Lydia is so emo

[Checkerbelly]

She has tantrums for no reason. She won't clean her plate. Rattles and hisses. Then the next minute she's gentle as a kitten. Until she jumps out of your hands. I actually drove her to the reptile show yesterday and came within inches of using her as payment toward an albino rosy. But I brought her back home. I guess she's here to stay for awhile. Lets hope she starts eating.

I got a few pics in while she was still groggy from her nap.

Photo time is over!

 

[diamondlil]

She can have tantrums because she's so beautiful!

 

[ratsncorns]

What a great looking girl! Gotta love the king attitude

 

[NFS07]

*steals and runs away* MINE!!!!

 

[Plissken]

Beautiful snake. I love kings for their looks, but they and I tend not to get along personality wise. :rofl: They all seem to be fairly temperamental, at least the ones I've encountered.

 

[Allison]

My gosh, she is beautiful!!

 

[Checkerbelly]

Thanks for the re-affirming why I kept her, guys.

 

[Eriathiel]

Well she is stunning - I can see why you didn't give her up!

 

[Nanci]

She's so beautiful!!! Why won't she eat??

 

[Checkerbelly]

I really don't know. I'm hoping its a seasonal thing. Though, she isn't even a year old so I can't really brumate her.

She ate regularly for a few months after I got her and then stopped. I wonder if it's because there are other snakes in the same room now. Maybe she smells them and wants them instead of mice...?

Sometimes if I tease her with the mouse she'll get so peeved that she'll start striking wildly at it and sometimes end up eating it. More often than not all that does is freak her out. Leaving the mouse in her cage overnight didn't help. Live mouse didn't work. She bit it on the face and let it go. It's very frustrating.

I've also tried raising the ambient temps, raising the humidity, etc. That all did nothing.