Profile : Hogan

[Lankyrob]

This was one of my impulse buys, we were in the reptile shop when he was delivered and boiught him on the spot. A lot easier to look after than a lot of people told me he would be. Currently living in a faunarium inside his adult size viv but soon to be unleashed on the full size home. Difficult to get good pics as he is in a little box inside a big box so will update with more once he is out and about.

He is about a year old now, another baby that we took on after a couple of feeds. He feeds every time like he has never been fed - always interested in eating everything that goes into his box.

In the shop the day we got him
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Animals/Reptiles/gtp2.jpg
Better idea of his colouring then
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Animals/Reptiles/gtp1.jpg
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Animals/Reptiles/DSC_0456.jpg

He is now eating prey about 3 times his body size!! Here is eating a mouse about 2 times body size.
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Animals/Reptiles/DSC_0011.jpg

[Sapphyr]

Loving that yellow~ He's going to change colors, though, later on, right? :c That's the thing I hate about GTP's... They have magnificent color phases, but they change. Wish they'd stay yellow or red.

[Lankyrob]

He is almost green now, should get more vibrant tho - am hoping to get him out into his adult viv in the next month or so and will add pics of his current colour then for comparison.

[marvelfreak]

Wow he looking awesome Rob. Can't wait to see more pics.

[Lankyrob]

Little boy shed last night, has avibrant green colour. Got him out and handled him for the first time EVER!! Was so overwhelmed by his beauty and temperament that forgot to take pictures!! Will get him out again in a couple of days and promise pictures then.......

[marvelfreak]

Little boy shed last night, has avibrant green colour. Got him out and handled him for the first time EVER!! Was so overwhelmed by his beauty and temperament that forgot to take pictures!! Will get him out again in a couple of days and promise pictures then.......
Can't wait to see them.:)

[Lankyrob]

Well all the shed came of in one piece, or so we thought - he has a patch on his head that after the photos we teased off with a damp cloth, now 99% gone.

Here is our guys back patches
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0246.jpg

Head shots
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0245.jpg
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Spotty belly!!
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0240.jpg

General shots
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0239.jpg
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0238.jpg


Hope you enjoy!

[marvelfreak]

Wow His color is amazing. Love the head shot, and his eyes are so cool looking.

[Lankyrob]

It's weird, in real life i never noticed that he has a blue stripe from his nostril back through his eye and back past his skull yet the camera makes it quite clear!

And yes his colour has really popped - two sheds back he was bright yellow with a couple of small patches of green and now - WOW!

[emilie]

that could possibly be the most beautiful snake i've ever seen

[Damion930]

Very pretty rob deff one of those on my list lol nice pix he seems to like the camera can't wait to see more as he grows

[Lankyrob]

He moved into his big boy house yesterday, gave up on the PVC idea nad went for a more natural look - may add some greenery at some point but letting him settle for now.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0252.jpg
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0251.jpg
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http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0249.jpg

[marvelfreak]

That looks sharp Rob.

[Lankyrob]

Cheers, am really glad that we went for natural rather than "perches" now, it really shows off their movement how it would be in the wild, with odd shapes and rough knobbly branches. Probably gonna go same with my jcp now.............

[emilie]

The setup looks great, and we probably all want pics of the jcp set up if it changes :)

[Lankyrob]

Have bought the pieces for the jcp just need to get some energy to actually do it - havent really slept for three days so dont want to start handling an aggressive snake if i dont need to :)

[natsamjosh]

That's a beautiful GTP! One day... :)

[Lankyrob]

Couple of feed/post feed pics from tonight - phone pics, apologies

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[stephanbakir]

The only thing scarier then the prospect of getting picked up and dangled over the ground without the ability to push off anything and fight back, is aquatic snakes who constrict you under water =/

[shaunyboy]

Loving that yellow~ He's going to change colors, though, later on, right? :c That's the thing I hate about GTP's... They have magnificent color phases, but they change. Wish they'd stay yellow or red.

you do get high yellow gtp's but they can be expensive i preffer the blue line gtp's

he looks like he's grew a fair bit from when you got him rob

i fancy getting an adult male to make some diamond jungle capondro's or even jungle jag jagpondro's at some point.its good to hear they're not too finicky to keep mate

cheers shaun

[Lankyrob]

He was the snake we worried most about getting because everyone was saying how easy it was to kill them but he really has been pretty easy to keep healthy.

Found out last week that two of his clutch mates also sold from our local reptile shop did die due to poor husbandry, there really is no excuse at all...... :(

[Lankyrob]

Couple of pics from last night (still a small patch of shed on his head - getting it off a bit at a time but he is VERY headshy)

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0304.jpghttp://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0302.jpg

[marvelfreak]

Cool pics! The first one he got that come here i won't bite you look. lol

[Jenn_06]

Cool pics, is that old shed on it's head?

[Lankyrob]

Yeah, he has a small patch of it that we have tried to get off but he is VERY headshy. It is a flat patch, not going around the neck or anything and when we spray him a little comes of each time so rather than stress him out by holding him down and trying to remove it we are letting it come of a little at a time with the daily spray.

[Lankyrob]

He had his 6th (i think, may only be 5th) handling session today at roughly 20months old - he is now approximately 3 and a half foot long and totally gorgeous!!

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[Lankyrob]

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[stephanbakir]

Making me want one -.-

[Lankyrob]

In some of the pics you can see the snake hook - he didnt want to let it go at first!! And the last pic he got hold of my finger and wouldnt let that go either!

[Coffee Black]

He is gorgeous. That pic you used for the photo contest is hilarious, by the way. Reminds me of the villain in Ferngully for some reason.

[marvelfreak]

Sweet pics and man is he's a looker. I like the blue on his belly and blue line on his face.

[Lankyrob]

The blue lines go the length of his spine but unfortunately my crappy phone camera doesnt pic them up, next time i use the decent camera i will try to get better definition.

[Lankyrob]

Feeding time - poor phone pics again, sorry - was trying to show the prey size in comparison with the snake

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0393.jpghttp://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0394.jpg
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[stephanbakir]

He wants that rat lol, from 6 feet away you know it already :P

[Lankyrob]

He wants that rat lol, from 6 feet away you know it already :P

So far he has never missed a feed, once we left the prey in his enclosure overnight but all other times he launches across the viv.

[Freebody]

SWEET!! Looking good Rob!! alot of the time im on reading threads and then it resets the unread post option so i must have overlooked the thread.

[Lankyrob]

Was trying to spot clean his viv tonight and everytime i put my hand in he tried climbing on my arm - so wifey took him whilst i cleaned then we grabbed a pic before putting him back again.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Photo0407.jpg

[marvelfreak]

He looking really nice Rob. But a pic Rob just one. Come now least you could have done was get us a couple. Dam tease. LOL

[Lankyrob]

He wasnt meant to be out really so just grabbed my phone and snapped quick. Trying to restrict handling to once every two months now that he is adult (if that!)

[Rog]

Nice pics all through this thread. Awesome looker. I like the close up head shots. Sooo ancient looking.

[Lankyrob]

Latest pic of Hogan - before anyone says anything i want to make it very clear.

THIS IS NOT HIS USUAL HOME!!!!

He is in a faunarium that he stayed in whilst his viv was being repaired, not ideal but for the 48 hours whilst the viv was fixed and we waited for the sealant to dry it did the job.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/18092011061.jpg

He is also looking a little thin in the pic - we think that the issue with his viv was causing him stress and he hadnt eaten for 7 weeks before the viv was fixed. He has now been back in his proper home for a week and yesterday pounded a rat like he had never eaten before in his life!

[Gungirl]

He is sexy! I hope mine changes color that nicely! I'm so happy that you where able to get his viv fixed and he is back to eating for you!

[millertime89]

what a looker, I love the coloration on him
what locality? How's his temperament.

[lady_bug87]

Rob I have a question, I got my GTP in June and its still on pinkie mice, they may be a bit smaller than the width of her body what would be the next food size? would I do mouse fuzzies or switch her on to rat pups?

[Gungirl]

Rob I have a question, I got my GTP in June and its still on pinkie mice, they may be a bit smaller than the width of her body what would be the next food size? would I do mouse fuzzies or switch her on to rat pups?


GTP's do not need rats. I would keep it on mice as GTP's can have issues with larger prey. I know they can eat 2-3 times the size of them self but they can get a prolapse from passing a large stool. I would go to something about 1.5 times the widest point of the GTP. I feed mine 1 large mouse every 7 days and once it is full grown I will go to every 10 days. If you do choose to feed it rats feed it less often as you dont want it getting fat.

[Lankyrob]

I feed rats that are twice his size every 14 days, i was feeding larger - up to 4x his size when he was younger due to some miscommunication but he seems perfectly happy with stuff twice his size.

[lady_bug87]

yea s/he looks thin and has had 2 sheds with me so I'm wondering if its time to switch the food up I don't have a problem getting it mice fuzzies I just wasnt sure if it could take it, s/he's taking a pinky every 5-7 days no problem and craps like a machine so I may just feed until I finish the pinkies then move up to fuzzies

[Aaron_S]

Rob, does he stay on that one perch like all the time?

I only ask because I like your natural look but a full bar across the enclosure allows him to roam freely at the same level. I would find a way to get additional natural perches at the same height so he can pick which side he likes.

[Lankyrob]

He moves around a fair bit, there is another perch at the same level on the opposite side of the viv so if he wants to get there he has to work for it a little rather than just shuffle across.

From my nights of staying up throughout the night i reckon he gets between 1-2 hours of movement in each 24 hour period during which he will cover most of his viv, he does mainly end up back where he started tho, if i had a normal sleep pattern i would swear blind that he doesnt move at all!!

[Aaron_S]

I guess I couldn't tell that the perch on the other side was the same height, me and my blindness :p

He's eating anyway so not a big deal. :)

[Lankyrob]

I guess I couldn't tell that the perch on the other side was the same height, me and my blindness :p

He's eating anyway so not a big deal. :)

I actually see what you mean from looking back through this thread, when we first set up the viv the perches were uneven (as on page one of this thread), since we have set up the viv after the repairs they are now even heights - when you asked the question i looked at the viv rather than looking back at the pictures!! :)

[Lankyrob]

Too fat to climb back on his perch!!! Poor boy!

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[Norm66]

He's gorgeous.

[Lankyrob]

Thanks :) :)

[Brazen17]

Very nice GTP!

[alessia55]

Nice! Do GTPs usually retain those little white spots their whole life?

[Lankyrob]

I believe they do - obviously depending on the genetics :)

[Lankyrob]

I cant believe it HE MOVED!!!!

Came downstairs this morning to see that Hogan has changed perch for the first time since he went into his new viv :)

We know he has been using the whole viv as we have found poop/urates in various places but as GTP owners will know they spend 99% of the daytime in one place, he has so far not moved away from his "wire" perch.

Sorry for the crappy pics

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/13082012421.jpg
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[h3h]

Impulse buy eh? I've almost done that on a GTP a few times. My favorite snake. No such thing as an ugly GTP. This snake is right at the top of my wish list, and it must be an awesome experience to own one.

- h3

[Lankyrob]

My future plans involve a few of these guys, i just love them. No intent to breed tho, purely as pets :)