Progression thread for my Lava Opal!

[Zeina]

Aww thank you, he's just so freakin' cute!

That's a good question.... I have no idea!
Steve only had the one, and I snatched him up... But I haven't seen or been able to find any adult photos on the interwebs.
That's why I was excited to start a progression thread!

But if anyone can shed light or share photos on an adult, I'm all for it.

 

[Myca]

Well I can't wait to see your little beauty progress. I will be looking forward to all all his progression photos.

 

[Zeina]

Oh you got it!
I'm excited as well!

 

[Zeina]

Mini photoshoot!

Took some new photos of Orion while I had him out and was playing with him!
He's soooooo hard to photograph, he's just... SO WHITE! Which, no complaints, I LOVE- He's stunning- it just is hard to capture his beauty!

But some of these photos turned out pretty well, you can see his beautiful white bands on his pink body.

I love that in the third photo he is looking through my sunglasses lol he seemed very interested in climbing all over them!

 

[Zeina]

Just a couple more photos- I wrote his name on his paper towel roll, and he seems to enjoy it in there!

It's endless creativity when it comes to the snake tanks lol

 

[Zeina]

He thinks he's a constrictor!

So I annoyed him with his mouse today, and not only did he snatch he, as soon as he got a hold of it, he coiled up into this super tight ball for like 4 minutes, just chomping on the head lol.

It was pretty funny! And really cool to watch, you can see all his beautiful iridescent scales, just awesome.

 

[compasslogic]

Just so gorgeous. I can't to see how he grows.

 

[Zeina]

Omg thank you!
I will definitely keep the photos updated, I've never seen an adult one of these, so I am really looking forward to seeing his adult results.

 

[Zeina]

Tank cleaning moodiness

So today Seamus and Orion got their tanks and ornaments and water dishes scrubbed today... Seamus was cool with coming out to play, but Grumpy Pants McGee here is in blue and was most irate with me for pulling him out of his paper towel roll lol which I needed to replace because he loves it so much he pooped all over it....

So I took a photo of him anyway lol and put him in a new roll I made and left him alone to be cranky.

 

[Elsa]

Beautiful, can't wait to see how he progresses!

 

[Zeina]

Beautiful, can't wait to see how he progresses!

Thank you!
Me too, I'm like wanting him to stay in baby stage because he so damn cute, but I want to see him as an adult lol

 

[Zeina]

So here's cranky man!
I am changing his name from Orion to something else- My boyfriend and I are debating between evil villain names.
As his personality has come out more and more, we realize Orion is not really sticking nor does it describe him in any way lol I have been playing around with the names "Ultron" and "Vision" as well as "Loki" and "Joker"

However, while the debate goes on, here are some post shed photos of my grump!
(Feel free to submit badass villain names too!)

 

[Zeina]

I just noticed in his photos you can see Seamus creeping in the background under his log lol I love my boys.

 

[Zeina]

Finally!

I was freakin' FINALLY able to get my cranky man to stay in one spot long enough for some good photos!!!

After a looooooong debate, we have decided to rename Orion- *Drum Roll*

Tom Marvolo Riddle! (Obviously, Lord Voldemort =P) His personality just fits the villain persona... So, here are some post shed-and-fed photos of Tom- He's finally getting thicker and getting a little bit of sinew. He's so stunning, I could look at him all day <3

 

[Zeina]

He's a lot pinker in person, but the camera has a really hard time capturing that lol I love the bands he has- He has like a purplish hue to him as well <3

 

[Zeina]

His scales look SO awesome up close!

 

[Zeina]

Question!

Anyone familiar with this right after a shed?
This is an older picture, but every time he sheds he has these randomly on his body... They don't appear to bother him or anything like that. I'm just wondering WHAT it is lol or what causes it.

 

[Ravenessa]

He is beautiful!!! Not sure what is causing that but I have noticed dents in my bigger snakes too at times when I take pictures not as big as yours but like a small dent in the scale..

 

[Zeina]

He is beautiful!!! Not sure what is causing that but I have noticed dents in my bigger snakes too at times when I take pictures not as big as yours but like a small dent in the scale..

Thank you <3
This was his biggest one, after that it's been random clusters of scales on random parts of his body- I mean, it doesn't appear to affect him negatively at all, it just looks weird, and had me a little concerned... It usually goes away after a couple weeks.
I just didn't know if anyone was like "Oh yeah this happens because...." lol but he's healthy and happy, and that's what I care about!

 

[Zeina]

New DSLR!

So I could hardly wait to get the battery charged and snap photos on my new DSLR- Just the first photo had me blown away!!

Now, these pics are far from perfect or professional, but I am just amazed that the auto function looks this good, and all I had to do was push a button!
I'm learning how to remove and snap on lenses, all the functions, watching DVDs and videos and reading the manuals- it's incredible.

So, since today was feeding day, I decided to let Tom be my test subject!
(Seamus is in shed and VERY cranky )

I hope to get many more once the boys have shed and digested. I cannot wait to try this outside.