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with Frank helping students understand more about amphibians and reptiles this weekend (September 21 - 22, 2013) at Boise State University. "Sheba" is a Royal (ball) python (Python regius). Royal pythons are native to west Africa. Photo by Scott.
Photo by Chris Mikula
Misha dances with Claire, Donna, Cat, and Aleta at the Green Bull Gallery in Village of the Arts - Bradenton, FL
"Monty" is a Royal (ball) python (Python regius). Royal pythons are native to west Africa. Photo by Frank. .
Lil Solo - from a small clutch of 2 eggs: one a slug (no good) the other GINORMOUS (we were hoping it could have wings or two heads or something. Out sprang Solo, striking at everything that moved... or just happened to be in line of sight.
resting yesterday after eating. She's a Royal (ball) python (Python regius). Royal pythons are native to west Africa and are among the smaller and most gentle pythons rarely exceeding 4-5 feet in length. Photo by Frank.
Model: Julia Phoenix
MUAH: Kristopher Osuna of Perfection Artistry
Assisting Photographer: Travis Williams Photography
Photographer: Paul Davis
The feeder mouse was F/T. No live mouse feeding here.
Considering this was the third mouse in his meal and he missed the strike three times, that's probably a very good thing.
Here's the old man, finally. He's about 19. Howard's had him since he was 13. He's much calmer than the others, but I think, being his age, he's allowed to relax a bit.
We brought a new reptilian friend home last Friday! He's a Ball Python, and we were supposed to attempt his first feeding time with us on Sunday since that's when they had been feeding the snakes at the pet store; every Sunday. Well, we screwed that up and he didn't eat, and then we messed it up again even more on Monday. Note: we've never cared for a snake before, so we really don't know what the hell we're doing yet.
We had tried dangling pinkie mice in front of his face and he wasn't too interested, plus we were scaring him too much because the mice kept falling out of the tongs into the box (sometimes falling on his head). We were trying to feed him in our brightly lit kitchen... we put him in a big cardboard box that we couldn't close during feeding time.... everything was wrong. I thought the poor thing was never gonna eat, and I was super stressed about the whole situation.
We called the pet store to figure out what to do. The man who helped us when we bought the snake told us that we could just place the snake inside the small box that we originally used for transporting him to our house. He told us to place a warm pinkie mouse in the box with the snake and close it, then check on him in one hour. He said that's how they do it at the store and he told us that the snakes usually like to be in the dark while they eat. He also said that dangling the mice for the snake is not necessary.
So we warmed up a pinkie, placed our snakey snake in the little box, closed it, put it in a dimly lit place, and waited. Finally, an hour later we opened the box... and the mouse was gone! That was super easy, and *much* less stressful than trying to get him to strike a dangling rodent. We were seriously considering just giving up and returning the snake to the store, but I'm glad we didn't. He's really a great pet to have around!
Also, we named him Mokiki :) I'll post more pictures of him sometime this week.
Ball Python (Python regius) from Ghana.
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Jonni made it into nikonstunninggallery. I knew he had it in him...extra rations tonight!
Count your fingers and toes, Jonni gets mighty hungry....
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It was Snake Day today. I was stopping by Lauren's cubicle anyway, and I had no better picture ideas, so I took a picture of her snake.
(This is Ermy)
enjoying some soaking. He's a Royal (ball) python (Python regius) who very likely is 35 years old. He was an adult when I began to care for him in 1987. Royal pythons are native to west Africa. Photo by Frank.
Love it or hate it, you never thought you'd be holding a snake! 2nd annual Dacula Snake Day, Dacula Georgia
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Model: Julia Phoenix
MUAH: Kristopher Osuna of Perfection Artistry
Assisting Photographer: Travis Williams Photography
Photographer: Paul Davis