Oberon's Progression Thread - amel

[IrishInIsengard]

I've been meaning to post this. Now is as good a time as any

I got Oberon in March 2015. I was told he was 6 months old. Weighing in at 24 g.

Finding the top of the cage

He loves hiding in plants

face!

My favorite photo so far

 

[joann42]

Pretty snake, love the name too, now you need a titania to go with him.

 

[DollysMom]

Thanks for starting this progression. I looking forward to seeing Oberon grow. He's an awesome little guy.

 

[IrishInIsengard]

First shed with me. The shed was 23 inches long.

Post Shed

Today, he decided to flirt with me and be photogenic

Here you can see the nice, bright orange coming in on his neck

He was doing laps around his cage trying to show off

With one of his dinosaurs

"I'm done now. Leave me alone!" - grumpy Oberon

 

[DollysMom]

What great pics. Love him crawling in and out of his skull!

 

[IrishInIsengard]

I love his head pattern <3

My cat spends 80% of her time snake watching or sleeping on the cage.

Crappy pic of him eating his first small fuzzy!

Pre-eating and post-eating bulge

 

[Zeina]

He is really beautiful.
I'm not a cat person, but that picture of the two of them is super cute!

 

[DollysMom]

Thanks for the update. He's growing beautifully.

 

[IrishInIsengard]

Thanks!
The snake doesn't seem to care about the cat nearly as much as she does about him

 

[Ravenessa]

Adorable pictures <3

 

[IrishInIsengard]

More pics! This was a few weeks ago. I took some pictures just after his shed in late July.

Plant climbing!

Outdoor shot

Using me as a jungle gym

Fuzzy!

 

[DollysMom]

Wow, Oberon is getting big! His colors are beautiful! Love how he's in the fold of the sweater. Like oaks so good against the green, too.

 

[IrishInIsengard]

Just fed the not-so-little guy yesterday. Weighed in at 70 g!

He's gaining about 3g per week, which is fine with me. The only fuzzies I can find in the area are 8-9g when he should be eating 9-12g fuzzies. I can tell when I feed him that he can handle way more than a silly 9g mouse.

I'm starting to see the muted, pinkish-red tone on his head which can only mean one thing. Shedding time!

 

[DollysMom]

Awesome! At this stage they are just little growing guys

I just ordered large fuzzies and the next two sizes up from Layne Labs. They call them different than the Munson plan but it all works out. Oberon is a little over 20 grams larger than Dolly. I'm using my last 5 gram fuzzy tonight. Sometimes it's hard to get the right size prey at the local stores. At least in an emergency Petsmart will provide me mice in a pinch.

If you can find someone to split shipping with mail order is still a little less expensive than the chain stores. Fortunately, my son needed 25 fuzzies for his African House Snake, Norm.