Newest addition

[Weiand]

It had been quite a few years since I had any reptiles or other "critters", so it was just time to do so again. Him being the newest edition to the already 2 Leopard Gecko's and the 5 fish tanks mainly Betta's Red Tails and Silvers. Just wouldn't have been complete without a serpent. Prior I had Red Tail Boa's. In looking at size and size of home needed and space available, A ball seemed a much better choice. Being able to give him a home the size he needed and would fit where I had the room for. The feeding frozen is a very new thing to me. Asked a lot of questions from other owners, cross-checked answers against each other, etc. etc. I thought I was in for a huge hassle for feeding... If he eats everytime like he did Thurs I may just show him where the kitchen is. :p

Ah yes, the bites. Then again, many people are just freaked out by snakes in general. "I" see it as, any "animal" can smell, taste, sense your thoughts and emotions. Show it fear, it will show you who the alpha is. Show it the respect it deserves, calm slow movements, pay attention to it's reaction to different things...
He seems to like to crawl on my face and flick his tongue across the bridge of my nose and my eyelids.
I've as well noticed he'll lay on my arm and relax his muscles, not even bother to "hold on" just lay there supported by my arm. Then move a bit only grabbing to hold on if I don't move a hand to support more of his body. Granted, at only 20 inches, pretty easy to have pretty much all of him on my arm. Or he'll just wrap around my wrist as if he were a bracelet, turn his head upside down, look around a bit, taste the air they lay his head back down.
yea... we'll be hanging out for many years to come.