Blue beauties

Katt · 09-19-03, 11:39 AM

This is a lovely pair of hold back blues I purchased from Stav earlier this year. Male is a best testy, but female is handable. Neither are anything like "The Witch", which is my six foot blue we purchased from Mark IsBell.

The male.

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/137mblue.jpg">

The female

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/137fblue.jpg">

She's not as sky blue as the photo shows, she got a bit of green in there, but the male is just lovely!

Vanan would kill me for posting crappy photos like these, but oh well.

Blue beauties I find are a bit more fiesty than taiwans. Anyone else notice that?

Invictus · 09-19-03, 12:03 PM

Our blue beauties are highly variable in temperament. Sometimes they don't care at all if you handle them, other times they go absolutely INSANE, biting, hissing, even chasing you around the room (isn't that right, Erin? hehehehe). They are a wonderful, challenging species to work with. I don't own any taiwans, but I hear they can be a handful too.

Invictus · 09-19-03, 12:04 PM

Oh, and another thing... your beauties are just that - beauties.

Tim_Cranwill · 09-19-03, 12:06 PM

Sure, those aren't the "BEST" pics ever, but snakes like that look great in any pic!

You can always post more pics later to redeem yourself.

Katt · 09-19-03, 12:06 PM

Thanks guys.

Invictus: Hopefully once yours get bigger, they'll calm down. These two are between 4 - 5 feet.

Cranwill: Maybe I can convince Vanan to take shots of them, b/c he is by far the better photographer.

TheRedDragon · 09-19-03, 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by Katt
Invictus: Hopefully once yours get bigger, they'll calm down. These two are between 4 - 5 feet.

Yeah, I hope so too, as I don't really appreciate being chased around the room and bitten as is, let alone when they become 6ft+! :medopen:

Janiman · 09-19-03, 04:31 PM

Hey Invictus, ya' gotta' stop giving Taiwans such a bad rap. My girl has never even attempted to bite me and I have tested her pretty well (I have young kids, so I won't let them handle anything until I'm convinced it's docile enough). I got her from Ryan and Sheila at Scales zoo a few months ago and she's been great... even when she's hungry (which is often). Of course, it was a bit cold on my drive back to Ontario and we were camping so she slept in a rubbermaid inside my sleeping bag every night for a week.

Hey, maybe I've stumbled onto the ULTIMATE snake taming technique!!!

Sorry for getting defensive... it's just that parental instinct.

Yve · 09-19-03, 04:51 PM

beautiful snakes Katt!...I recently purchased one from Mark and I love her....funny....the one I got was supposed to be really nasty but so far....she's been a well behaved little lady!

gonesnakee · 09-19-03, 05:12 PM

That pairs looking sweet! Oh & "The Witch" eh, good thing I'm not sensitive or my feelings may have been hurt LOL. She is pleasant isn't she HEH HEH, well ya can't say I didn't warn you.
I myself had it out with "Mr. Nasty" my big male a few weeks back. He usually will either stay hidden or retreat to a hide & maybe on rare occassion strike closemouthed at me from hiding if I get him POed or scared. Well the other week while I go to change his water he decides hes "Air Nasty" & comes flying out of his tank like a Bat Outta Hell right by my face & into the rack system. I grab him by the last couple of feet (he's around 8ish?) & sure enough he's turned around & a strike towards my face. Now he's on the floor & I have him by the tail practicing my Crocidile Hunter Skills, I had him pinned with my foot a couple of times but of course I'm barefoot & in shorts so hes striking like crazy at every part of me. I finally "hook him" with the broom & after several attempts put him back to have him strike the lid an inch from my face just as I closed it. Boy was he POed! He was puffing up his whole body & hissing with his mouth wide open, not a happy camper. I myself can't beleive I didn't get tagged (pulls out horseshoe lol). Now I remember why I usually just leave him alone. They aren't all bad but there are a few Nasties out there. My breeding pair are called "Mr. Nasty" & "Nasty's Date". She is quite secrative & timid but not nothing like him. She is quite skittish but not bitey. Katt's "Witch" used to try & attack me when I changed her water & is the only VBB I have ever owned that would strike & constrict prey. All the others I've found to be secrative eaters & if they get striking they are to POed to eat, whereas "The Witch" would knock the tongs right outta your hand like nothing LOL
Anyhow they are wicked snakes & everyone should own one, BTW did I mention I still have a trio available LOL

A pic to share. Mark I

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Invictus · 09-19-03, 05:49 PM

LOL, great story Mark. That would have been a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to Malice (We've named ours Malice and Furious) doing stuff like that with me. It'll be like handling an 8 foot cobra.

Katt · 09-19-03, 07:45 PM

Mark, great story man!!!

The way I feed The Witch now is that I throw the rat in her face and she will catch it in the air, or it'll bang off her body, she'll snarl at me and then, she'll eat. My other two will strike and constrict actually. I'm just glad The Witch is a good eater for having such a bad attitude.

Clownfishie · 09-19-03, 08:25 PM

Beautiful snake Katt!

Colonel SB · 09-20-03, 09:35 AM

Thanks Katt now I want some of those...Where can I get some :P

Katt · 09-20-03, 12:04 PM

Mark IsBell in Calgary has a trio for sale. Ask him!

gonesnakee · 09-22-03, 12:46 PM

Actually Katt I'm down to the last pair now, as I sold a lovely little girl yesterday at the show. The last 2 are good temperment as well.

Yve, good to hear your little one is behaving. Maybe she just didn't like me heh heh. She did bite me 4 or 5 times while I got her ready to ship to you, maybe she finally got it out of her system before she left. lol Mark I.