My BP Sasha

[ZARADOZIA]

Sorry I didn't get these up sooner but poor Sasha had to wait a few days longer before I could feed her. Diesel (fat cat) got real sick and I took him to 3 different vets before they could figure out what was wrong with him. He had surgery last night to remove a blockage from his duodenum (small intestine). The damn cat ate an ear plug and it was stuck 3 inches below his stomach. Thankfully I didn't wait for the first 2 vets to figure out what was wrong. $4,000 later, Diesel is out of surgery and doing well. I might even be able to take him home tonight.

Sasha going through the weekly routine of soaking and eating: (Please note, some pictures are graphic)

The photo's are loaded in order they were taken. Some you will see her "playing peek a boo" She is actually getting in strike position because she knows food is coming. The pictures following that are what I call her "Feed me B*tch" pose. Please note, Sasha has never struck at me or bitten me. However, I have never been stupid enough to get close enough when she "Strikes a pose." (lol) I will post a vid of her later

Sasha Feeding time Sept 23 2011 pictures by Vandacross - Photobucket (http://s68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Vandacross/Sasha%20Feeding%20time%20Sept%2023%202011/)

[ZARADOZIA]

Short Vid of Sasha striking (click pic)


http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Vandacross/Sasha%20Feeding%20time%20Sept%2023%202011/th_100_1607.jpg (http://s68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Vandacross/Sasha%20Feeding%20time%20Sept%2023%202011/?action=view&current=100_1607.mp4)

[Kiljosh]

Wow looking at your BP's head makes me realize how tiny mine is and how much further it will be till hes full grown!

[ladyjustice33]

Nice BP!!!

[TeaNinja]

that mouse/rat (couldn't really tell) looks like a really small meal for that snake. my BP isn't that old at all and he's eating medium rats. nice bp though ;)

http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af184/teaninja/yghv008.jpg

[mattchibi]

sweet feed ! hopefully mine goes as smoothly tonight !

[TeaNinja]

sweet feed ! hopefully mine goes as smoothly tonight !

lol awesome, i just noticed your bp is named morticia. my bp is named pugsly! xD

[ZARADOZIA]

that mouse/rat (couldn't really tell) looks like a really small meal for that snake. my BP isn't that old at all and he's eating medium rats. nice bp though ;)

It's is small for her. She wont eat rats. So I feed her extra large mice (4 inch long mouse / 50 grams) and baby chickens (heads and feet removed). She eats once a week or once every 2 weeks depending on her mood. Average meal is 2-3 mice or 2 mice 1 chick. This week she only wanted 1 of each.

I have tried all methods possible and there are some things she will not tolerate. Rats. Her previous owner only fed her live female baby mice once a month. I almost had a coniption fit when I learned that.

After everything I have been through with her, I am thrilled to death to have her on a normal feeding schedule. Lesson for future snake owners, Be sure you know how to properly feed your baby because they will stick to what they know.

Luckily for us, what she doesn't eat Hendrix will. No food is ever wasted here.

[millertime89]

Hendrix your sav I'm assuming?

[ZARADOZIA]

Hendrix your sav I'm assuming?

My son's, but yes. Hendrix is our Sav.

[Kiljosh]

Haha ok, compared to the pic TeaNinja posted I guess his head isn't much bigger than mine's.

But in this pic he looks massive

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Vandacross/Sasha%20Feeding%20time%20Sept%2023%202011/100_1653.jpg

Maybe you have small hands lol

[ZARADOZIA]

Haha ok, compared to the pic TeaNinja posted I guess his head isn't much bigger than mine's.

But in this pic he looks massive



Maybe you have small hands lol


HAHA My wedding ring is a size 5 if that tells you anything. Hand is 6.5 inches long (Middle finger to wrist), and palm is 3.7 inches wide...

Yea, I have small hands. I am only 5'3"...lol

[mattchibi]

lol awesome, i just noticed your bp is named morticia. my bp is named pugsly! xD

Haha thats too sick, one day im gonna have the whole Family ! Lol

Cant wait till my BP feedss, i had to drive my parents to the airport this morning at 5 am, and i got to warch Morticia for a good 30 min, doing her own thing. I think shes adjusting well

edit: since were all sharing photos, heres a scary looking Morticia at 5 AM this morning:
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/5866/dsc00365dv.jpg

Shes much smaller than she looks too, shes in a 20 gallon and the hide fits just perfectly in the width. (12 inches)

[TeaNinja]

Haha ok, compared to the pic TeaNinja posted I guess his head isn't much bigger than mine's.

But in this pic he looks massive

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Vandacross/Sasha%20Feeding%20time%20Sept%2023%202011/100_1653.jpg

Maybe you have small hands lol

your bp looks a bit bigger then mine :)
although i can't snap current pics with a dead camera.

[millertime89]

just wondering, why are you feeding Sasha in the bathtub/sink?

[ZARADOZIA]

just wondering, why are you feeding Sasha in the bathtub/sink?

It's my garden tub (big enough for my husband and I both to get into). She refuses to eat in her vivarium. She is by far the most finiky snake I have ever had. Last year she went 7 months without eating, I tried every trick I could think of plus every trick I read about and she still refused to eat.

One day during her soak she began playing "peek a boo" so I drained the water and decided to offer her food in the tub and she took the food immediately. Since then it has become a routine and so far (knock on wood) she has not refused to eat once since then. I don't know if it was because she was relaxed or because it had been so long since she ate last. Maybe a combination of the two. But it worked and the results was the only thing I cared about.

I had a lot of issues with her when I got her from the kid and for a while things were very touch-n-go. She was just barely 3 feet long when I got her and she was 2 years old, her girth was almost half the size of my wrist, she was malnurished and underweight. (She is over 4 feet now)

The clear protective layer over her scales flaked off, she had a dent in her eye lense, it was just heart breaking.

I tried every thing to get her back in good health and finally stopped trying to force her to eat what & how I wanted her to eat and let her eat on her terms. So far it's worked.

I have an invisible neon sign on my forehead that reads "Sucker for my babies" and only my animals can see it. lol

[ZARADOZIA]

Shes much smaller than she looks too, shes in a 20 gallon and the hide fits just perfectly in the width. (12 inches)

She looks huge in that pic!

[millertime89]

I have an invisible neon sign on my forehead that reads "Sucker for my babies" and only my animals can see it. lol

nothing wrong with that, glad she's doing so much better now.