Starting to get big.

CosmicOwl · 09-27-14, 04:24 PM

It feels like yesterday that he was just a little worm in a deli cup. Now he's three feet and growing every day. It won't be too long before he's a five or six foot beast. I better get a new enclosure ready for him.

SnoopySnake · 09-27-14, 04:24 PM

I really like the looks of your enclosure, and he's very pretty!

**EL Ziggy** · 09-27-14, 04:32 PM

Wow, he is getting big Owl! Looking good too!

Mikoh4792 · 09-27-14, 05:14 PM

Wow I remember when you first posted pics of him. That's impressive! He seems to be getting lighter in color tone as well.

CosmicOwl · 09-27-14, 06:07 PM

Thanks guys. I just redid the enclosure. I'm trying sort of a dry bioactive substrate, with reptibark, coco fiber and some soil from out side. He seems to be having a good time with it. And Mikoh, I agree, he does seem to be getting lighter. His neck and belly are also becoming more yellow with each shed. I think in a few years, I might breed him to see if the yellow belly is some sort of morph.

Mikoh4792 · 09-27-14, 07:08 PM

Do you have a drainage layer in the bottom? I've been thinking of setting up something similar for my carpet pythons but without a drainage layer. I don't intend to have it fully bio-active or "moist". I'm mostly just doing it for aesthetics.

CosmicOwl · 09-27-14, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

Do you have a drainage layer in the bottom? I've been thinking of setting up something similar for my carpet pythons but without a drainage layer. I don't intend to have it fully bio-active or "moist". I'm mostly just doing it for aesthetics.

I don't currently have a drainage layer, but I don't intend to let it get wet enough to have standing water or anything like that. I know they're basically mandatory in really humid/wet enclosures though. If you do end up using a drainage layer, you might want to look into turface. It's a calcined clay product used for baseball fields, but also irrigation, soil amendment and for bonsai soil(what I've used it for). It's about 20-25 bucks for a 50 pound bag and works the same way as gravel, except it's porous and holds some water.

For my enclosure, I'm just experimenting with something will look nice while keeping pothos and custodians alive.

**Tsubaki** · 09-28-14, 04:50 AM

he's looking really good

CosmicOwl · 09-29-14, 02:48 PM

I weighed him today and he's 209 grams. I'm not even feeding him heavily, but he still put on 19 grams in 11 days. Crazy!

I think this will be a size progression thread, so here is one of the first shots of him from back in January. When you compare it to the pictures above, it's amazing how much he's grown.