Loopy's Thread

kdickens · Jan 12, 2016

May as well start one so we'll see if he changes over the next 6 months! On January 10th he turned 6 months old! Time flies by. So today he got weighed ... 16 g. and measured ... 15.7" Yes, still a little guy. But he ate a 'regular' pinkie today (as he did last week) and it took a little longer, but he got it down.

DollysMom · Jan 12, 2016

Omg, that pic of Loopy eating his pinky is too cute. Cleo sends her best regards to her friend Loopy. Now that he's 16 grams I bet he's going to hit a growth spurt. It seems like they grow so slowly and then, boom, it's two grams every feeding.

kdickens · Jan 13, 2016

Thanks for your thoughts! Yep, I imagine he'll grow a bit faster now, especially since he's started on a larger meal! (Now he thinks he's a big boy) :rofl:
Hope all's well with Cleo!

DollysMom · Jan 13, 2016

kdickens said:
Thanks for your thoughts! Yep, I imagine he'll grow a bit faster now, especially since he's started on a larger meal! (Now he thinks he's a big boy) :rofl:
Hope all's well with Cleo!

Loopy definitely is a big boy now! He's really looking beautiful, too. His ERO handsomeness is starting to shine.

Oh yes, Cleo's fine and growing like a little snakey weed right now. She's where I took the 2 grams per feeding from, lol. Would you believe she is 31 grams and eating 5 gram fuzzies? She's also eating with the lights on

Of course, she was 14 grams when I got her at 6 weeks. She's always been pretty big for her age. Now, I'm getting a little concerned about growing her too fast and I am about to stretch feedings by a day.

kdickens · Feb 2, 2016

Here are a couple pics taken today (Feb 2nd) just for fun. His last shed was Dec 5th so I expect that event is soon approaching. That being said, he's probably a bit dingy at the moment! Can't wait to see the 'new' Loopy!

DollysMom · Feb 4, 2016

He's such a handsome fellow. Looking good. Though he will undoubtedly be brighter when he sheds, he looks great to me no. Cleo sends her best to her bud.

OregonSnake · Feb 5, 2016

Loopy is so pretty! I love his pattern.

kdickens · Feb 5, 2016

Thanks! He's got a couple of 'boomerang' shapes tossed in the mix, and so he's not perfect ... but neither am I so we fit each other just fine!

DollysMom · Feb 5, 2016

kdickens said:
Thanks! He's got a couple of 'boomerang' shapes tossed in the mix, and so he's not perfect ... but neither am I so we fit each other just fine!

I love Loopy's boomerangs. It's not like we take them to ACR sanctioned snake shows and vie for best in show, lol. There are no written standards against which to judge. Dolly had a butterfly saddle which I loved so much. I think these pattern individualities are special. Loopy wouldn't be Loopy without them. I think he is perfect.

Dragonling · Feb 5, 2016

I call them cheese doodles!

kdickens · Feb 16, 2016

Well, Loopy finally shed ... he was overdue! This was the first time it didn't come off in one piece. So I let him soak in some luke warm water for about 10 minutes, put on some clean cotton gardening gloves (you know, the $1.95 kind!) and let him crawl through my fingers ... it worked! And I've been putting off the weighing/measuring too, so I did that. He's now 16.4" and 22 grams! His weight is finally out of the 'teens'. It's funny too that I fed him 2 days ago and he snarfed it down ... apparently he doesn't care when he's about to shed ... Just feed me!
Pic on left with him wrapped around my wrist is probably a bit more accurate as far as color ... it was next to a window.
He's now 7 months old.

DollysMom · Feb 16, 2016

At 22 grams he's on his way. I love your pics. He's getting prettier and prettier! Cleo sends her best from under the sphagnum moss in the humid hide.

kdickens · Mar 2, 2016

A couple quick pics from today ...
Loopy's almost 8 months old.

DollysMom · Mar 2, 2016

He's beyond cute! Looks like he loves that watch. Great pics of your little buddy!

Tavia · Mar 2, 2016

Such a gorgeous boy!

Morwen_Isilme · Mar 2, 2016

I love his name! Looks like he is a pretty chill snake.

Karl_Mcknight · Mar 2, 2016

Are you feeding him 2 pinkies at a time?

He will be ready for fuzzies pretty soon. If you haven't already bought some you might want to start looking for some in the 6 gram area.

kdickens · Mar 2, 2016

Karl ...
Right now I'm feeding him one reg. size pinkie every 5/6 days, but I have some small pinkies left over. So next feeding I'm giving him one of each, to get rid of the small ones. I didn't want to go from one small pinkie to 2 regular ones in one jump, so I'll do a 'small' jump! And, yes, I have the next size already waiting in the freezer. Seems like he's doing okay.

kdickens · Mar 9, 2016

The best day so far! 76° and sunny, so I thought I'd take Loopy out for a few minutes. He really didn't know what to make of 'grass' or 'ground'! Poor little thing, I know it's confusing for him. But it was a warm day and we didn't spend too much time out there. Tomorrow he'll be 8 months old, so let's just call these his 8 months pics!

Karl_Mcknight · Mar 9, 2016

looks like fun. I am going to take Rufus to the playground as soon as weather warms up a bit here and get some pictures of him on the Swing, the Slide, and maybe catch his dribbling skills on the basketball court. LOL

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