‘23 Holdbacks and The Rest of The Collection

[dshag]

Ya they are all nice, but those two are amazing. That is some collection of corn snakes you have there! Thanks for the eye candy.

[deanaii]

Thanks!!

[deanaii]

Ray is an extreme faster. I don’t brumate, but he stops eating in November, and doesn’t resume until conclusion of breeding season in May. So I just feed him heavier than other males during the half year he eats. After breaking his 174-day fast:

[solarserpents]

Doesn’t even look thin! But I’m glad he’s back to eating now - I know how annoying and stressful repeated refusals can be. At least you have lots of others that can eat up his refused mice.

[deanaii]

Radha the giant Okeetee.

[caryl]

Interesting that Ray fasts for so long and still looks so good. Reptiles have such crazy metabolism.

Radha is humongous! Humongous and beautiful, that is. Like so many people, I first fell in love with an Oketee. It was at an educational event. There’s just something extra special about a nice Oketee.

[deanaii]

Yeah, he lost 55g in this fast, but he’ll make that up in two months and add a hundred more probably before he starts the next fast.

Thanks! She’s a textbook Okeetee. Kathy Love line. I really like her.

[caron]

I am curious. What do you feed Radha? She certainly is an impressive size for a corn!

[deanaii]

She alternates between one ~20g adult and one ~35g jumbo monthly. She’s pretty active too. Of course, she didn’t get giant on that schedule. Her weight has plateaued in the last 18 months. She’s a 2020, almost 4.

[lumpy]

How big is she? I am asking because I think Leaky broke 600 grams a little bit ago. @noodlehaus just saying I have taken her feedings out to every three weeks and she is still gaining length and weight. She is going to be 2 years old soon.

[noodlehaus]

I am still absolutely floored at how large she is getting. You could actually probably move her feedings out to once a month at this rate, just to try to slow her down a little.

[deanaii]

She just weighed 777g empty the other day. Females want to get big, and they will get overweight if you let them. Weight maintenance for males is easy.

I have sort of a maxim about corn pics: slender on the ground, chunky in hand.

[deanaii]

Here’s a pic of the 777g Okeetee in her enclosure the other day. Not fat. Just big. She’s never had even a hint of “hips.”

[deanaii]

Carolina. Named after her breeder. Sort of.

[caron]

She is a looker!

[deanaii]

Thanks! Her brother ain’t no slouch either.

[caron]

Well I’m here to tell ya, you ain’t got any slouches!!!

[deanaii]

Hahaha. I could have a dark closet of slouches that never see a phone camera! But I don’t.

[caron]

Don’t doubt it for a minute!

[deanaii]

I was supposed to sell this guy (Miami Irregular Stripe het Caramel Shatter) and his Miami sister, but the buyer ghosted me, and now I like him too much to get rid of. Poptart.