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He is still awesome. If I've read right, it seems he's always been small for his age since you got him. Just curious, do you know anything about his parents and whether they were smaller than normal for their age? Wondering how much genetics vs feeding plays into it.
Unless the animal is grossly over or underfed then feeding regime plays very little part v genetics...
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0.1 B imperator, 1.0 M spilota harrisoni, 1.0 C hortulanus, 2.1 P reticulatus (Madu locality), 1.1 S amethystine, 1.1 L olivaceous, 1.0 C angulifer, 1.0 Z persicus, 0.1 P regius, 0.1 N natrix, 0.1 E climacophora, 1.0 P obsoletus, 0.1 L geluta nigrtia, 1.0 P catenifer sayi, 1.0 T lepidus
He is still awesome. If I've read right, it seems he's always been small for his age since you got him. Just curious, do you know anything about his parents and whether they were smaller than normal for their age? Wondering how much genetics vs feeding plays into it.
Yes, when I got him, he was almost a year old. He'd apparently been "maintenance" fed since hatching and was very small for his age. He's also always been sort of a picky eater for a drymarchon, so maybe that had something to do with it. I did a lot of reading and thinking, and I don't know if a snake that gets off to a slow start during the normal growing years will ever catch up or not. There doesn't seem to be a lot of info on that.
No, I don't know much about his parents. But, I do know there is entirely too much inbreeding with captive eastern indigos. And that can stunt size. There just aren't enough unrelated snakes in captivity. For that reason, I may not ever have another eastern. If I do, it will be from the best cross I can find.
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“...the old ones ... knew in their bones... that death exists, that all life kills to eat, that all lives end, that energy goes on. They knew that humans are participants, not spectators.” -- Stephen Bodio, On the Edge of the Wild
I'm way late to the party, but Loki is amazing!! Gotta love those cute colubrid faces! Maybe such a bad *** snake wouldn't want to be called cute...but I think he is
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0.0.1 California King Snake (Lazarus)
0.0.1 Mexican Black King Snake (Balthazar)
0.1 Bumble Bee Ball Python (Nyx)
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“...the old ones ... knew in their bones... that death exists, that all life kills to eat, that all lives end, that energy goes on. They knew that humans are participants, not spectators.” -- Stephen Bodio, On the Edge of the Wild
A good example of how Drymarchon snakes overpower their prey.
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“...the old ones ... knew in their bones... that death exists, that all life kills to eat, that all lives end, that energy goes on. They knew that humans are participants, not spectators.” -- Stephen Bodio, On the Edge of the Wild
Loki is looking great! It's funny how some snakes constrict and other species don't. He's powerful enough to overcome prey by shaking it that way I suppose (even when it doesn't "need" it). Anyway, always glad to see Loki - really a magnificent animal.
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3 corn snakes, apricot pueblan milk snake, spotted python, cal king, florida king, albino san diego gopher, kenyan sand boa
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“...the old ones ... knew in their bones... that death exists, that all life kills to eat, that all lives end, that energy goes on. They knew that humans are participants, not spectators.” -- Stephen Bodio, On the Edge of the Wild
My video had a typo that was driving me insane, so I deleted and uploaded it again.
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“...the old ones ... knew in their bones... that death exists, that all life kills to eat, that all lives end, that energy goes on. They knew that humans are participants, not spectators.” -- Stephen Bodio, On the Edge of the Wild
Do love Loki - stunning snake. I've actually found I think a breeder of eastern indigos here in the UK. There's a 3 year waiting list I believe! I may just get my name down though.
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0.1 B imperator, 1.0 M spilota harrisoni, 1.0 C hortulanus, 2.1 P reticulatus (Madu locality), 1.1 S amethystine, 1.1 L olivaceous, 1.0 C angulifer, 1.0 Z persicus, 0.1 P regius, 0.1 N natrix, 0.1 E climacophora, 1.0 P obsoletus, 0.1 L geluta nigrtia, 1.0 P catenifer sayi, 1.0 T lepidus
Well, they'll never learn if we keep misspelling words around them.
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“...the old ones ... knew in their bones... that death exists, that all life kills to eat, that all lives end, that energy goes on. They knew that humans are participants, not spectators.” -- Stephen Bodio, On the Edge of the Wild
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