Mister Mustard

Hello everyone! Been giving some updates, so I thought I’d add one on Mustard here!

Some of you may have noticed he seemed a bit skinny in my initial post, but after some mental warfare, he’s now readily eating frozen thawed, and the difference definitely shows!

Now that I’ve got him eating well, here comes the fun part - making him a hadleable part of snake-ciety. He isn’t terrible, persay, but definitely nippy enough that my motorcycle gloves have found a new purpose over these winter months. I hope with time and consistency, he’ll learn to trust me, as I know these guys are smarter than the average ball python and twice as suspicious!

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He is so pretty! What type of short tail?

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Thank you! He’s P. brongersmai, aka a blood python. Specifically an ivory (super matrix)!

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Ah! So that explains the attitude! You will definitely have to work with him with gloves on. Sometimes short tails get backed up with hardened urates. My blood got backed up with hardened urates. Warm soaks and gentle palpitations takes care of the urates.

Not that your guy has that problem but it is something to keep an eye on……

Keep up with the good work and keep those gloves handy for awhile! :blush:. And more pics please! :pray::blush: