Angelus
New member
This strange little guy has quite the story.
I adopted him for 10 bucks from a local reptile show about three years ago. He had a prominent ‘dome’ on the top of his skull and a few noticeable kinks along his spine. But there was something about him I just fell in love with.
He refused to eat anything for the first two months, living on nothing but water.:awcrap: I tried everything and was sure I was going to lose the little guy, he was so so thin, when I came across a thread on this site that gave ideas how to get stubborn babies to feed, and one of them worked! I washed a tiny pinky in water scented with bar soap (I would have never thought of that!) and he took it eagerly, haha, it was a great day! :cheers: I guess he liked his food really clean? From then on I had no feeding issues.
He started growing and I became optimistic about his future. Other changes I began to notice over the months was that his prominent ‘dome’ was diminishing and the kinks in his spine appeared to be straightening themselves out somehow. It was strange but very encouraging progress!
And now, he’s developed into a very handsome snake! No sign of that skull dome he was born with or the kinks. His colors are so vibrant!! You’d never know this was the same tiny, fragile baby I had started out with three years ago. He's even a favorite of some of my family members!
The ugly duckling has turned into a swan!
I adopted him for 10 bucks from a local reptile show about three years ago. He had a prominent ‘dome’ on the top of his skull and a few noticeable kinks along his spine. But there was something about him I just fell in love with.
He refused to eat anything for the first two months, living on nothing but water.:awcrap: I tried everything and was sure I was going to lose the little guy, he was so so thin, when I came across a thread on this site that gave ideas how to get stubborn babies to feed, and one of them worked! I washed a tiny pinky in water scented with bar soap (I would have never thought of that!) and he took it eagerly, haha, it was a great day! :cheers: I guess he liked his food really clean? From then on I had no feeding issues.
He started growing and I became optimistic about his future. Other changes I began to notice over the months was that his prominent ‘dome’ was diminishing and the kinks in his spine appeared to be straightening themselves out somehow. It was strange but very encouraging progress!
And now, he’s developed into a very handsome snake! No sign of that skull dome he was born with or the kinks. His colors are so vibrant!! You’d never know this was the same tiny, fragile baby I had started out with three years ago. He's even a favorite of some of my family members!
The ugly duckling has turned into a swan!