My not so furry pets :)

Trianna · June 2011

So, a while ago I agreed to post some pics of my snakes but couldn't find my camera to upload them at the time (it was in my laptop case :roll: ) didn't want to necro that post, so here they are Kamodo- female ball python, aprox. 1 1/2, but only around 2-3 months in this pic. She was bought at countrymax, from a local breeders stock. the breeder normally only lets out males, but he missexed her. She wasn't in the best of shape when we got her, she'd been kept in a 10 gal. tank with around 10 others her age, had a partial shed, with eyecaps still on, and was a bit underweight... due to the fact that most pet store employees have no clue what they're doing when it comes to the animals. She's now a healthy, well fed adult. <img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/e80kci.jpg"; alt="http://i51.tinypic.com/e80kci.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> Sophie- female California King Snake aprox. 4 A friend of ours had her since she was a baby, but had to sell her due to moving. We had her for about a year before he missed her enough that he offered to buy her back. He bred her with his other King, so now we're just waiting with fingers crossed to see if she's gravid. <img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/2hcjhtx.jpg"; alt="http://i51.tinypic.com/2hcjhtx.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> <img src="http://i56.tinypic.com/108a0eu.jpg"; alt="http://i56.tinypic.com/108a0eu.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> <img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/2whlg7s.jpg"; alt="http://i52.tinypic.com/2whlg7s.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> the last pic of Sophie isn't so good, and I need to take an updated pic of Kamodo, she's grown so much since that was taken. note: all photos in this topic are copyright of their respective owners

BabyBean13 · June 2011

Weeeeeee snakes. Definitely need picks of them on the floor (wherever possible) to get a better idea of their size

Trianna · June 2011

I'll check my camera for a few. I know last time we measured Sophie she was about 4 feet, which is pretty big for a Cal King. Kamodo just measured at 3 feet, 1 1/2 inches, give or take an inch or so. Trust me, if you've ever tried to measure a snakes length when it's trying to explore, it's insanely difficult to be accurate. I'll try to get some pics of her withing the next few days, if she's in a better mood. She's currently oddly head shy, and trying to get into things. She wedged herself into a triangle shaped opening on my daughters toy (like this <a href="http://packageratz.rochani.com/images/ShapeBallRat.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">one</a>) after we measured her, and we had to coax her back out

GiftyLover · June 2011

Aaaah scale-babies.

I have three here and I love them dearly. I use to have a Cali-King named Mozart that we found outside on Easter. We nursed him back and he was a sweetheart (which is crazy, because every king I've met in the past tries to eat my fingers)

Trianna · June 2011

+ Maitre + wrote:

Aaaah scale-babies. I have three here and I love them dearly. I use to have a Cali-King named Mozart that we found outside on Easter. We nursed him back and he was a sweetheart (which is crazy, because every king I've met in the past tries to eat my fingers)

Sophie wasn't nippy either, even though a lot of Cal Kings can be. But they're always exceptions to the rule lol. What are your three?

HuntersGATHERING · June 2011

Oh there beautiful I have decided to save up and get a Killer Clown or Queen Bee or Pie-Bald Ball Python. But you never know I might go to Reptile Show and just buy all of them

. Your King Snake is gorgeous. What do you feed them Live or Frozen?

Trianna · June 2011

Dog Paridise wrote:

Oh there beautiful I have decided to save up and get a Killer Clown or Queen Bee or Pie-Bald Ball Python. But you never know I might go to Reptile Show and just buy all of them . Your King Snake is gorgeous. What do you feed them Live or Frozen?

My hubby and I want a piebald, and we've got plans for a blue or black eyed leucistic too. I want a Rainbow Boa and a Green Tree Python too, someday. lol. We'll probably be getting a Red Tail also. Unfortunately, we live in an apartment atm so we can't get anymore right now, but when we will when we get our house in a few months. We'll also be getting a Wolfhound sometime after we move. Ya, Sophie is a beauty. I miss her, but her original owner had her for years, and really wanted her back. Now we're just hoping that her breeding took, because we get 1-2 of the babies. If it didn't we have to wait until next year. We prekill right before feeding. I've never been a big fan of live feeding, to much risk to the snake. Plus it just seems a bit more humane to get it over quickly for the mouse/rat. Do you currently have any snakes?

HuntersGATHERING · June 2011

No I don't have any snakes for the moment, but I use to take care of my uncles python. I always thought they just came in albino or regular until I discovered python morphs. And I fell in love with the morphs, Lol. Oh the Black or Blue eyed leucistic seems to be a hard decision. You make me want to get one now

. I like the blue more better because of how their eyes look against the white. Gosh thank goodness for snake breeders for coming up with these new morphs.

GiftyLover · June 2011

I currently own a male pastel ball, male opal corn, and a female bloodred corn. One day I soon I will be laying my hands on a HDI RP piebald ball. I'm so luck that HDI is only 15 minutes from my house xD Doug Day is an awesome breeder and professor for ball pythons. My cali-king would only take live. We hated it, but he was in the wild for so long, unmoving (Even fresh prekill) he wouldn't take. He was a pro though and we were always RIGHT there so we could pull out the mouse is something did happen. Mozart got me once on the thigh, but it was aaaaall my fault lol He was nearly 6ft and his tail slipped form my hand and bonked him. He got scared and bit the closest thing which happened to be my leg.

Mileysmybaby · June 2011

<333 them! LOL espcially Sophie!

Trianna · June 2011

Dog Paridise wrote:

No I don't have any snakes for the moment, but I use to take care of my uncles python. I always thought they just came in albino or regular until I discovered python morphs. And I fell in love with the morphs, Lol. Oh the Black or Blue eyed leucistic seems to be a hard decision. You make me want to get one now . I like the blue more better because of how their eyes look against the white. Gosh thank goodness for snake breeders for coming up with these new morphs.

There are some gorgeous morphs out there. It makes it so hard to choose what to get. Snakes are one of those things you can't get just one of, once you get one you want a bunch more. lol. I'm pretty sure if my hubby had his way we'd have a room full.

+ Maitre + wrote:

I currently own a male pastel ball, male opal corn, and a female bloodred corn. One day I soon I will be laying my hands on a HDI RP piebald ball. I'm so luck that HDI is only 15 minutes from my house xD Doug Day is an awesome breeder and professor for ball pythons. My cali-king would only take live. We hated it, but he was in the wild for so long, unmoving (Even fresh prekill) he wouldn't take. He was a pro though and we were always RIGHT there so we could pull out the mouse is something did happen. Mozart got me once on the thigh, but it was aaaaall my fault lol He was nearly 6ft and his tail slipped form my hand and bonked him. He got scared and bit the closest thing which happened to be my leg.

Kamodo was sold with some so called pastels and some actual pastels. She's not a pastel, her eyes aren't greenish, but she's some sort of morph because her patterning doesn't match normals. Now that she's bigger she's got more bubble spots and blushing. I'm thinking black pastel, but she also resembles some sables and cinnamons too. It's hard to tell because there are so many morphs that look so alike. I suppose the only way to tell would be to breed her to morphs she resembles, and see if any homozygous "supers" resulted- but that's not happening lol. I'm just happy we got such a pretty ball for $60, and that she's healthy after the conditions she was in. Ya, some snakes are picky and only take live, but as long as you aren't stupid about it it's not a big deal. I do remember seeing a video on the internet with some idiots just sticking their ball in a small bucket with a rat that was too big for it, and snake struck wrong and the rat got it by the neck. They just sat there watching. The snake lived but it had a pretty sizable bite with some scale damage. It ticked me off pretty badly, that anyone could be that stupid. Oh, and wow, over 5 feet is a good size for a Cal King, at the very top of their size range. Did you ever get it sexed? That'd be a pretty amazing size for a male.

Trianna · June 2011

Mysterous Love wrote:

<333 them! LOL espcially Sophie!

Thank you

I can't wait to see her babies, I'm hoping they'll get their moms coloring. I so prefer the desert phase coloring, and Sophie has such high contrast. I haven't seen the daddy snake yet lol, but he's a costal phase, might be a morph, not sure.

BabyBean13 · June 2011

*is simply fascinated by the convo and continues watching* Lol

GiftyLover · June 2011

We sexed him ourselves at first, but took him to our vet soon after and he confirmed. I've only seen a few cali's his size before, but almost all were female. But you just don't get the hemi-penes that this guy had if it were female, haha. I've seen terrible video's of the same thing and it just makes me want to cry. Snakes are a big responsibility and balls especially are very fragile. My ball gets scared of his frozen food, I could never imagine just throwing in a live, and watching him struggle. Saddex, my ball, is growin up big; <img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.0&disp=emb&view=att&th=12fa9d2586c10bc2"; alt="https://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.0&disp=emb&view=att&th=12fa9d2586c10bc2"; class="bb-image" /> <img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=12fad5b4b387e329"; alt="https://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=12fad5b4b387e329"; class="bb-image" /> He has a perfect three mark (Hence his name).

Trianna · June 2011

+ Maitre + wrote:

We sexed him ourselves at first, but took him to our vet soon after and he confirmed. I've only seen a few cali's his size before, but almost all were female. But you just don't get the hemi-penes that this guy had if it were female, haha. I've seen terrible video's of the same thing and it just makes me want to cry. Snakes are a big responsibility and balls especially are very fragile. My ball gets scared of his frozen food, I could never imagine just throwing in a live, and watching him struggle. Saddex, my ball, is growin up big; <img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.0&disp=emb&view=att&th=12fa9d2586c10bc2"; alt="https://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.0&disp=emb&view=att&th=12fa9d2586c10bc2"; class="bb-image" /> <img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=12fad5b4b387e329"; alt="https://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=12fad5b4b387e329"; class="bb-image" /> He has a perfect three mark (Hence his name).

How long did you have him? I'd love to see one that big, but there aren't many Cal Kings around here, let alone large ones. Lots of corn snakes, balls, and redtails(including an albino I'm hoping to purchase as soon as I can), but not many Kings. I don't think Kamodo could ever eat live prey, she's not the best feeder. She refuses to strike, and has to eat in a covered container sometimes, which we're not too fond of. We hand feed our snakes as much as possible, not really fans of container feeding, and refuse to tank feed. Those links won't work for me for some reason. Cool name, btw. Jer(hubby) named ours after komodo dragons, but seeing as she's female Kamodo is a little more feminine, and a lot better than "komoda" lol.

GiftyLover · June 2011

HuntersGATHERING · June 2011

Maitre your Snakes are beautiful as well. I like the colors of snakes like the Tree Boas (they literally just hang around).

Trianna · June 2011

+ Maitre + wrote:

 Woah! Sorry to photo-jack your thread!

Tis ok. They're all beautiful

Hooray for desert phase Kings! :P I've not got much experience with cornsnakes, but they are very pretty. I considered getting one at one point, but we had one tank at that point, and Sophie would have ate it. She almost ate a baby Redtail once :roll: . That is a very nice marking, I have to say. I've never seen one like it, makes him look very unique.

GiftyLover · June 2011

Corns are so easy to take care of. The only thing I like about kings more is that they aren't as picky eaters, but you have a BP, so you'd be fine.

Mine are little piggies and would take three times what I gave them if given the chance. Saddex is pretty awesome, HDI told me that the abberant patterns might have been caused from piebald (which was waaaay down his line). Pretty much, when the white comes in and squishes the pattern, it got stuck with him, but no white.

Your snakes are beautiful though.

Trianna · June 2011

Dog Paridise wrote:

Maitre your Snakes are beautiful as well. I like the colors of snakes like the Tree Boas (they literally just hang around).

Green Tree Pythons are amazing. <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/seanstew/Dream.jpg"; alt="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/seanstew/Dream.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> <img src="http://www.reptilechannel.com/images/care-sheets/green-tree-python-2-500.jpg"; alt="http://www.reptilechannel.com/images/care-sheets/green-tree-python-2-500.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> <a href="http://www.finegtps.com/userfiles/image/784.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://www.finegtps.com/userfiles/image/784.jpg</a> ;(can you tell I'm biased toward the blue and black ones? lol. Now to save up the 5k for one

) Emerald Tree Boas can be pretty too, but I'm not as much as a fan of them. <img src="http://www.ryanphotographic.com/Emerald Tree Boa.jpg" alt="http://www.ryanphotographic.com/Emerald Tree Boa.jpg" class="bb-image" /> (again with the blue, I just can't help it

) Note: I do not claim to own any of these pictures,they are all copyright of their owners, and will be removed if requested

Trianna · June 2011

+ Maitre + wrote:

Corns are so easy to take care of. The only thing I like about kings more is that they aren't as picky eaters, but you have a BP, so you'd be fine. Mine are little piggies and would take three times what I gave them if given the chance. Saddex is pretty awesome, HDI told me that the abberant patterns might have been caused from piebald (which was waaaay down his line). Pretty much, when the white comes in and squishes the pattern, it got stuck with him, but no white. Your snakes are beautiful though.

Thank you very much

I'm rather excited to be moving someplace where we can actually get a few more. also lucky to live someplace where there are rather loose restrictions on snakes. As long as it's non venomous and doesn't get as big as a Burm or AfRock, it's ok to own without a permit, and breed if you'd like. Can be kinda bad for the snakes, though, ending up with uneducated owners... knew someone who didn't even have their Ball for a year and it died, they got it as a hatchling. Once someone gave our friend an 8 foot Redtail, a beautiful female, for free saying it had "special needs"... turned out to be a respiratory infection from being kept in the wrong way, easily cleared up with antibiotics....

GiftyLover · June 2011

I live somewhere very similar.

We can keep snakes up to 13ft without permits, open breeding/selling. No hots, but I'm okay there ahaha. Ressie infections

My cali had one but it cleared up QUICK with living in the bathroom. Steam helps bunches.

Trianna · June 2011

I just don't understand how someone can go "eh, it's sick, so it's broken... want it?" If you can't make a commitment to an animals heath and well-being, don't get it in the first place. I know if anything went wrong with Kamodo we'd take her to a vet. The friend who owned/owns Sophie and the aforementioned Redtail had his Ball Sampson get almost cut in half when he got stuck in a couch spring( he's awful when it comes to getting into things) and they rushed him to the nearest emergency vet, a few hours away... thankfully he lived, with just a minor scar to show for it. Most people who own snakes around here would have just let their snake die though, had it happened to them. There are a few responsible owners, but not nearly enough.

HuntersGATHERING · June 2011

I think they don't take them to the vet because they don't know a vet can do that. Meaning they don't know vets can have reptiles as patients. Green Tree Boas are beautiful I love their natural color. Here are the snakes I keep repeating I want

<img src="http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/queen-bee/008.jpg"; alt="http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/queen-bee/008.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K2-CofcI_Uo/TE8pwUqz_3I/AAAAAAAAB8E/3M141TGQm5k/s1600/Dreamsicle28Lavender20Albino20Pied2.jpg"; alt="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K2-CofcI_Uo/TE8pwUqz_3I/AAAAAAAAB8E/3M141TGQm5k/s1600/Dreamsicle28Lavender20Albino20Pied2.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> <img src="http://www.pythonpaintshop.com/Royal Constrictor Designs Photos/Killer Clown 2.jpg" alt="http://www.pythonpaintshop.com/Royal Constrictor Designs Photos/Killer Clown 2.jpg" class="bb-image" /> <img src="http://www.pythonpaintshop.com/NERD Photos/Axanthic Killer Bee 1.jpg" alt="http://www.pythonpaintshop.com/NERD Photos/Axanthic Killer Bee 1.jpg" class="bb-image" /> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/lizardsofoz/IMG_3596.jpg"; alt="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/lizardsofoz/IMG_3596.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> In order of appernace Queen Bee Dreamsicle Killer Clown Axanthic Killer Bee PieBald

BabyBean13 · June 2011

I really like then Queen Bee , Killer Clown and Axanthic Killer Bee

GiftyLover · June 2011

Oh man, I know all about that. It really is just so sad. @BB13 - Have you seen Panda Pieds? They are really just a super black pastel piebald, but they are so fluffin cute. SO veeeeery expensive.....

BabyBean13 · June 2011

Nope. I haven't studied snakes very much. If you guys could provide pics of your favorites, that'd be kool ^_^

GiftyLover · June 2011

<a href="http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab332/beardo1979/PandaPied.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab33 ... daPied.jpg</a> -Droooool-

BabyBean13 · June 2011

Very sleek and pretty

HuntersGATHERING · June 2011

I think the Panda Pied was for sale for 18k. Very to die for, who ever owns that snake I am so jealous of.

GiftyLover · June 2011

I know someone who has one. >>; HDI just got one after 4 years of breeding. They are wanting 20k. IAMSOSADIAMPOOOOR

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