Snake birthdays? lol

Squirtle · 12-04-11, 01:11 PM

Well I'm pretty sure most of you might not celebrate your reptiles birthday, but I want too. My Albino Burmese Python's birthday is coming up.. well, not his birthday, but the day I got him (December 20th). He's going to be a year old and I felt that I should get him something special or something.. any ideas? 2 prey items instead of 1? new prey item?

youngster · 12-04-11, 01:22 PM

How about a nice new hide or tank decoration?
PS I'm going to celebrate mine, but I haven't had my animals for more than a year yet.

Squirtle · 12-04-11, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by youngster

How about a nice new hide or tank decoration?
PS I'm going to celebrate mine, but I haven't had my animals for more than a year yet.

Yeah that's why i'm doing it, besides the old turtles i used to have, he's the only real reptile that i cared for correctly for almost a year already.

alessia55 · 12-04-11, 01:50 PM

Get him a new hide or a new water dish or something like that

CDN_Blood · 12-04-11, 03:16 PM

How 'bout a spiffy picture to mark the occasion. An 11x14 portrait or something that you can look at and reflect upon over the years.

I have a couple of those capturing long-dead snakes that still make me smile every time I walk by them

alessia55 · 12-04-11, 03:34 PM

Ohhh I really like Todd's idea too!!

CDN_Blood · 12-04-11, 07:20 PM

Why thank you...thank you very much :P

If you opt for that, I suggest putting yourself in the image too so that you can look back and think "Wow, I remember when it was that small", kinda like these...

grew into this

So you can see how important it is to document these milestones

Norm66 · 12-04-11, 07:52 PM

We've guessed at birthdates for our two snakes. Not sure what we'll do, but I definitely like the idea of getting pics etc. It's not like you can give them much of a special treat to eat or anything.

We celebrate all 3 of our dogs' birthdays on the only one's we know for sure every year (October 30th). They always get a steak fresh off the grill and a chew toy or something. hehehe

Pretty off-topic but weirdly pertinent, my mom's chihuahua was born on my wife's birthday and our golden retriever was born on my mom's birthday the same year. Strange but true.

alessia55 · 12-04-11, 08:33 PM

Todd those photos are priceless

KORBIN5895 · 12-04-11, 09:03 PM

Actually Todd that second pic is kinda scary.... just sayin'

CDN_Blood · 12-04-11, 10:25 PM

It was a wet day and I was soaked. The point is that it's nice to have these things to mark special dates, and in this case it was my birthday 5 years apart. I didn't know the snake's hatch date or anniversary. The only scary thing is my still wet hair and how much of that girl was piled-up on the floor behind me that you don't see in the image, but I know the date of those images and that in the 2nd shot she weighed 168 pounds and was 17' 6". See, a great way to mark a milestone, just write the stats on the back of the frame

jaleely · 12-04-11, 11:27 PM

we totally celebrate all our animal's birthdays, since they are our only stinky little kids. I was thinking new hides, or at least photos, of course!

KORBIN5895 · 12-05-11, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by CDN_Blood

It was a wet day and I was soaked. The point is that it's nice to have these things to mark special dates, and in this case it was my birthday 5 years apart. I didn't know the snake's hatch date or anniversary. The only scary thing is my still wet hair and how much of that girl was piled-up on the floor behind me that you don't see in the image, but I know the date of those images and that in the 2nd shot she weighed 168 pounds and was 17' 6". See, a great way to mark a milestone, just write the stats on the back of the frame

Lol. She was a beast! And I was joking about the scary part........ sorta.