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ok so i said we were done with buying snakes until the may repticon in MD but...

4riscorn

4riscorn

ACR#774 NevaeH Reptiles
A ghost motley has been at Noah's Ark pet store where we buy our supplies and bought Kapatcho, for a while now. They had to force feed him for at least a month, so we didn't think they were going to be able to release him for sale. And I have been wanting a ghost motley for a while now. Well, we went there tonight and he was finally eating on his own-3 feedings now--so we were able to bring him home! He is 15 grams and 16" long. And he is our 16th..sweet 16! He is very docile. He is also in blue so it surprised me he was so docile while being held. I held him for about an hour and he wasn't trying to escape or anything. And when I put him in his new home, he didn't run and hide, he drank water and kind of hung out for a while. Before putting him away, I did an easy wipe down with water and he acted like he was in heaven. He laid there and was stretched out not wiggling at all. It was adorable.

His name is Moe

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Little cutie! Sounds like a great personality at such young size. I see you have the bug too - there is always more once additions you set yourself a limit haha.
Every time something catches my eye, the collection grows...
:cheers: for your sweet 16th
 
Lol there's always a really big BUTT tagged on to a new addition hehehe. Congrats on the motley he is a pretty little one :D
 
He is very beautiful! Huge congrats!

Why did they have to force feed him? Just didnt want to eat?
 
I totally understand that itch, even with only two corns myself (we have a much larger collection of chondros). I've told myself I have to wait until the Reptile Super Show in San Diego until I buy anymore snakes, even corns. But then I see all of these wonderful morphs and genepools in the classified section.... Its KILLING me! But this way, I can make better plans for specific breeding projects I want to pursue.

Incidentally, one of our Green Tree Pythons had eating issues as well. We had to assist feed a couple of times, multiple vet trips, and trying EVERY trick in the book. It took her about 3 months before we got her to take the food on her own. But she is as docile as you would expect a corn snake to be. Which is VERY unlikely for the typically nippy GTP neonates. Maybe all of that extra concern/attention does something for their demeanor after all?

P.S. Cute little guy you got there!
 
Thanks for the compliments on my little baby. The reason he had to be force fed is because the shop owner bought 2 or 3 baby hatchlings from a new guy---he usually drives to FL and works with a breeder down there and hand selects what he wants to bring back. This time, he said he trusted a new guy who he had been talking to for a while and who said the snakes had been eating just fine. None of them would take anything. They feed theirs F/T which is unusal for a pet store I think. The other one around here where we got Willie, Jewels and Zara only feed live. Which is another reason why I think we are having trouble with Jewels. Willie could care less as long as it is food and Zara is a good eater, just slow and takes her time to take it all in...like she is savoring it. Anyway, they had to feed them pinkie heads for the first few feedings then gradually moved up to small pinkies...we watched him being force fed once with a syringe and a very squished pinkie..for those of you who have seen it, you know what I am talking about. Not pleasant but it got them eating. We go down there once every 2 weeks or so for Aspen and mice, until we got a lot more snakes..now they special order bales of Aspen and frozen food for us. We saw they still had the "not for sale, non feeder" label on it so we just quit looking. And they wouldn't let us hold it at all until he got to eating on its own. Then yesterday it just happened to have eaten by himself for the last couple of Wednesdays and they said he was ready to go now. I wasn't even there to look at them because I didn't expect them to be ready to go. I hadn't looked for the past 3 weeks. But something just told us to go over and look. He was in the back in his holder and was out of his aspen just looking at me. Well, once I held him and saw how docile he was, he was mine. I walked around with him in the store for a good half hour first just to be sure. And I checked him again today and even in blue, just getting a new home, and having the dog sniff at him, he was just as gentle as could be. Feel pretty lucky to have him..any of them actually. So blessed!!!
 
That's a lucky little snake that had a petshop willing to work with him and not just let him starve.
 
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