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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
tinks is my ball python!
i love snakes! i use to have an albino cali king snake, pearl. but she ran away =(.. needless to say my neighbors weren't very excited, and i never found her.
buuuuut, now i have a very adorable ball. and i love her! <3
p.s. this is an action shot! i love it! haha
Kiko (Aussie) sniffs the body of my male ball python (a.k.a., royal python), who is heterozygous for albinoism.
The markings and patterns on Ball Pythons are so beautiful and interesting. Sometimes the brown spots appear to have little alien faces :]
which is an approximately 3.5 foot long Royal (ball) python (Python regius) was found about 5:00 pm today (August 13, 2015) on the pavement next to the drive-up window outside the Taco Time in Meridian, Idaho. Fortunately for the snake the folks at the Taco Time called for help. As this picture taken about 9:00 pm on August 13 shows. the snake is trying to shed its skin and also had some injury (perhaps from the concrete) on the side of its head. Fortunately folks at the Taco Time found help and someone volunteered to care for the snake with assistance from members of the Idaho Herpetological Society. Photo by Frank.
Native to: West Africa. Virtually all Ball Python are exported from the countries of Togo and Ghana.
Adult size: Ball Pythons are a small to medium size python with adults ranging from 3 to 5 feet, females are generally larger and heavier bodied than males. A monster female may approach six feet and is a very impressive animal.
Life Span: Captive Life Span of 20 - 30 years (record - 48 years).