Progression thread: Cleo the Butter Motley

[DollysMom]

Thank you mishima25! It is interesting how they are all so the same and so different, too. Definitely very snakey, lol.

 

[DollysMom]

Just some more pictures of my pretty girl today. 53 grams at her last weigh in.

 

[DollysMom]

Cleo discovers her new, larger humid hide

She's in blue again. I can see I'm going to need to enlarge the hole soon!

 

[nicolefowler2005]

I made one of these after I saw yours and for some reason Bella would not go near it lol so I had to make one out of her cave!!


Nicole

 

[Karl_Mcknight]

I made one of these after I saw yours and for some reason Bella would not go near it lol so I had to make one out of her cave!!


Nicole

How long did you leave it in her cage Nicole? They have to have time to discover it, explore it, and finally actually use it.

Cleo discovers her new, larger humid hide

She's in blue again. I can see I'm going to need to enlarge the hole soon!

Tis the season - all the snakes are shedding. She's so cute with her tail hanging out for all to see. LOL.

And yes, that hole in the top appears to be getting smaller

 

[jagodzinski]

I love the pic of just her tail sticking out! Too cute

 

[nicolefowler2005]

I left it in there for 2 weeks and she did explore it but I dunno what it was but she just didn't seem to like it!! I wonder if maybe she was just too attached to her cave to use it I'm not sure


Nicole

 

[DollysMom]

Tis the season - all the snakes are shedding. She's so cute with her tail hanging out for all to see. LOL.

And yes, that hole in the top appears to be getting smaller

I can't believe how much she's grown since I made it! I love her little girl tail. It's so cute.

I love the pic of just her tail sticking out! Too cute

I do too. She's such a cutie. Don't you love how cute they are just being snakes!

I made one of these after I saw yours and for some reason Bella would not go near it lol so I had to make one out of her cave!!

Nicole

Funny how different they all are. Both of mine make right for the damp moss! Glad you could make something Bella liked. That's all that matters.

 

[nicolefowler2005]

I keep the moss in the cave all the time so that she always has a humid hide if she needs it


Nicole

 

[DollysMom]

I keep the moss in the cave all the time so that she always has a humid hide if she needs it

Nicole

I leave my humid hides in all the time, too. Neither of mine sit in there constantly, so I figure they know what they are doing.

 

[DollysMom]

I ripped it just a little where it was stuck to a vine, but Cleo gave me another beautiful, complete shed. While I miss her when she's in shed, I don't think I'll ever tire of this part of snake keeping. This shed is so long I couldn't fit it all in a picture straight on.

She's currently in her humid hide resting I'm one proud momma.

 

[kdickens]

I'm sure you're happy with a 'one piece' shed. It's always nice to not have to give your snake a warm bath to get the other parts off!

 

[DollysMom]

That's such a cute cartoon, Ken! I think that's exactly how Cleo would look at me if I put her in water, lol.

 

[DollysMom]

Cleo is almost eight months old now. She was 58 grams at her last weigh in but I'm sure she's over 60 grams since her last meal.

Here are a few post shed pics today. Her yellow is coming in nicely. The deep yellow on her sides extends nearly a third of her body. It doesn't show as well in the pictures but even her tail has a soft yellow wash. Only her belly is white.

She is unbelievably mellow-- a total sweetheart. <3

 

[DollysMom]

Here are a few more I found that show the yellow on her sides and I love her eyes in these as well.

 

[jagodzinski]

Great pics! That yellow is coming in nicely.

As always, she is adorable

 

[DollysMom]

Thanks jagodzinski! Deeply appreciated.

 

[Karl_Mcknight]

Her yellow is stunning. It looks like in the very first pic, even the tip of her snout is very yellow. Yellow like uh, umm, Butter!

 

[DollysMom]

You always make me , Karl!

 

[DollysMom]

Sunday afternoon Cleo pics

'Cause you can never have too many corn snake pics.