Monday, October 4, 2010

Ball pythons, Mangrove and Viper

Collection of snakes has been reducing and together I only have 6 snakes so far. Even though they consume like total of Rm50 a month, commitments and responsibilities live in all reptiles keepers.

The tub weigh at 153g. This green viper weigh around 50g approximately. Cute little viperish, love it ! Finally, she's into pinky and fuzzy mice already.

My little mangy(Serena) is growing tremendously since turning her diet from gecko's into rodent's. No future breeding plans for these both (Viper and Mangrove), just 2 little cute buggers which will be my pet always.

As for my collection of Ball pythons, this big mama weigh 170+ before laying 5 eggs in June 2010. Can see that she is gaining her weight loss back in these few months.

My normal male, has the best feeding response so far. Just swallow a big rat a week ago and in shed. I guess he is around 850g approximately.

My first and only morph, I call him Spidy. His feeding response has been one of the greatest but started fasting for nearly 2 months already due to chilly weather, will try feeding him tomorrow.

This female normal was a sick child way back last year when I first got it. Problems like vomiting, mites etc and now, very healthy and strong, just kinda fussy in eating.

From today onwards, all snakes will be fed on a 3 to 4 weeks basis. It won't harm the snake as they are known for having a slow metabolism rate. No plans in heavy weights but just a constant growth as there will be no breeding plans in year 2011. And, as well as no future expansion on collections, hmm, just not too soon.

3 comments:

RadzLee said...

Dude, nice collection of snakes and phytons. keep it up!^^
i have some question regarding my ball python. hope u can help me...

1) i have a normal, common morph. its 1 3/4 feet long. been keeping it for 3 months now. shed its skin twice since then. what is it's age estimation? how can i tell what gender it is? seen some video in youtube but did not dare to do the maneuver on my python (looks painful?). is there any alternative to tell? the prev petshop x know its age and sex. duhhh

2) been feeding it with medium sized mice once a week. is it ok/enough? i plan on changing to young quails or chicks (cheaper). what do you think?

3)my python wont let me touch its head and neck. seems like it hates it. it pulled its head away everytime i try to touch them slowly despite evryday handling. how do i overcome this? very jealous to see other ppl handle their python very casually...

4) u know where to get mice in selayang? the stocks are unpredictable in some petshops... thats y i asked about quails and chicks --> easy to find live ones in pasar borong

5) u know any ball phyton clubs in malaysia?

hope u can help me with these questions. im very new with pythons so any suggestions will be very helpful!^^

Jordan Lo said...

Hi there Radzlee, thx for visiting my blog. Mind dropping your email address or fb address to me, is easier for me to answer your questions.

Cheers
Jo

RadzLee said...

u can find me in FB by the name
'Radz Lee'

or u can email me at radz_lee@yahoo.co.uk

u can reply here in this comment page as well as i will be notified automatically through my email. any means is fine with me...
thanks...