Paul Harvey with the rest of the story...
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An adult albino burmese python, that's what! Introducing Lourdes! (formally pronounced as "lor-des" while in residence with Amazon Reptile and his former 'compatriot', now pronounced "lordz" using the UK pronunciation):
Weighing in at @25lb and a hair over 9' long, Lourdes is, according to the good folks at Amazon Reptile, 4-5 years old and regularly accompanied one
Alice Cooper onstage during his shows . Our cage manufacturer, Eric at
Critter Condos also told us that Lourdes has been used by a locally famous stripper (who's name escapes me but I'm sure Rick will remember what he said), although unfortunately I don't have any photographic evidence links to prove it (sorry boys). :grin01:
Rick and I have always been smitten with albino burms and when Amazon Reptile put a notice on Lourdes' cage in their store that he was for sale, we jumped at the chance of owning this big, lovable boy (after spending *much* time reading about husbandry, cage requirements, life expectancy, size expectancy, etc. - yes, we did our homework).
So, last Friday, Eric delivered Lourdes' monster of a cage (8' x 3' x 2'), we installed two Helix RHPs, purchased by
LLLReptile in Escondido (where we bumped into Tim and had to fess up) and brought him home last Saturday.
Snake Towah of Powah! (For those keeping score at home, that's Cleo the bp on the top left, Jenson the sunglow motley in the 10short on the shelf middle left and Carmen the suri bcc on the top right):
Being that he's still snoozing this morning...
...here are some other pics of our big boy with Rick. Enjoy! =D