New snakey!!

[Gungirl]

So this is the little guy I have been waiting for. It was a great trip to go get him and come home.. 3hrs each way..ugh! I am so happy he is home safe and sound! Sorry the pics are awful but my phone is lame and I can't find my charger for my camera. Enjoy and many more pics to come.

Blitz is a year and half old biak from what I was told....
http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/mms_picture_2.jpg
http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/mms_picture.jpg

[youngster]

Wow I love chondros so much

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

Good choice i like seeing people with these as long as they DONT handle them.
Ive always thought they were the closest you could get for a nonvenomous to the majestic beauty of Arboreal Tree Vipers.

[Gungirl]

I want to be able to handle him one time a month.. only so I can clean out his viv and do what I need to do to keep him happy. I will be doing this with a hook seeing as he will be a display snake not a lap snake.

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

I want to be able to handle him one time a month.. only so I can clean out his viv and do what I need to do to keep him happy. I will be doing this with a hook seeing as he will be a display snake not a lap snake.

Based on this statement you will make a great owner, as long as your husbandry is correct. I love seeing non venomous owners handle snakes with hooks, it appears to be quite a bit less stressful for the animal. I do recommend you practice hooking with other snakes, (if you dont have alot of experience) before you go straight to it with a Tree Python, they are very delicate you have to support there weight just right. (as they get older it looks smaller right now)

[stephanbakir]

Great lookin snake :)

[Gungirl]

yes.. i was going to use my corn seeing as he is a wing nut and seems to love to play around on things and be out with me.

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

yes.. i was going to use my corn seeing as he is a wing nut and seems to love to play around on things and be out with me.

Great! I use to practice hook and tailing on a 5.5ft Black Rat snake that thought he was a Elapid. hahah Lots of fun!

[Jenn_06]

NICE, i love his colors, hope he keeps most of that yellow but like i said on FB Biak's take a long time to finish there color change. Cant wait to see more pics and a few weeks.

[marvelfreak]

Super sweet looking snake. Congrats.

[Lankyrob]

If yours is anything like mine you dont need to remove to do a viv clean as mine just sits on his branch and watches me!

I reckon in the next couple of sheds you should have a lovely green snakey judging by his colouring and age - he will look pretty ****** in between the next few sheds but dont worry!

[Freebody]

Woot Woot!! looking good, Grats :)

[Gungirl]

Thanks everyone! I am very happy with him!!

[shaunyboy]

I want to be able to handle him one time a month.. only so I can clean out his viv and do what I need to do to keep him happy. I will be doing this with a hook seeing as he will be a display snake not a lap snake.


most gtp keepers i know use removable perches

they just leave the gtp wrapped round its perch and take them both out as one

young gtp's have very delicate spines,one of the reasons people tend to leave sexing them until after 1 year of hatching

i have seen a few gtp's with kinked spines due to premature sexing or being overly handled

very nice wee green tree you have there

cheers shaun

[SnakeyJay]

Truly stunning snake.. Congrats.

[Gungirl]

So I didn't take any new pictures seeing as I don't want to bother him but I improved a pic I took a little bit.. idk just bored and messing around.

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/mms_picture_2-1.jpg

[Gungirl]

So Happy.. my and the hubby just fed Blitz. He eats like a champ!The guy we got him from was feeding him a fairly small mouse every 3 weeks. I fed him an adult mouse, he took it with in 1 second of seeing it and had no trouble at all gulping it down. I feel better now that he has eaten for me!

More pics to come in about 2 weeks.. I want to get a few good meals into him before I annoy him with photo's and I have to find my camera battery..

[Will0W783]

Congrats! Great little chondro and I love the name Blitz! Can't wait to see more pics as he changes color. :-)

[Gungirl]

Ok so Blitz is getting ready to shed but I was cleaning his tub and seeing as he didn't want to eat my face tonight I had the chance to get some new pics. I hope that once he sheds I can get some more.
http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/DSCF0281.jpg
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http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/DSCF0274.jpg

Hope you enjoy!

[alessia55]

Wow Blitz looks great. I love tree pythons in general but I stick to ball pythons because I don't have the restraint to have a strictly display snake that I can't touch :p Can't wait to see the color changes after s/he sheds!

[lady_bug87]

he looks great I cant wait until mine starts its colour change

[Gungirl]

he looks great I cant wait until mine starts its colour change

This color change is taking forever! I want to see what his final colors will be. He has been with me for 4 months and is already changing a ton! I will post pics after he sheds.

[Gungirl]

Wow Blitz looks great. I love tree pythons in general but I stick to ball pythons because I don't have the restraint to have a strictly display snake that I can't touch :p Can't wait to see the color changes after s/he sheds!

Thanks Alessia! I know what you are saying. It can be hard to not touch but seeing as when I got Blitz he was soooo nasty it made it easier. Now its just routine to change water and leave him be. I have other snakes I can hold so I deal fairly well.

[lady_bug87]

This color change is taking forever! I want to see what his final colors will be. He has been with me for 4 months and is already changing a ton! I will post pics after he sheds.

Ive had mine about 4 months too but she was a June hatch i got her after she had 3 feeds so she was super tiny when I got her shes growing though she ate double pinks last week

[Gungirl]

Ive had mine about 4 months too but she was a June hatch i got her after she had 3 feeds so she was super tiny when I got her shes growing though she ate double pinks last week

Ahh mine was a rescue the guy said he is was about 1yr old when we got him. He was a red baby and all yellow with a few green marks when i took him home. I know he was underfed. Only given a small mouse hopper/fuzzy once a month. The guy was scared of him..lol Your color change should happen a little faster.

[lady_bug87]

I still have at least 6 months before it starts and I'm impatient lol

[ZARADOZIA]

Grats! He's pretty!!

[Gungirl]

Some new pictures of Blitz from yesterday...I love that he is really turning Green. Enjoy!

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/DSCF0428.jpg

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/DSCF0432.jpg

[Norm66]

Awesome looking snake. Chondros are on my 'someday' list.

[alessia55]

wow he sure is turning more green!!

[Gungirl]

wow he sure is turning more green!!

I know.. I didn't really see the change until I took the pictures and looked back from a few weeks ago. I can not wait to see him all green and whatever other color he turns.. lol

[Trent]

very sweet snake

[BarelyBreathing]

And what a gorgeous looking snakey he is!

[Brazen17]

I hope it will keep the black specks!

[Gungirl]

So Blitz shed this morning! I Love seeing him shed, I got to watch him starting about half way through. I woke up and did my normal check to see him staring at me with a new fresh face. I am going to feed him tonight and take pics in 3 days. I see more green , some blue and more blackish. His colors are really getting interesting!

[alessia55]

So Blitz shed this morning! I Love seeing him shed, I got to watch him starting about half way through. I woke up and did my normal check to see him staring at me with a new fresh face. I am going to feed him tonight and take pics in 3 days. I see more green , some blue and more blackish. His colors are really getting interesting!

BLUE??? :eek: I wanna see it!

[Gungirl]

Once He eats and digests I will take pictures. He tried to tag me about 8 times when I cleaned his viv and got the shed/poop out. I wish he wouldn't poop all over his shed. He didn't eat the last 2 weeks due to being in shed. He will calm down a bit after a nice tasty rat.

[Norm66]

Sweet! A shed is always like getting a new snake but when their color is changing too. Just wow. :)

[Swany]

Can't wait to see the pics Kat :-)

[DragonsEye]

He is indeed colorng up nicely. :)

[AaronRiot]

You have a very nice looking Chondro! I like getting to see the picture progression of the colour change. Very cool.

One a side note, I think the species has a bad rap for being snappy, delicate, and picky husbandry-wise.

Their spines are super delicate when young, this is VERY true, however, they do firm up a bit with age; handling is not recommended in the first year or a little longer, and of course no animal at any age should be physically removed/ pulled from their perch.

They aren't "easy" to handle, but you definitely can. I've personally handled a number of them without getting struck at and without a fleeing escape attempt... my brother's old one was a "demon" to quote him and I had no serious issues. As another member said, removing the animal with their perch is your best bet, then you can slowly begin to cradle it from under the perch. This is less stressful and less of a threat because predators tend to attack from above rather than below. From here there's a good chance it'll choose to move onto your hand/ arm and voila. They are no ball, but as long as you're calm and move slow and keep in your mind not to approach from above if changing hands etc. you'll be fine.

There is a great video online by Rico Walder from Signal that is very informative when it comes to handling arboreal snakes. I'm not sure I can post a link but it's not too tough to find. It's quite a good little 5 or 10 min watch :)

Look forward to seeing the change continue!

[Aaran]

Top of the notch snake!

[GarterPython]

Yay another snake! If only I could get one. :( Sorry i'm feeling kinda deppressed about the whole snake matter and at the same time happy that my stupid mid-term tests are over.

[Gungirl]

Ohh Crap I was suppose to take more pics of him.. He shed about a week or so ago. I will take some pictures today and post them up later on.
Thanks for all the compliments guys!

[Brazen17]

Still waiting...:)

[Gungirl]

I tried and failed. Blitz is in a really cranky mood. I took the lid off of his tub and all he did was try to eat me or the camera. Once he calms down a bit I will go in for shots but he gets in these moods and I refuse to become food.

[shaunyboy]

I tried and failed. Blitz is in a really cranky mood. I took the lid off of his tub and all he did was try to eat me or the camera. Once he calms down a bit I will go in for shots but he gets in these moods and I refuse to become food.

try having someone else take the pictures,while you keep him occupied

the suspense is killing me,i really want to see how he looks in his new skin:confused:

cheers shaun

[Gungirl]

Ok tonight when hubby gets home I will try my best.. heck might even have to post in the bite thread after this one. lol

[KORBIN5895]

Yeah right. Your next post will be telling us your camera is broken.:)

[Lankyrob]

GTP's really dont like being approached from above, we always try to come towards ours at the same level as the snake, above=predator below=prey for our guy :)

[Gungirl]

I am more than well aware of that Rob. I really wish hubby had time to finish his front open viv but until then the tub is where I can give him the best temps and humidity. He is fairly used to it but has his pissy days. I am going to take some pics now. be back in a few!

[Swany]

Ooooooh pics :-)

[Gungirl]

Ok, Here are the pics you asked for. Blitz only tried to eat my face twice, he was ready to go right off the bat.

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/DSCF0489.jpg

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/DSCF0490.jpg

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/DSCF0491.jpg

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/DSCF0492.jpg

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/DSCF0493.jpg

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/DSCF0494.jpg

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/KAMacie/DSCF0496.jpg

[youngster]

Beauty! love the black

[CK SandBoas]

Kat, wow, what a stunner!:)

[Swany]

Where's the square on close up headshot ? lol Good looking snake Kat ;-)

[BarelyBreathing]

Great markings!

[maximus30576]

WOW !!! Thats a sweet snake , makes me love mine even more , cant wait for the color change ..

[lady_bug87]

ooo look at him he looks great

[Gungirl]

Thanks for all the compliments guys! He is an awesome jerk that is for sure. I wish I could have captured more of the blue that is showing up on him. If you look on his sides down near his tummy you can see some really light blue. In person it is brighter and a little more obvious.

[Swany]

You need to get closer with the camera for us to see that Kat lol

[youngster]

I can see the blue very slightly in the last pic.

[alessia55]

He's beautiful! I really like the black dots on his back too. I wish the'd stay 5 different colors like he is now- white, green, yellow, black, blue...

[Gungirl]

You need to get closer with the camera for us to see that Kat lol

Sorry no can do. I am not getting bitten for a photo shoot. :no: You guys can wait it out for a little while and hope that his Blue gets brighter to make it look more blue in photo's :p

Thanks Alessia

[lady_bug87]

I can notice it!!! because I am awesome like that

[Brazen17]

Very nice looking snake! I really like those black specks.

[Brazen17]

Did you buy from a breeder?

[Gungirl]

Did you buy from a breeder?

No.. This guy was a rescue. From what I was told he was purchased from FineGTP.com however I have no paper work or prof of that.

[Brazen17]

No.. This guy was a rescue. From what I was told he was purchased from FineGTP.com however I have no paper work or prof of that.

With those colors I can see that! Can't wait to see what it looks like when done.

[Gungirl]

The suspense is killing me. I am enjoying the changing period but I really can't wait to see him all done.

[Swany]

Sorry no can do. I am not getting bitten for a photo shoot. :no: You guys can wait it out for a little while and hope that his Blue gets brighter to make it look more blue in photo's :p

Thanks Alessia

How did I know you were going to say that Kat, btw I was kidding ;-)