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Kerfuffle - Hypo High White Pied

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Parrick

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Hello all,

So I finally got a corn snake. Picked him up a few days ago. I’ve never had one before; but I have three ball pythons.

Firstly, wow he is tiny!

He’s a hypo diffused pied sided, with quite a lot of white.
I’ve named him Kerfuffle because it was a bit of an effort to get him to me from the breeder a few hundred miles away... hard to transport a snake through different borders across Europe during covid restrictions... anyway, he’s here now and he’s doing great.
He just ate his first meal an hour ago so I think that’s a good sign! Haven’t tried to hold him yet because I can see he’s nervous. I’ll wait a few more days at least.

And here is a photo! He looks redder in real life.

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I thought it might be interesting to make this a profession thread if people are interested :)
 
Wow, he's beautiful! And I love the name - really cute. Definitely update with progress. I love to watch pied sided mature.
 
Thanks guys! I'm really happy with him so far.
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Kerfuffle shed last night for the first time in my care, so I guess it's his second shed.
Colour is looking great, especially in the direct sunlight!
 

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A little update.
Since the last photo he has shed again.

He has been a super defensive little fellow initially, but he calms down after a few seconds and now I’m able to handle him. Hoping his defensive attack mode stops soon, but he is tiny so I can understand!

Very hard to photograph the colours properly!
 

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A little update, and a question!
He's doing well, eating great...
But I would have expected him to be BIGGER by now. He seems to be getting longer and longer but still feels like a wiggly worm haha... I think I'm too used to my chunky ball pythons! What age will they start to feel little more.. substantial?
 

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He's so pretty! It can take them a while to start growing a lot. Have you weighed him? What does his feeding schedule look like? I usually find that they get a bit of a growth spurt once they're on fuzzies.
 
Thanks!
He gets one larger pinky every five to seven days so far.
The pinkies are definitely the maximum he can take right now!
Maybe soon he’ll be ready for fuzzies
 
Sounds like a good schedule for him. If you have a kitchen gram scale, you might enjoy periodically weighing him to see his growth a little more precisely.
 
So I weighed him for the first time today. He’s only 13g... seems low to me but he’s eating and shedding and looks to be in great condition so I guess he’s just a slow grower!
 
When they're still eating pinkies, it seems to take forever for them to grow! But at 13 grams, he's almost ready for peach fuzzies, if you can find them. I usually move them up at 15 grams.
 
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