loyalsissaly84
loyalsissaly
I love great ending stories with new beginnings. I hope he learned his lesson of the dangers out there and its more comfy to be home.
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Riker - Progression Thread
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I love great ending stories with new beginnings. I hope he learned his lesson of the dangers out there and its more comfy to be home.
As promised, a couple of pictures:
This one shows one of the small water dishes that can be had from PetSmart, for a size comparison:
Here is a good closeup of him:
So you can see he hasn't changed all that much from his previous pictures:
Now we're going to leave him be for a week, other than to feed him in situ, so he can relax from being stressed over 1) the last four months on the lam, and 2) being captured by the cat.
This one shows one of the small water dishes that can be had from PetSmart, for a size comparison:
Here is a good closeup of him:
So you can see he hasn't changed all that much from his previous pictures:
Now we're going to leave him be for a week, other than to feed him in situ, so he can relax from being stressed over 1) the last four months on the lam, and 2) being captured by the cat.
loyalsissaly84
loyalsissaly
Definitly would love pics of this lil guys, he is so adorable!
Riker decided he didn't like how his enclosure was arranged, so he rearranged the "furniture". And the "carpet":
For folks just setting up their enclosures, you can see the heat tape under the sterilite bin. Up next to Riker, you can see the probes for the HydroFarm thermostat and Zoologic thermometer. This is the setup we're using for all four snakes, except that the other three are in aquariums. No heat lamps or anything.
Anyway, here's another image of Riker's destruction:
With the paper towel getting into his water dish, it wicked out all the water and the whole of the towels were soaked. That must've angered him some, because when Margaret went to clean up and rearrange, he started acting vicious:
For such a cute lil guy, he can sure get an attitude!
For folks just setting up their enclosures, you can see the heat tape under the sterilite bin. Up next to Riker, you can see the probes for the HydroFarm thermostat and Zoologic thermometer. This is the setup we're using for all four snakes, except that the other three are in aquariums. No heat lamps or anything.
Anyway, here's another image of Riker's destruction:
With the paper towel getting into his water dish, it wicked out all the water and the whole of the towels were soaked. That must've angered him some, because when Margaret went to clean up and rearrange, he started acting vicious:
For such a cute lil guy, he can sure get an attitude!
loyalsissaly84
loyalsissaly
He has known the outside world and experienced life is hardcore, lol! So he decided to turn into a juvee terror, lmao! He is so freaken cute!
Here's a picture to show how much being AWOL affected Riker. Rhubarb (Margaret's snake) and Riker were approximately the same size before he escaped. Now, though...
Yes, there is a bit of forced perspective, but the picture is accurate. Here's another image showing the difference:
Yes, there is a bit of forced perspective, but the picture is accurate. Here's another image showing the difference:
His stories will indeed be greater, but unfortunately we don't know anyone who can translate parseltongue.
In this photo, Rhu is just a few days out of shed. She's a pied bloodred, so her colors are only going to intensify.
Well, now... that was interesting. I got Riker out this morning, weighed him (33.3 grams) and fed him. We knew he should have been about ready to shed, but we've seen no signs so far.
After I fed him I put him back in his tank and went to bed (I work nights). Started hearing these noises; thought the cat was being rambunctous and yelled at him. Kept hearing the noises. Sat up and looked, and Riker had been rearranging his furniture. Hmmm. Laid back down, and he was still at it. This worried me, because he'd just eaten the largest pinky he'd ever taken - 4.5 grams. He'd been taking 3.5-4 grams before now. So I got up and opened his tank and looked in. The little bugger was shedding!
Got him out of the tank and helped him finish his shed, for which he seemed grateful (can a snake be grateful?) Put him back, settled him in. Checked the shed - complete, with eyecaps and tailtip.
This was a complete surprise. We never saw him go blue or dull and dusty looking. Has this ever happened to anyone else?
After I fed him I put him back in his tank and went to bed (I work nights). Started hearing these noises; thought the cat was being rambunctous and yelled at him. Kept hearing the noises. Sat up and looked, and Riker had been rearranging his furniture. Hmmm. Laid back down, and he was still at it. This worried me, because he'd just eaten the largest pinky he'd ever taken - 4.5 grams. He'd been taking 3.5-4 grams before now. So I got up and opened his tank and looked in. The little bugger was shedding!
Got him out of the tank and helped him finish his shed, for which he seemed grateful (can a snake be grateful?) Put him back, settled him in. Checked the shed - complete, with eyecaps and tailtip.
This was a complete surprise. We never saw him go blue or dull and dusty looking. Has this ever happened to anyone else?