#Python bivittatus

[goliathsplopspot]

So we had Gracie out on the floor of her room for a while when we were moving her cage the other day and when we left the room and came back she had peeked her head out and was periscoping around the corner waiting for us to come back. The remaining 10+ feet of her was still in the room and under a box, but she had to keep an eye out for us.

[scalyboys]

Cornflake!!!

[thlpp]

The flip side of her being comfortable with me and my appendages close to her face is, that I literally can’t contain her, unless I close the lid. She’s just eager to explore her surroundings and all the breakable things that she’ll push off the table in the process be damned!

[mister-hisser]

I swear she gets better every shed. Lily is the definition of a “glow up”. 

[auspaws]

my heart can’t take this

[pansneksual]

Albino Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) by CamStatic

[goliathsplopspot]

Sniffing the hand that feeds.

I haven’t posted much of Her Exalted Excessiveness, Queen of the Blue Bedroom,Grandmaster Hissybutt, Lady of Ginormous Poo, Gracie in quite some time, but here she is while my husband was cleaning her cage and she decided to bless him with a flicking of the royal tongue and an opportunity for a booping of the royal snoot.

[reptiphoric]

HERE SHE IS!!

Everyone meet Locus, my first Burmese python and first "giant" period!! She's a 2019 female green het granite 66% ph albino. She seems smaller than I'd expect for being nearly a yearling (if the seller posted the correct info on MM, her hatchday is July 6th), but her overall body tone looks good and she seems healthy upon first impressions. Only thing that worries me is this little mark up near her neck;

No idea what it is. Almost looks like she could have been bit by a mouse or something, but she's supposed to be eating F/T prey. I'll be asking the seller about it here shortly.

And damn is this little girl chatty! I know burms are noisy, but Locus sounded like a tea kettle with how much she was hissing when I pulled her bag out of the box! No bites or strikes though.

I'm gonna be miserable keeping my hands off for the next week while she settles in. What a gorgeous snake, my poor camera phone just can't do her justice!

[thlpp]

cyclicality

everything in life repeats itsnek

[cornysnake]

Delilah - Albino labyrinth burmese python (Python bivittatus)

We picked up a very special new addition today! She’s going to grow up to be an ambassador animal as well as an example of how important enrichment is for large constrictors (and reptiles in general). 

[lovingexotics]

Burmese Python Python bivittatus Source: Here

[bathjuice-senpai]

Big Bertha the Burm

[goliathsplopspot]

Gracie says “Hello!” for World Snake Day

She was so tolerant of the boop.

[lizardlicks]

I am writing a long description of the many problems with this new study.  It is chock full of them.  I am publishing as I write.  This is part 1: When I saw a report of this study on the national news, I cringed.  I am a classically trained biologist, and have seen first hand exactly how damaging invasive species are.  I expected this study to confirm my worst fears.  I expected to see stark numbers, and cold statistics.  I expected proof that pythons are causing damage to the fragile everglades environment.  I decided to read the study anyway, telling myself that this is a South Florida Problem, it does not justify a national ban no matter how convincing the study is[....] [...] “None of us would have predicted that 77 percent of the rabbits would be eaten by pythons,” McCleery said. Notice the last line of the quote.  Suddenly the pythons ate 77 percent of the rabbits. This is not what the study said though.  The study said that pythons were responsible for 77 percent of the mortalities.  There is a subtle but important difference here. Ask yourself how many mortalities there were.  When I tell you, you will realize the scientist has deliberately misrepresented his own study.  He is hoping no one read the rest of the paper.  I did, and I can take you on a guided tour. It turns out that almost everything in the above quote is either a misrepresentation or total lie.  Furthermore, the experiment is designed to find its conclusion.

Ball-python.net user nightrainfalls breaks down just how incredibly flawed the “science” going on in the everglades’ studies of invasive pythons really is, and how they’re getting away with a public misinformation campaign.

[thlpp]

what kind of dog is sunny?

Sunny is a cat

[cornysnake]

Delilah - green granite het albino burmese python (Python bivittatus)

My perfect loaf daughter is growing so big and strong. <3