Snakesitter
11-26-12, 06:52 PM
For this entry, we are profiling Pyrope, one of four young adults we are considering promoting to breeder status for next year.
Pyrope was born in September 2009. We named her, as with all Living Gems females, after a semiprecious gemstone. She is brother to Prometheus, who we profiled last week; both snakes were the top pick of their respective genders from one of the top litters of that year.
Here is Pyrope as of January 2010, not long after she arrived at Living Gems:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8118015602_2abd5c892d_b.jpg
In September 2012, after three long years of raising her up toward breeder status, we found something unusual in Pyrope’s viv:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8118006205_e52122f4c9_b.jpg
In other words, Pyrope was a dude.
Now rechristened as Hades, master of the underworld, this snake is going to force some decisions on us as we scramble to adjust capacity to deal with the surprise loss of a top female.
Here is Hades as of September 2012, on the occasion of his third birthday.
Outside
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8193/8118006497_0e58244321_b.jpg
Inside
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8464/8118016408_858fdddfcf_b.jpg
Hades currently weights 1579 grams. As with his brother Prometheus, if he can reach 1650 or more, he will be promoted to alternate breeder status.
Thank you for reading,
Pyrope was born in September 2009. We named her, as with all Living Gems females, after a semiprecious gemstone. She is brother to Prometheus, who we profiled last week; both snakes were the top pick of their respective genders from one of the top litters of that year.
Here is Pyrope as of January 2010, not long after she arrived at Living Gems:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8118015602_2abd5c892d_b.jpg
In September 2012, after three long years of raising her up toward breeder status, we found something unusual in Pyrope’s viv:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8118006205_e52122f4c9_b.jpg
In other words, Pyrope was a dude.
Now rechristened as Hades, master of the underworld, this snake is going to force some decisions on us as we scramble to adjust capacity to deal with the surprise loss of a top female.
Here is Hades as of September 2012, on the occasion of his third birthday.
Outside
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8193/8118006497_0e58244321_b.jpg
Inside
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8464/8118016408_858fdddfcf_b.jpg
Hades currently weights 1579 grams. As with his brother Prometheus, if he can reach 1650 or more, he will be promoted to alternate breeder status.
Thank you for reading,