Meet Thor!

Deva · 09-07-13, 05:55 PM

Here is my new Thayeri kingsnake I picked up at Repticon this stormy afternoon!

Deva · 09-07-13, 05:58 PM

Deva · 09-07-13, 05:59 PM

That is just the temperature probe wire. Not very bright pictures, but Thor is a very young guy only a month old.

sweatshirt · 09-07-13, 06:04 PM

Adorable! How was the repticon?

Deva · 09-07-13, 06:41 PM

Thanks sweatshirt! It was a better show than the one I attended a couple of years ago. More vendors and I found just what I was looking for.

sharthun · 09-07-13, 07:28 PM

Wow! Beautiful King! Congrats!

dbassa · 09-07-13, 07:47 PM

Nice thayeri!

Deva · 09-08-13, 09:19 AM

Thanks everyone! I have decided I just can't be without at least one snake!

Repticon was so cool this year, so many different kinds of beautiful snakes to choose from. However, am limited by space to only small snakes.

thinkbig317 · 09-08-13, 09:32 AM

Slammin kingsnake! Nice pick up!

**EL Ziggy** · 09-08-13, 10:04 AM

Nice snake Deva and I love the name. All hail the mighty Thor! What substrate are you using btw?

drumcrush · 09-08-13, 08:29 PM

Beautiful snake

Deva · 09-10-13, 06:03 AM

Happy to report Thor ate his first pinkie yesterday! Didn't take very long either. He's a feisty, fast moving guy.

He almost escaped the terrarium, I was very lucky to catch him sticking little his head out of one of the holes in the top where wires can be run in (its an exo terra) and closed it before he could get out. He also gets behind the styrofoam background where he can't be seen. Not too crazy about that styrofoam thing. He can get back there now, but when he gets bigger, he won't be able to fit. I have hides in the cage, but he seems to like very narrow crevices. Maybe he would like a stack of slate rock in there.

I am using plain topsoil mixed with coco fibre for a substrata - a few chips of repti bark in there but not much. I have half the screen top covered - keeping the humidity at 50%. Hot side in the high 80s and cool side at 65.

sharthun · 09-10-13, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Deva

Happy to report Thor ate his first pinkie yesterday! Didn't take very long either. He's a feisty, fast moving guy.

He almost escaped the terrarium, I was very lucky to catch him sticking little his head out of one of the holes in the top where wires can be run in (its an exo terra) and closed it before he could get out. He also gets behind the styrofoam background where he can't be seen. Not too crazy about that styrofoam thing. He can get back there now, but when he gets bigger, he won't be able to fit. I have hides in the cage, but he seems to like very narrow crevices. Maybe he would like a stack of slate rock in there.

I am using plain topsoil mixed with coco fibre for a substrata - a few chips of repti bark in there but not much. I have half the screen top covered - keeping the humidity at 50%. Hot side in the high 80s and cool side at 65.

Cool! Good news! Glad foiled his escape! Take pics of the setup. I bet he would love a stack of slate rocks to hide under.

Deva · 09-10-13, 04:03 PM

Thanks sharthun: When I came home from work, Thor was curled up in his coconut shell hide on the warm side. I handled him for a minute or two. Squirmy and musked me but didn't bite, settled down a little in my hand. Then when I turned him loose, he went back behind the background.

I am not going to handle him often, maybe just once a week.

I am going to look for a few flat slate rocks - I think he would love to get between and under them. My red eft newts would probably like a few pieces of rock as well!

sharthun · 09-11-13, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Deva

Thanks sharthun: When I came home from work, Thor was curled up in his coconut shell hide on the warm side. I handled him for a minute or two. Squirmy and musked me but didn't bite, settled down a little in my hand. Then when I turned him loose, he went back behind the background.

I am not going to handle him often, maybe just once a week.

I am going to look for a few flat slate rocks - I think he would love to get between and under them. My red eft newts would probably like a few pieces of rock as well!

Cool! I handle all my snakes daily. Except 24 hours after feeding. I hook trained my snakes and they all are very easy to handle and are laid back. My mbk(medusa) crawls out onto my hand when I open her enclosure!