inch T5 UVB tubes and then just using cable clamps along with screen to create my own screen caging. If i mounted them on the side between the side and top, i could just use a single piece of screen and cable clamp it on. Plus i can just drill a hole right on side so the wire is not seen or messed with.

[Gio]

Well, Pat shed last night. All in 1 piece again and took the king of poops and piss. He was saving that one up from his fuzzy mouse before he went into shed lol. It was the size of an adult rat or guinea pig poop. Anyways, i took him out on his perch and took a few pics and then tried to work with him. He wasnt really in the mood and stretched out and crawled back into his cage haha. Guess we work another day.

That's a really nice animal, and a great choice to throw more diversity into a pretty wide ranging collection.

I keep lurking here.

I'm sorry I missed the pictures.