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A New Addition!

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Well, maybe "out of the ordinary" for me as ball pythons are quite common but I wanted a snake, which I can interact with on another level*. (* without fear of imminent death :) )

So here is my "champagne fire" girl:

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She is so white, she looks like super fire than champagne fire but who the hell cares, she is gorgeous.

She ate two mice today in broad daylight. I love heat sensing snakes, they are so easy to convert.

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That is a beautiful snake! Congrats.

Ball pythons are great animals to interact with.
I can lay back on the couch with one sitting on my chest while I watch TV and it just tends to sit there and look around while enjoying my warmth.
I would try to get her converted to eating rats instead of mice sooner than later so she doesn't get "addicted" to mice; it makes feeding easier when she gets bigger.
 
j_dunlavy said:
That is a beautiful snake! Congrats.

Ball pythons are great animals to interact with.
I can lay back on the couch with one sitting on my chest while I watch TV and it just tends to sit there and look around while enjoying my warmth.
I would try to get her converted to eating rats instead of mice sooner than later so she doesn't get "addicted" to mice; it makes feeding easier when she gets bigger.
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Thanks mate.

I think I am getting a bit over confident though as I kind of slept like for 10-15 mins while she was laying on top of me the other day :D. She was chilling next to me when I woke up.

She doesn't seem to be interested in rats as she was never fed one until I tried the other day. I will try again next feeding time. I think she is big enough to take a small rat.
 
yasin said:
She doesn't seem to be interested in rats as she was never fed one until I tried the other day. I will try again next feeding time. I think she is big enough to take a small rat.
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I have gotten several to convert to rats by thawing the rat with mice in the same bag so it picks up the scent.
At first I offer them mice that have rat scent on them, then I offer the rats with mouse scent.
I also store a few rats in the same container as my mice in the freezer which seems to help a little.
Eventually they get the idea and take them unscented; although I have this one spider ball that just doesn't seem to want to cooperate :shrug01:.
 
j_dunlavy said:
I have gotten several to convert to rats by thawing the rat with mice in the same bag so it picks up the scent.
At first I offer them mice that have rat scent on them, then I offer the rats with mouse scent.
I also store a few rats in the same container as my mice in the freezer which seems to help a little.
Eventually they get the idea and take them unscented; although I have this one spider ball that just doesn't seem to want to cooperate :shrug01:.
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Yeah, my girl has no interest in rats but she eats mice with gusto so I can give her multiple large ones in one feeding.

Here is the baby male I am picking up for her soon. Poss. leopard Pied:

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Another female, Mojave Phantom Yellow Belly(Poss)

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Congrats on the new addition. You have some awesome animals yasin and venomous or not you also take some fantastic pictures. That Mojave phantom is one of the best examples I've ever seen.
 
scipiopython said:
Congrats on the new addition. You have some awesome animals yasin and venomous or not you also take some fantastic pictures. That Mojave phantom is one of the best examples I've ever seen.
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Thank you very much.

Yeah, she is a really good looking girl for sure.
 
Here is a small video of the new pair:



Now, I have 5 snakes for a 5 snake rack, unless I seel some, I am done with ball pythons. Too bad I didnt manage to get a banana combo.
 
yasin said:
Here is a small video of the new pair:



Now, I have 5 snakes for a 5 snake rack, unless I seel some, I am done with ball pythons. Too bad I didnt manage to get a banana combo.
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Video link fixed.
 
Here is a cool feeding video, the Phantom Potion (Mojave Phantom Yellow Belly) feeding on a rat:

 
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