Recent content by hypnoctopus

What a beautiful baby!

I struggle with change as well. But I'm glad it's still here and I know I'll get used to it after I've had some time to navigate it.

Sounds like pretty typical male breeding behavior. Don't be alarmed if he also chooses to stop eating for a bit.

Oh man, I thought the site was gone! Glad to see that's not the case.

This gorgeous girl came from a friend of mine. She hasn't been eating consistently, so she might need a few tricks to get her going, but she was too cool to pass up. She is in very early blue in this photo and hasn't shed yet, so I'm looking forward to seeing how she looks after her shed and...

Picked up this pretty little female cinder recently from a friend of mine. She's been very hit or miss with food (mostly miss though!), so I knew she was going to be a bit of a challenge. She did refuse her first meal with me, but just took the second meal I offered, which was a boiled pinkie in...

Picked up this insane little Miami honey stripe a few days ago from a friend. I gave him the sweet name of Dandelion, but he is definitely the feistiest baby corn I've dealt with! I'm so looking forward to seeing how he looks after a few sheds. His mom, a Miami honey, is a really beautiful gray...

This year I paired my female amel, Sparrow, to my my male lavender motley, Periwinkle. Mom was sold as an amel het anery, lavender, diffused, hypo or strawberry, ph motley. I believe Sparrow is also red factor. Dad was sold as lavender motley, with no hets listed. Dad was unremarkable as a...

I heard about this species a few years ago and it instantly shot to the top of my most wanted snakes list. This is a calabar python. They're a really neat little fossorial, egg-laying boa with the thickest, toughest skin discovered so far in snakes. They also are nest raiders, so they typically...

This will be my first year with multiple clutches. My first clutch is pipping now and the first baby is out! This clutch will be candy-themed, so this little anery is Raisinet!

Do we know what causes the occasional missing head scale on some corns? Or rather, it's not really a 'missing' scale, but it's more like the scales covering the head are rounded at the edges and don't meet in the middle. I think I've noticed it mostly in amel types, but occasionally in other...

I picked up this neat pair of aneries last year. Dusk, the male, had a terrible attitude but is the prettier of the pair. Dawn is much nicer, still pretty, but not quite as unique as Dusk. Neither has developed the typical yellow that most aneries get along the neck yet. They're over 50 grams...

I picked this girl up last year. She was a bit undersized, but not too bad. She sometimes gives me quite a bit of attitude, but is okay with being handled once she's out. I love the granular look she has.

Can't believe I forgot to make a thread for this girl! This is Lark. She was part of the group of non-feeders I purchased. Despite eating for me the very first time I offered her food, she went on to be one of the most stubborn babies of the group! However, after months of working with her, she...

This little girl was an incredibly good deal at my local expo. I really wasn't planning on buying anything living, but I've been wanting a peppermint for a while and the price was just too good to pass up. I don't usually attempt to feed on the same day I get a snake, but it just so happened to...