diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
And she's lively! She bit me! You have a cobra-corn here. I told her she'd better not show the other snakes that trick, she can save it for when she gets back home to youTrimmer82 said:
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the saga continues........
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jenkva
Buzz-Buzz Ziggety-Zag
You mean to say that she is even BIGGER than before!!diamondlil said:I saw it, and I'm not going to biff you! It's sort of embarrasing, but the whole point behind carrying this blog on is that it charts my desperation, the enormous amount of help and support I had from here and Lil's progress.
For Skooge I could have started a new thread, but as I already had this one I added her on. There are so many tips for poor feeders on here that it could just help. I'll try to get some new pics of Lil this week to show how huge she is now.
My, she will not be known as the "finger sausage" anymore but as an "XXL finger sausage"
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
:grin01: :grin01: :grin01: She certainly has, she'll be singing the 'celery song' next. and wearing chav-gear :eek1:Trimmer82 said:Shes got a bit of Gillingham in her now has she? :grin01:
I dont mind lil snake nips
Tula_Montage
It's Jager time!
diamondlil said:I saw it, and I'm not going to biff you! It's sort of embarrasing, but the whole point behind carrying this blog on is that it charts my desperation, the enormous amount of help and support I had from here and Lil's progress.
For Skooge I could have started a new thread, but as I already had this one I added her on. There are so many tips for poor feeders on here that it could just help. I'll try to get some new pics of Lil this week to show how huge she is now.
Did s/he ever get in touch? There were no more replies to the OP's thread :shrugs:
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
The flash washed her out a little there, but I liked the pose. this one shows her colours a little better. She is a pretty little thing. Her kinks don't matter to her owner as long as they don't stop her moving, digesting etc. And yes, Trimmer, she bit me again during this photoshoot!
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jaxom1957
No one can own just one
Shoestring tried something new
I didn't want to celebrate just yet. I could just be seeing things, I could have forgotten to put the little pinkie in the container... With my hand literally shaking, I put another small pinkie in the container and covered it again with the towel. After five minutes, I couldn't wait any longer; I had to peek. I was rewarded with the sight of a pinkie already two inches down his throat and well on its way to Shoestring's belly.
I pushed my luck and gave him the third and last small pinkie. I tried to leave one end of the container uncovered so I could watch this miracle happen, but Shoestring caught me in the act. He proceeded to stare at me as if in admonition of my rude intrusion. I quickly covered the rest of the bin and waited just a few minutes. I uncovered it just in time to see the tiniest little feet passing into my sweet baby's mouth.
Shoestring ate. For the very first time, he ate. I am wiping tears off my cheeks, I am so happy and so proud of him. I don't know what the next feeding will bring, if he will now eat on his own for good, or if he will fall back on old habits. Now, however, I am armed with the knowledge that Shoestring knows how to eat. He's done so once, so there is reason to believe he will again.
I couldn't be more slap-happy! :crazy02:
As I have every feeding since last October, I put Shoestring in his feeder box and covered it with a towel. I went on to feed his future wife, Miss Nancy, her pinks. As usual, she gobbled both her pinkies up, butt first, as is her habit. After she finished eating and I returned her to her viv, I checked on Shoestring. After four and a half months of never even attempting to eat, I expected to find a cold, untouched little pink being ignored as usual. Instead, I found Shoestring WITH A LUMP!!!!diamondlil said:
I didn't want to celebrate just yet. I could just be seeing things, I could have forgotten to put the little pinkie in the container... With my hand literally shaking, I put another small pinkie in the container and covered it again with the towel. After five minutes, I couldn't wait any longer; I had to peek. I was rewarded with the sight of a pinkie already two inches down his throat and well on its way to Shoestring's belly.
I pushed my luck and gave him the third and last small pinkie. I tried to leave one end of the container uncovered so I could watch this miracle happen, but Shoestring caught me in the act. He proceeded to stare at me as if in admonition of my rude intrusion. I quickly covered the rest of the bin and waited just a few minutes. I uncovered it just in time to see the tiniest little feet passing into my sweet baby's mouth.
Shoestring ate. For the very first time, he ate. I am wiping tears off my cheeks, I am so happy and so proud of him. I don't know what the next feeding will bring, if he will now eat on his own for good, or if he will fall back on old habits. Now, however, I am armed with the knowledge that Shoestring knows how to eat. He's done so once, so there is reason to believe he will again.
I couldn't be more slap-happy! :crazy02:
MegF.
That's for sale???
Good news!! I made a decision with the babies that wouldn't eat without forcing or special work will be given away as pets. I will ask that they not be bred as I don't want poor genes passed on. We worked hard to create a snake with good feeding responses and I don't want anything to jeopardize that. These will remain pets. The good eaters will go on to reproduce.
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
Jaxom, that's fantastic news! :cheers: I know exactly how that lump in the snake's belly can give you a lump in your throat!
Meg, you're totally right in my opinion. I said before there's no way I could ever breed Lil in case there's a genetic reason for her early problems. With the fostersnake Skooge, her owner knows her kinks as well as her feeding problems mean she's going to be best as a virgin queen all her life.
Meg, you're totally right in my opinion. I said before there's no way I could ever breed Lil in case there's a genetic reason for her early problems. With the fostersnake Skooge, her owner knows her kinks as well as her feeding problems mean she's going to be best as a virgin queen all her life.
Trimmer82
New member
I got the "skooge" name from the Nickleodeon cartoon series Invader Zim. Theres an alien in there called invader skooge and i just liked it
Skooge is looking so good!! Can I take a couple of them plastic flowers when I collect her? she looks great on them and it might help her settle into her viv a bit better :wavey:
Sorry she keeps biting, must be where shes feeling alot stronger now, getting a bit bolshy
Skooge is looking so good!! Can I take a couple of them plastic flowers when I collect her? she looks great on them and it might help her settle into her viv a bit better :wavey:
Sorry she keeps biting, must be where shes feeling alot stronger now, getting a bit bolshy
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
Of course you can have the bad-taste flowers too! They make a great hide/climbing frame for hatchlings. Most sheds are wound in between the branches, so the snakes obviously use them as shedding aids too.
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! SHE DID IT! I'm off to visit my chap tomorrow, so was going to feed Skooge tonight, but there are squeakers in the nest. So I introduced her to her first live pink, and let her have a think about it. She freaked out at first, trying to escape for about 5 minutes, then the tongue flickering increased, the head digging movements started, and she caught on, finally, to what baby snakes are supposed to do with baby mice.
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diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
Tula_Montage
It's Jager time!
Fantastic news!
BTW Janine just how kinked is she?
BTW Janine just how kinked is she?
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
Tula_Montage said:
She does have kinks in the last 1/4-1/3 of her body, those areas look bumpy and just don't move right, but it doesn't slow her down except in a vertical climb up the tub wall. If she gets overexcited the end of her tail takes on a life of its own, curling around in random coils, so I think there's nerve damage/deformity to that end. She defecates normally and has never regurged (stay away Murphy), so it doesnt seem to affect her digestion.
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
The last couple of meals I forced cut-up pinks instead of puree in, to get her used to swallowing more solid stuff. As soon as she started the head-digging I knew we were going the right way. I've got new pinks due next week, plus a supply of f/t of this size, so we'll see if she converts now or takes a little time. The main problem was not distracting her, as I was lying on my bed watching her.Trimmer82 said: