First Chondro

[Raindog]

Howdy folks,

I have quite an extensive background with boas, pythons and colubrids but have never housed a gtp. Today I stopped by Ben Siegel's place in Sarasota (against my better judgement) and fell in love with a little chondro. I put all the horror stories about gtps out of my head and talked at length with the folks there who actually work daily with the snakes. I told them I would consider the purchase and left. I ended up going straight to the store and buying another enclosure as well as a few tools and other items.
Ok so here we are three hours later and I have constructed what I hope will be adequate housing for the little fella (I guess I had already made up my mind when I left).
I made no provision for heating but I live in south Florida and my herp room (which doubles as my computer room, yes I'm sweating profusely right now) stays around 88 in the daytime and 80 at night.
I'm going to pick up the little bugger tomorrow. They have assured me that he is a voracious feeder and I don't doubt it considering the lump I noticed in his belly today.

Forgive the double post if you read this in another forum. Here are the pics...

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v257/raindog314159/Resize_Wizard-1.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v257/raindog314159/Resize_Wizard-2.jpg

[Raindog]

Here's the new kid taking a rat pup...

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v257/raindog314159/DSC01855.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v257/raindog314159/chondro1.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v257/raindog314159/chondro2.jpg

[kidchameleon]

awesome pictures. i love their baby colors

[Bartman]

They do everything in the treetops eh! Awesome pics and congrats on the new aquisition. Hope he does well for you.

[jparker1167]

congrat on the new snake

[Raindog]

Hey thanks everyone,

The little tike is doing quite well. His cage is right next to my suri's and last night while feeding George I noticed him paying very close attention to the goings on next door. He was caudal luring and acting as though he hadn't had a meal in weeks so I took the bait and picked up another mouse for him on the way home tonight. Any concerns that I had about the little bugger being difficult when it comes to meal time vanished as I lowered the pinky within striking range. I didn't have to provoke him at all this time, in fact he kind of caught me off guard striking so fast.

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v257/raindog314159/chondro4.jpg

[jjnnbns]

Beautiful! You are a lucky dog, raindog...

[Raindog]

Well it seems as though I've caught the chondro bug. I had to get a red one, though coming across one around here took a bit of effort. I picked up what I believe to be a biak from a guy up north a ways. He was selling due to the little buggers aggressive nature. This little one is quite the blood-letter but has calmed down a lot over the past week.

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v257/raindog314159/DSC01990.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v257/raindog314159/DSC01995.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v257/raindog314159/DSC01991.jpg

[thunder]

he's really nice! how old?

[Raindog]

Thanks Thunder,

I'm guessing around five months. I know that the previous owner had it for a bit over three.