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poomwah
03-01-14, 09:08 PM
I figured I'd start a thread on our newest family member.
Norma Jean is a Yellow Texas Bull Snake. We got her from Jason Neslon aka Envy Reptiles. Jason is a great guy to deal with and talk with. He has amazing animals and I've never heard of anyone having anything but great things to say about him or his snakes.
Norma was hatched in late August of 2013 and arrived home Wednesday February 19, 2014. She weighed 41 grams.
Not too many pictures of her, she's spent most of the short time we've had her settling in. She was very alert and curious coming out of the box, but seemed very calm. She was crawling around in my hands while I was transferring her to enclosure. Here's a quick picture we took. It looks like she's hiding, but she was actually climbing under herself :P
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/Mobile%20Uploads/20140219_121410_zpsn173meju.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140219_121410_zpsn173meju.jpg.html)

poomwah
03-01-14, 09:12 PM
It didn't take her long to remember she was a bull snake. She started puffing up, hissing, doing the "hooky" mouth bull snake thing, rattle snaking her tail, and trying to bluff us.
She would sit for an hour on the end of the tank closest to people coiled up and hissing and striking. What a dork :P
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/2014-02-28%2002.13.18_zpso8v1xr9u.png (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/2014-02-28%2002.13.18_zpso8v1xr9u.png.html)
I was holding her the other day and asked my wife if she wanted to hold her, she said no, not yet. I told her she was fine, well she looked fine, lol. As soon as I said that she struck at my wife, lol. My wife was like "F#$ that" I had to laugh. I told her she probably didn't even have her mouth open and was probably just bluffing.

poomwah
03-01-14, 09:17 PM
Well, I had her out today, she's had enough time to settle in and digest her last meal that I could actually get her out for a while. I let her strike at me twice to show her that her bluff wasn't going to work. Well, it turns out she wasn't bluffing, LOL. She bit me both times, no marks, just a slight prickly sensation. It was funny. That's twice I was wrong about her. So, I figured she had been given enough "alone" time to settle in, so I scooped her up and out she came. She rattled her tail for a few seconds, then she was fine. She was clearly a bit nervous, but she handled it very well. She didn't even strike when I put her back. Instead of her "I'm going to sit here pissed off for an hour because I hate all of you" pose, she did a lap around the enclosure then burrowed under the aspen.
She's great!!!
If you are reading this, THANK YOU Jason!!!

sharthun
03-01-14, 10:08 PM
Awesome bull! Love that attitude!

poomwah
03-01-14, 11:22 PM
thanks sharthun

I wish this picture came out better. For some reason the camera thought it would be better to make sure the bowl was in focus :\
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/Mobile%20Uploads/20140222_212750_zpsdau4f7va.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140222_212750_zpsdau4f7va.jpg.html)
GOD I love her markings
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/Mobile%20Uploads/20140222_212630_zpsmxwq4h2z.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140222_212630_zpsmxwq4h2z.jpg.html)

Sharlynn93
03-01-14, 11:43 PM
is it just me or are their markings/colors very similar to western hognoses? very pretty! :D

poomwah
03-02-14, 12:25 AM
is it just me or are their markings/colors very similar to western hognoses? very pretty! :D

I actually hadn't thought of that, but now that you mention it, I can see it

EL Ziggy
03-02-14, 12:58 AM
She is gorgeous Poom. I got my bull from Jason too and definitely agree that he produces some amazing pits. I'm hoping to get a nice snow or ivory bull this fall. Don't let Norma Jean scare you off with all that hissing, huffing and puffing either, she's just bluffing ;)

poomwah
03-02-14, 01:06 AM
thanks Zig,
I'd love to have one of his ivories as well, but right now we are at "capacity"
I was just looking through some old emails from jason and I totally forgot....
I have pics of Norma Jeans parents!!!

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/Mobile%20Uploads/AA%202737_zpsbgkfenpo.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/Mobile%20Uploads/AA%202737_zpsbgkfenpo.jpg.html)
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/Mobile%20Uploads/AA%202736_zps87zhiz3o.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/Mobile%20Uploads/AA%202736_zps87zhiz3o.jpg.html)

See what I have to look forward to :]

EL Ziggy
03-02-14, 01:10 AM
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree :)

KoLii
03-02-14, 05:03 AM
She's lovely! I do love the sassy ones. :) She reminds me of my hatchling kingsnake, her little tail goes off a mile a minute.

Tsubaki
03-02-14, 05:13 AM
beautiful! love that attitude :D

poomwah
03-02-14, 09:59 AM
thank you, she is gorgeous :]
Had her out again, and it went even better than before.

sharthun
03-02-14, 10:22 AM
thank you, she is gorgeous :]
Had her out again, and it went even better than before.

Great! The biting will stop and they keep the attitude!

Terranaut
03-02-14, 12:35 PM
Very nice. We need more pit owners on here.

poomwah
03-02-14, 01:25 PM
Very nice. We need more pit owners on here.

thanks :]
and I need to own more pits :P

poomwah
03-03-14, 09:07 PM
got a couple pics of what Norma Jean REALLY looks like. Those other pics really don't show her color accurately, these pictures do.
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/20140303_200525_zps388bc8f3.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/20140303_200525_zps388bc8f3.jpg.html)
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/20140303_200516_zps028bbf3e.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/20140303_200516_zps028bbf3e.jpg.html)

sharthun
03-03-14, 09:57 PM
Wow beautiful!

EL Ziggy
03-03-14, 10:02 PM
She's a beauty Poom. I'm sure she'll be a gorgeous adult. Looking forward to seeing her grow. I've got to get pics of my crew. Thought I was gonns get some yesterday when I cleaned cages but mams bear was working and it's tough to get much done when it's just me and baby bear :).

Tsubaki
03-04-14, 11:00 AM
Very nice! love that face :D

poomwah
03-04-14, 11:31 AM
thanks everybody :] now you can see why we were so excited about her :]
We were going nuts waiting on the weather to warm up enough to ship her.

poomwah
03-18-14, 10:28 AM
guess who shed!!!
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/20140317_151127_zps513ef61e.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/20140317_151127_zps513ef61e.jpg.html)
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/20140317_151308_zps1ccc9ede.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/20140317_151308_zps1ccc9ede.jpg.html)

sharthun
03-18-14, 10:29 AM
Lookin good in the sun!

poomwah
03-18-14, 10:30 AM
Thanks Steve :]
and calming down remarkably well also :]

EL Ziggy
03-18-14, 11:14 AM
Norma Jean is looking GREAT Poom! She's growing fast too.

poomwah
04-01-14, 03:41 PM
1st day of the month, time to weigh in :]
Norma put on 18g since the 1st of last month
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/20140401_161627_zps7a92d0c1.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/20140401_161627_zps7a92d0c1.jpg.html)
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/poomwah/20140401_161704_zpsc92eeb24.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/poomwah/media/20140401_161704_zpsc92eeb24.jpg.html)

EL Ziggy
04-02-14, 04:13 PM
Very nice growth Poom. How much does Norma Jean weigh now?

poomwah
04-02-14, 05:53 PM
she's only 65g, you should see Chinga, LOL

EL Ziggy
04-02-14, 07:57 PM
she's only 65g, you should see Chinga, LOL

She's looking fit and trim Poom. Chinga too :)

poomwah
04-02-14, 08:26 PM
Chinga is a growing fool, he put on 25 g last month

EL Ziggy
04-02-14, 10:50 PM
Chinga is a growing fool, he put on 25 g last month

What's your feeding regiment like Poom? I'm trying to better read my snakes' behavior to determine what they want/need. My kings both have very hearty appetites but the pit always seems to be hungry :)

poomwah
04-03-14, 07:58 AM
she gets rat pinkie every 5 days. On day 4 she's usually acting hungry.