Mallie is an '07 Anery corn snake female from Serpenco. We got her in late November '07. First, a baby pic--courtesy of the breeder. She was so tiny!
And now, at almost 200 grams... She loves trying to burrow into solid ground. xD
After Mallie, I was happy for a year. ... Then I got back on the reptile forums... Then I started surfing Craigslist... Then I found Lucy, who, despite her readiness to bite (not just tag--BITE and swallow!), was the spark that really started the roaring fire that is my collection. (Eek! Corny metaphor! nuu!)
Lucy is an adult (age unk) female Taiwan Beauty Rat Snake. For funsies, here's a pic taken shortly after we got her... After I scrubbed her too-small (20H) tank clean, replaced the sani-chips with aspen, added a hide, gave her an appropriate water dish, and received my first-ever snake bite.
And more recently (September) as she stretched out in her 75 gallon, looking for food (as usual)...
And one to show her size... There's a good 6-10 inches of tank cut off, but the 75 is 4 ft long and 1.5 ft deep.
Hansel, my '08 Anery corn snake male from Dave Harms. First, a pic from the day he arrived in January '09... He was so cute and little, weighing in at 15 grams!
And now... My 125-gram monster boy!
Greta is an '08 Normal corn female, and Hansel's clutchmate. First, arrival day, at a whopping 8 grams... (Sorry for the crappy pic)
Last summer, at 50-60-ish grams
Now, at around 70 or 80 grams (could only get a headshot)...
Then comes Asia, a particularly "bland" '08 Lavender. Then, at around 10-15 grams...
This last October (60 or so grams)...
Now, at about 80 grams.
Rhythm is my cute little '08 Bloodred male. Emphasis on "little." He was around 6-8 grams when we got him last February...
And the most recent pics I have of him, from October, when he finally surpassed the 40 gram mark...
At this point, we decided to shake things up a bit. So, on the same day that we got Rhythm and Asia (my first expo... heh), we got China, the '08 Kenyan Sand Boa. Unsexed, but his/her size suggests male. Then, at about 8 grams:
No recent shots, but here he is in June, at around 17 or 18 grams:
A month later came Osiris, an '06 or '07 Anery Colombian Boa Constrictor female, and my second-ever Craigslist find. Poor girl was underfed, kept too hot, and housed in a too small, dry, and open (aka: few hides) tank. Her tank before we got her, pic taken from the CL ad:
Her tank after I redid it, the day she arrived:
Oh, she was so grateful to have water... Lol. The water dish is 12 inches long, and around 4 or 5 inches wide, to show her small size. I forgot to record her weight that day, but she was no more than 600 grams.
On Halloween, using her now doubled weight (~1100-1200 g) to stretch out my dress whenever I had to get up to answer the door... xD
Freshly shed, in December... Hadn't weighed her in a while, but she was easily heavier than my 1700 gram ball python during this shoot! =)
In April, I won Yelina, an '05 Amel Corn snake female, in an auction on a corn snake forum. This sweetheart is not only a proven breeder, but came to me "knocked up" by a gorgeous Butter Stripe corn. She usually weighs in at a little under 400 grams. Here she is with the aforementioned Butter Stripe, pic courtesy of her previous owner:
I didn't get any pics before she laid, but here are some pics immediately after her first post-lay meal... She was 315 grams at the time of this pic. Making babies takes a lot out of a girl!
An outdoor shot, almost a month later..
I thought I took a picture of her last week, but now I can't find it... Oh well. She hasn't changed much.
After we won Yelina, her previous owner offered to throw in a lovely and proven '05 Snow het Stripe male at a more than fair price, in case Yelina was big enough to double clutch. Who could resist? So, along with Yelina, came Xente.
Arrival day, at 270 grams... He was always a small guy:
A month later:
No recent pics, but this guy has shot up in size, and now weighs somewhere between 300 and 350 grams.
In May came Jekyll, another CL find. He's an '08 Hogg Isle x Colombian cross Boa Constrictor male. The day we got him...
Natural light pic from a few weeks later..
His equally gorgeous dark phase (taken in July)...
A month after Jekyll came the "Freebie" ball pythons, both acquired in the month of June.
First was Hobbs, who was given to me by the local high school's (now retired) principal. "He" is going on 11 years old, and was sexed as a female by the vet. She's small for her age and sex, weighing in at a little over 1600 grams when we first got her.
Her most recent pic... In blue, and OBSESSED with the water dish. Not sure if she's ovulating, about to lay an infertile clutch, or just being a weirdo, since this is the first time she's done this and her humidity is fine...
Ed is a 4-5 year old male ball python, and another craigslist find. He came "free" with a large dual enclosure that I ended up never using... He came in at around 1100 grams when we got him, and is more in the range of 1200 or so now. Then (late June/early July):
Outdoor pic, taken in September:
Last week... Ed says water dish hides are the BEST! =D
Okay, babies, the August additions, and the legged things will be in the next post. This one's long enough as it is!! =)
