He's here!!!

[Clownfishie]

Wahooo!!! He's finally here... brought him home this morning! I'm so excited, it was starting to feel as though it was never going to happen... LOL He's absolutely adorable, and gorgeous -- much smaller than I thought, but then again I really had no idea how big an 8 month old chondro would be... hehe. Man I can't wait to see how he develops!!
Please excuse the multitude of pictures *grin*... apologies to all dialup users


















Ok, that's it for now -- LOL There IS more, but I figured I'd have mercy on everyone *grin*...

Hope you enjoyed!
Jen

[Tim and Julie B]

Oh my god he's beautiful! 8 months hey? Very nice. And post more pics, to heck with the dial uppers!hehe jk. lol Good luck with that beauty, now you need a pretty little female

[Jeff_Favelle]

Check out those blue areas!! Way cool.

[Clownfishie]

LOL Tim -- yup, he's about 8 months old... although I don't actually know if he's a he or not, so I wont' be rushing out to buy a female You're really not supposed to sex them until they're at least a year old, so I'll have to beg someone to help me when that time comes -- LOL Maybe... Jeff? *grin*

Yeah, the blue really showed up in certain lighting Jeff... I was carrying him all around the house in the container taking pictures under different lighting... LOL We've got some flourescent, incandescent & sunlight in there... with flash and without -- I'll have to keep experimenting until I find the right lighting to show him off properly
I was pleasantly surprised by him too -- didn't even try to tag me once! Maybe too stressed out to... hehe... I ended up just sticking him into the tub stick and all... he was still on there when I headed over to my grandparent's place for dinner tonight, but when I got home he was out and about on his new perch

[marisa]

He is so cute! Very lucky to have such a nice snake!!!! nice photos too!

Marisa

[Tim_Cranwill]

Awesome Jen! Hey, how come there are no pics of you holding him?!?!?!

[Clownfishie]

Thanks Marisa!

Cranwill -- LOL. Yeah right Maybe in a little while, when we've learned to trust each other a little bit The gloves are going to be on every time I'm near him at this point *grin* -- he might be little, but he's still got big teeth!

[Clownfishie]

Yeeehaw! He ate his first night home! Snatched that mouse out of the tongs as soon as I stuck it in front of him!

[ThEmAdHaTtEr]

Very awesome! He has some sweeeeet color! Do people handle their chondros? Or are they just viewing snakes? Good Luck with him!

[Clownfishie]

Thanks Madhatter For the most part, chondros are display animals -- some don't mind being handled, others are downright nasty. Especially when they're young, you have to be careful when handling them because their spines are quite delicate... most people just leave them alone for the most part until they're yearlings, and then start handling them a bit more....

[marc]

Hey Jen!!
I'm so happy for you that he finally arrived ad in good shape!! Best let him acclimatise the coming week and make sure he is acting well

This will be an exciting week for me as well with my 2003 wamena x biak clutch hatching!! Very cool to see how many will crawl from this large cluster of eggs I'd better get some moe cages ready!!

[sydcire]

very nice ,congrats on the beautiful boy!


Syd

[Ryan and Katie]

Gorgeous! Have fun with him!

[Clownfishie]

Thanks guys!

Marc, me too!! It's going to be hard to leave him alone -- LOL All day I couldn't wait to get home from work to see him... hehe. Sad, huh?
Congrats on those babies!! Man do I ever want one of those "wameniaks" Those yearlings that you had up for sale were just stunning! Wish I could afford one... *note to self -- must win lottery so I can afford more chondros*... hehe....

[jay76]

Very, very nice Jen! (S)he's amazing. Hope the gloves won't be necessary for long