Ok.. so her (I think its a her and we'll just say its a her until someday I find out otherwise) name isn't really Snakey. Unless you're my 4yr old son. Who doesn't seem to understand the concept of Naming things yet.
However.. she still doesn't have an official name yet by me or my husband because we haven't found one that stuck.
Current Names: Tangle, Slinky McWiggles (I refuse to accept this one but I think i'm losing the fight), Cinnamint, and Twizzler (feel free to cast a vote or even suggest a name)
She is.. unknown age. I'm guessing around 2-3 months? Approximately 14 inches (near as we can best measure cause.... wiggles). Weight is also unknown because I lost my scale in the move and haven't replaced it yet. Maybe in a week I will be able to get a new one. But I'm estimating around 14g to be honest.
She loves sleeping. Like Always. Always freaking sleeping. Love to burrow in her aspen. So many tunnels running across the bottom of her cage. when I changed her bedding last week, I added extra bedding so she could burrow more... and she did.
Standard (far as I can tell) Amel - but she is a gorgeous, pale little baby with some stunning red on white patterning for now. Though at the head and tail you can just start to see it pinking/reddening up.
I've had her for about a month now, and I have gone head over heels snake obsessed since getting her. I absolutely love the forum and spend every day reading and checking in.
So far, her personality has been -very- docile. Her cage is right next to my desk where I work, so she often spends the day chilling and sleeping on my desk while I work. Some days in the hide I made for my desk out of a small cardboard box. Some days on my keyboard, or under it, or under my paperwork, or on Stitch's head.... When she is active, its to either burrow, or tie herself in knots.
So far she's been an excellent eater. We're on 1x 2-3g pinkie once every 6 days currently.
So, interesting story: the last time she fed (two days ago) was a bit interesting because she didn't want to take it from the tongs (kept running away), but I know she was hungry because she'd been sniffing about more the last day or so, so I picked her up, which she immediately coiled around my fingers as is her usual thing, and offered it by hand and without any fuss, she took it very gently and clung to my hand until she had swallowed it down. Once it was all the way down I let her crawl off my hand at her own pace back into her viv. She never actually strikes at her food (at least not yet, I suspect that will come with time?) She always just leans in, licks/nuzzles it, and the wraps her jaws around it and pulls it away. Its very... dainty. Well, until she starts to swallow. There's nothing dainty about that part. But before and after.. totally dainty.
So.. Pictures!!
From earliest to newest:
First day in our new Viv
Showing off her favorite past time - tying knots
Showing off our hatchling colors
Exploring new places!
Say CHEEEESE!!
Watching the Hooman do something called "work"
And lastly, some videos!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZBJKwa7Q-yMAQhnpsPRpuQ
However.. she still doesn't have an official name yet by me or my husband because we haven't found one that stuck.
Current Names: Tangle, Slinky McWiggles (I refuse to accept this one but I think i'm losing the fight), Cinnamint, and Twizzler (feel free to cast a vote or even suggest a name)
She is.. unknown age. I'm guessing around 2-3 months? Approximately 14 inches (near as we can best measure cause.... wiggles). Weight is also unknown because I lost my scale in the move and haven't replaced it yet. Maybe in a week I will be able to get a new one. But I'm estimating around 14g to be honest.
She loves sleeping. Like Always. Always freaking sleeping. Love to burrow in her aspen. So many tunnels running across the bottom of her cage. when I changed her bedding last week, I added extra bedding so she could burrow more... and she did.
Standard (far as I can tell) Amel - but she is a gorgeous, pale little baby with some stunning red on white patterning for now. Though at the head and tail you can just start to see it pinking/reddening up.
I've had her for about a month now, and I have gone head over heels snake obsessed since getting her. I absolutely love the forum and spend every day reading and checking in.
So far, her personality has been -very- docile. Her cage is right next to my desk where I work, so she often spends the day chilling and sleeping on my desk while I work. Some days in the hide I made for my desk out of a small cardboard box. Some days on my keyboard, or under it, or under my paperwork, or on Stitch's head.... When she is active, its to either burrow, or tie herself in knots.
So far she's been an excellent eater. We're on 1x 2-3g pinkie once every 6 days currently.
So, interesting story: the last time she fed (two days ago) was a bit interesting because she didn't want to take it from the tongs (kept running away), but I know she was hungry because she'd been sniffing about more the last day or so, so I picked her up, which she immediately coiled around my fingers as is her usual thing, and offered it by hand and without any fuss, she took it very gently and clung to my hand until she had swallowed it down. Once it was all the way down I let her crawl off my hand at her own pace back into her viv. She never actually strikes at her food (at least not yet, I suspect that will come with time?) She always just leans in, licks/nuzzles it, and the wraps her jaws around it and pulls it away. Its very... dainty. Well, until she starts to swallow. There's nothing dainty about that part. But before and after.. totally dainty.
So.. Pictures!!
From earliest to newest:
First day in our new Viv
Showing off her favorite past time - tying knots
Showing off our hatchling colors
Exploring new places!
Say CHEEEESE!!
Watching the Hooman do something called "work"
And lastly, some videos!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZBJKwa7Q-yMAQhnpsPRpuQ
