My Baby!

[MajickSprings]

I just wanted to share some pictures that I finally just took this morning of the baby red tail we got a week ago. Butter was born October 30, 2003. There were 29 babies in the batch and all are still alive and doing well. Anyway, here's a few pictures. To see them all please go to http://reptiles.majicksprings.com/butter.html

http://reptiles.majicksprings.com/images/Butter/BabyButterDec6-03.jpg
http://reptiles.majicksprings.com/images/Butter/BabyButterDec6-08.jpg

[foman]

Cool Little guy.

[MajickSprings]

Thanks. This baby is sooo docile. I really like him/her :)

[mark129er]

very nice

[TheRedDragon]

Very nice, I really like its tail! Congratulations and good luck with it! :)

[MajickSprings]

Thanks a bunch. I am very pleased with this baby. Sure wish I knew if it was a male or female though LOL

[viper32x]

awsome i remember mine was that small not that hes much bigger now but he is a lot fatter

[Jeff_Favelle]

Very nice, but that animal needs a meal pretty quick. And/or a drink of water. Better yet, a F/T rat fuzzy that was thawed in water.

[CDN-Cresties]

Cute little boa

-Steve-

[MajickSprings]

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
Very nice, but that animal needs a meal pretty quick. And/or a drink of water. Better yet, a F/T rat fuzzy that was thawed in water.

Why do you say that? I have been feeding him/her. He ate once for the person I got him/her from and he's eaten once for me as well. I've had him now 1 1/2 weeks. S/He's got a full water bowl in his/her enclosure.

[Linds]

Congrats on the new addition :) I agree with Jeff that a meal would be a good idea, he looks a bit thin and dehydrated from what I can see...

[AshleyL]

love the tail! beautiful snake :)

[Jeff_Favelle]

He ate once for the person I got him/her from and he's eaten once for me as well. I've had him now 1 1/2 weeks. S/He's got a full water bowl in his/her enclosure.

He just looks a little thin and dehydrated, like Linds said. Maybe, maybe not. Its also recommended to feed more often than every 2 weeks, ESPECIALLY for a baby boa (they literally grow like weeds), so that would explain his thinness.

[Invictus]

I concur with Jeff and Linds, that little one could use some fattening. I'd feed it once a week at most, and give it a good sized prey item no smaller than a large hopper mouse or small adult mouse.

But, that's a killer tail, and nice dorsal patterns. It'll be a great looking boa when it gets some girth!

[Solid Snake]

poor thing, it looks like it didnt eat for months... u need to feed that thing man, hes all skin n bones!

[MajickSprings]

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
He just looks a little thin and dehydrated, like Linds said. Maybe, maybe not. Its also recommended to feed more often than every 2 weeks, ESPECIALLY for a baby boa (they literally grow like weeds), so that would explain his thinness.

I do feed more then every 2 weeks. For the first week of having it here it didn't want to eat and I offered every other day. Now that s/he is eating for me I am offering every few days. Believe me, I'm not trying to starve my baby ;)

[Jeff_Favelle]

Believe me, I'm not trying to starve my baby

Oh I know. :D I have no doubts that you'll be successful with this little guy (Invictus was right, KILLER tail!). Its just that a few of us have seen quite a few (hundreds) of baby boas pass through our hands and/or friends hands, so we know a skinny boa when we see one. We were just giving you the heads up. That snake is in no way unhealthy. I have no doubts that when it settles down in your care, it will grow like a weed and eat you out of house and home!

Just be aware that for its long-term health, it will need to be fatter and a little more hydrated. Sometimes a water dish is not enough to hydrate these little guys. I always feed them F/T that was thawed in hot water and not dried off. Takes the edge off of any husbandry mistakes I may have made with regards to humidity and their hydration.

Best of luck. It is a NICE looking snake, that's for sure.

[MajickSprings]

Thanks Jeff. I just finished uploading a few new pictures of Butter after his/her feeding this morning. It's been 4 days since I fed him/her last. Those first pictures were before I fed him/her that day. So here's the new pictures from today (please excuse the poor quality of some of them...my camera is giving me fits):

Right after eating
http://reptiles.majicksprings.com/images/Butter/BabyButterDec10-02.jpg
http://reptiles.majicksprings.com/images/Butter/BabyButterDec10-04.jpg
http://reptiles.majicksprings.com/images/Butter/BabyButterDec10-05.jpg

Doing his/her favorite thing after eating...hanging out on/in the water bowl:
this one was taken from outside the glass so it looks bad
http://reptiles.majicksprings.com/images/Butter/BabyButterDec10-06.jpg
this one was also taken from outside the glass
http://reptiles.majicksprings.com/images/Butter/BabyButterDec10-07.jpg
this one was taken from above
http://reptiles.majicksprings.com/images/Butter/BabyButterDec10-08.jpg

[Jeff_Favelle]

Awesome! Water dish looks bigger than I would use for a baby boa, but it looks like a great snake. There's a reason why boas are so popular, and surely you now know why!

Best of luck! :D

[MajickSprings]

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
Awesome! Water dish looks bigger than I would use for a baby boa, but it looks like a great snake. There's a reason why boas are so popular, and surely you now know why!

Best of luck! :D

I thought so too about the water dish but I can't seem to find any of my smaller one's. What size would you suggest and I'll go out today and get her/him a new one :)

It's funny that you say boas are so popular. The rescue (Colorado Reptile Rescue) has several in foster homes and such and no one has shown any interest in adopting them at all. They also have a bunch of burms as well. They said finding decent homes for the boas and the burms is sooo hard especially when no one is showing any interest in them :(

[Soul_Reaper]

Man that snake has her own personal olympic pool to swim in!!


She's looks good tho! :)

[MajickSprings]

Thanks SR. I love showing her/him off :)

Is there any way (without probing) to find out if Butter is a male or a female? Same with my bigger one, Peanut. I was told that Peanut is a male but they weren't totally certain. On a side note, I don't handle Peanut as he's already tagged me and it hurt like a beeeoootch and thus I'm a bit nervous even thinking about trying to handle him. We sort of have this "understanding" going on at the moment...I don't bother him and he doesn't bother me when I'm cleaning the poop up or changing the water in his tub LOL.

[sapphire_moon]

lol, beautiful little snake, Red tails are definitly on my list of "what to get next" , get a snake hook for that mean one and show him who's boss! Again, lucky you, beautiful snake.

Does that rescue have a website and do they ship? Once we get everything settled once we move we will be looking into more reptiles and I would love to help one have a good home!

[MajickSprings]

Sapphire_moon....they sure do have a website and they sure do ship...but only in the US. Here's the link: Colorado Reptile Rescue http://www.coloradoreptilerescue.org/

[Bartman]

they look so good, i just wish they didnt get so big. I owuld love to own one but im def not ready for a snake that size

[MajickSprings]

Originally posted by Bartman
they look so good, i just wish they didnt get so big. I owuld love to own one but im def not ready for a snake that size

I didn't think I was either until Peanut just appeared in my life and then the babies were born and I was given one. I'm used to keeping little snakes so this is a "learn as you go" situation LOL