Update on our little kinked hatchling

[rabernet]

Jo she's really looking awesome now! Gotta love that little fighter spirit in her!

[muddoc]

Congrats Jo. She looks like she is doing very well. I think she will grow to be a great pet, and if the kink doesn't get any worse, I think she will breed just fine if you choose to do so.

[frankykeno]

I like her! love the tail pattern!

Thanks Mike. Quite a few of Riordan's offspring from both of these clutches have interesting almost "melted" looking patterns.

ahhhhh she's soooo beautiful jo. i love your company name... scale kids!

Thanks Aleesha! It took well over 2 years to finally come up with a company name that just fit our family and our vision for the snakes.

I love that you get involved with things, in this case, using that adorable girl to talk to kids about being 'born different'. I don't know many people that would even have the initiative to do something like that, and for this, I give you two thumbs up!

And fyi, there's nothing wrong with the name "Kinky". I think it's just as adorable as she is!

LOL I just can't see going to a kid's snake presentation and talking about "Kinky". I think I'll come up with a nice gaelic or celtic name for her but she'll likely still get called "Kinky" anyways.

Mike and I really enjoy watching our own children learn about life through working with and understanding snakes so it's a natural extension for us to share that with other kids.

That is great to see, great job!

Thanks so much.

Jo she's really looking awesome now! Gotta love that little fighter spirit in her!

Thanks Robin. She's definitely a little spitfire and very determined to exceed everyone's expectations.

Congrats Jo. She looks like she is doing very well. I think she will grow to be a great pet, and if the kink doesn't get any worse, I think she will breed just fine if you choose to do so.

Thanks Tim. I've really appreciated the talks we've had about her and this condition and your advice about getting her ultrasounded. Even if all she does is become a pet and an ambassador snake for shows then that's a pretty cool thing place for her in our collection. The kink sure doesn't slow her down - what a little hunter this one is LOL.

[Bruce Whitehead]

Jo... seriously... the thought of you and Mike NOT getting emotionally attached to any snake.

If I had any coffee in my mouth it would have been dripping off my monitor.

She is such a pretty snake, just a stunning girl. Nice to hear she is kicking butt.

Regardless of her future, she picked the right boob in the right clutch in the right house... I bet there are snakes lining up in heaven saying "Me next... I want to be in Jo and Mike's egg!"

Bruce

[Laooda]

Jo she's stunning! And obviously has a great will to thrive! lol


Is Kinky a warrior name?

[Freakie_frog]

Hey Jo heres a Celtic name for ya
A chuisle mo chroí..It old irish trem of indearment means Pluse of my Heart.

[Royal Tartan]

she's a cutie , love the pattern on her as well

how about Boudicca pronounced Bo Di C ah
she was a Celtic Warrior Queen , took on the Romans in Britain


http://womenshistory.about.com/od/bo...p/boudicca.htm

[Holbeird]

it's great to see that she's doing well jo

[frankykeno]

Jo... seriously... the thought of you and Mike NOT getting emotionally attached to any snake.

If I had any coffee in my mouth it would have been dripping off my monitor.

She is such a pretty snake, just a stunning girl. Nice to hear she is kicking butt.

Regardless of her future, she picked the right boob in the right clutch in the right house... I bet there are snakes lining up in heaven saying "Me next... I want to be in Jo and Mike's egg!"

Bruce

Aww Bruce you're getting me all teary eyed now you silly fart!

Jo she's stunning! And obviously has a great will to thrive! lol


Is Kinky a warrior name?

LOL hardly! I just knew the family was going to end up calling her "Kinky" and I'm just as determined to give her a proper name.

Hey Jo heres a Celtic name for ya
A chuisle mo chroí..It old irish trem of indearment means Pluse of my Heart.

Oh Ed what a lovely idea! Now I'll have to go google and see if I can find out how to pronounce that properly. That's the worst with this naming scheme is getting the correct pronunciation down pat. Half the letters sound different in english...ARGHHH!

Take our snake Saoirse for instance. Now that name looks like Sor-shh or even Sor-sha to me...but noooooooo...it's properly said "seer-sha"...geesh! Don't even get me started on the pure tongue twisting torture of Daimhin's name. LOL

she's a cutie , love the pattern on her as well

how about Boudicca pronounced Bo Di C ah
she was a Celtic Warrior Queen , took on the Romans in Britain


http://womenshistory.about.com/od/bo...p/boudicca.htm

Another great idea, thank you!

it's great to see that she's doing well jo

Thanks J.R., she's a pretty determined little thing.

[cassandra]

We are planning to feature her this coming school year in our snake presentations. She'll help us talk to the young kids about being born "different" and how it hasn't stopped her doing anything that her clutchmates do and she's still a very cool snake even if she's got a funny bump on her butt end.

I really, really like this. What a great message. =)

I like the name Quinlan, pronounced KWIN lin, meaning "beautiful shape".

Quinlan's got my vote, especially since it carries on the message that different isn't different and it isn't bad!