[snake] My snake!

[darxus]

Paid for but not shipped. This is her:
http://imageevent.com/danktat/may2007surinamelitter?p=14&w=4
http://imageevent.com/danktat/may2007surinamelitter?p=15&w=4

More pics of the litter: http://www.redtailboas.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30323

She didn't take her first meal so I'll have to wait a longer eternity for her to eat two meals before I get her. Maybe a couple weeks.

My decision process:
5/14: In response to supercheesegirl's post I started looking at pets, and was thinking it could be fun to get a guinea pig / chinchilla / scorpion / tarantula / snake...
5/15: Decided on a snake.
5/21: Damn near put a deposit down on a snow corn from Kathy Love. Strongly recommend her, hate her website.
5/24: Decided compromising on a smaller snake in fear of my next move was a bad idea, decided to get an anerythristic boa (a morph with no red).
5/24: Dorothy was born.
5/25: Decided I wanted a normal instead of a morph to avoid inbreeding.
5/26: Decided I wanted a Surinam (country north of Brazil) locality normal.
5/30: Found a breeder of Surinams who just had babies. More difficult than I expected.
6/05: Post-shed pictures and prices went online, I paid for my baby.
7/12: Dorothy was delivered.

Please ask questions. While this has only been a three week period, it has been one of obsessive research. Please assume that I have thought things through thoroughly and have strong opinions behind every related detail, it should make things go quicker.

Comments

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Dude. The only reason I'm not making an icon out of this is because I think most people on my friends list won't find it absolutely adorable:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/danktat/Baby%20surinames/ps2.jpg

Right now I'm about the last person that would think that's odd.
Bring your friend over so she can see how adorable my girl is?

And on the page I got that image from (third link in this post) there's a bunch of comments about adorableness.

Pygmy hedgehogs are cool.

How about a nice harmless corn snake? They only grow to 3-5' and I've seen people swear you can repeatedly poke them in the eye and they won't bite. Or something.
http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/cornsnakes/a/cornsnakes.htm

And they come in pink: http://members.aol.com/tiliqua929/bruce/new.html

Kathy Love, who I linked to, said she was getting some pink ones, but I don't know if they're that pink.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i dig african pygmy hedgehogs. they are so fierce :> except not.

almost got a russian tortoise, but said ... not yet.

snakes are lovely. you'll have to show her off.

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[darxus.livejournal.com]

I saw interesting discussion of russian tortoises recently, specifically something else that makes a better pet. Want me to look for it?

[darxus.livejournal.com]

I remembered where the russian tortoise thing was:
http://community.livejournal.com/herpers/1562699.html

The recommendation was greeks, by two people, at 1/4th the price.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

this is tortica!

er uh :) thanx. i bookmarked it. will revisit when i desire a turtle.

love me my herps, all. i think :)

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