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Name my pet!
Tormuse:
So, I've come to a decision. You may laugh at this, but I've decided to name him...
Diamond.
Not just because of the connection with DoomRL; he has a diamond pattern down his back, so I think the name suits him. :)
In other news, I installed the heating pad and within minutes, it heated the warm half of the cage to almost 40 degrees Celsius! :o The warm end is only supposed to be 30 degrees, so I hope that isn't too hot for him. :| It shouldn't be too much of a problem, because the other half is at a more reasonable 24 degrees, so he can move over there when it gets too much for him, but he is rather fond of sleeping in the egg carton I put on the warm end, so... I dunno, maybe I should give him a second egg carton on the cooler end just in case. :P
thelaptop:
--- Quote from: Tormuse on November 07, 2012, 20:20 ---Diamond.
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* thelaptop chuckles so hard he falls off his chair and smashed his knee into the ground
I think it is a good idea to have multiple hidey-holes. Keeping one end warm and the other cool and letting Diamond adjust his own preference is a good idea in any case.
Tormuse:
Thought you all might like an update on how Diamond is doing. :)
Over the past couple months, he's been getting more and more confident about exploring his cage. He still doesn't like being picked up much, but he tolerates it more now. He takes his food more enthusiastically too; the first couple times, he accepted it timidly and meekly, and now, he aggressively wraps his whole body around it. :) He's also shed his skin a couple times, which is uncanny, because he sheds it all as one single piece and it looks like a little white snake costume, complete with eyeholes! :o I measured the last snakeskin and it was 43cm. My best estimate, when I first got him, was 31cm, so either he's growing very rapidly, or my first estimate was way off. (Quite likely the latter, because in the beginning, he would never hold still) I dealt with the issue of the warm side of the cage being too warm by putting a layer of cardboard on top of the heater for insulation. It seems to help.
Also, my dad got me a new cage for him for Christmas, so now, he has a much larger area to explore. :) At first, being moved into a new cage seemed scary for him and he hid away again for a week, but he seems to be regaining his confidence again. Attached, are before and after pictures of his cages.
And on an unrelated note, I did end up watching Escape from New York, and you're right. It's B movie goodness. :) I may name some future snake "Plissken" some day. :D
thelaptop:
Unlocking on request. =)
Tormuse:
Thanks, Thelaptop! :)
It's been just over a year since I got Diamond, now. It's still hard to measure him, but his last snakeskin was 89cm, so I guess it's safe to say he's over three feet long now and still growing fast!
He's a lot less shy than he used to be; he still hides a lot, but he'll poke his head out to investigate when I talk to him or go to pick him up. He's a lot more relaxed when I pick him up too; in fact, the last couple times I picked him up, he even arranged himself into a position that allowed me to support him more easily. I still take him out for walks (slithers?) on a regular basis and let him roam around the apartment so he gets used to being handled. During one such journey, he somehow managed to get himself trapped inside a tissue box. (Oh, Diamond, you silly snake) :P I suppose I could have stopped him, but I really didn't expect him to be able to get in there. I eventually got him out, but didn't trust the tissues to be clean after that, so I just put the whole box, tissues and all, into his cage and now he has a new, soft, cozy bed. :)
Also attached, is a picture of me holding him on the first anniversary of the day I bought him. May he have many more! :D
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