Kristy_07
Very Well-Known Member
This is Murphy!
Murphy is a Burmese python. At the moment, she's about 3.5 foot long, but stockier than most morelia at home that would be the same length. She the thickness of a carrot or your big toe around the middle (approx). I'd say she's between 1 - 2 years, as she is quite small, but probably has only been fed every 2 or 3 months since hatching. It's very hard to tell. (If anyone else has any other thoughts, please share!)
I also don't know if "she's" a girl, but I'm going to run with it.
She's placid as a lamb at the moment, but didn't come from very nice conditions beforehand, so will be interesting to see if her temperament changes once she is being kept in nicer conditions with me, with some of the mod cons like her previous owners couldn't provide, like, you know, water and food.
I imagine she may just be a nice-tempered snake, though. I think the nasty, bitey ones would end up pretty quickly in a hot pot!!
I've got her in a temp enclosure at the moment (a big dark box with hides and water) and she really seemed to appreciate the dark and quiet. When I picked her up she was in a 10" squared chicken wire cage, on top of a cage with a baby macaque that kept poking her, because it was bored senseless, too. It was sad to see, but it's just the way it is here.
Sorry for iPhone pics, but she was totally exhausted after her trip up from Saigon, and seemed a bit stressy. I let her have a roam around and a stretch (after being in a transport box) for about 30mins until she settled on that chair and seemed to have had enough, and didn't have the heart to put her through a flash photo shoot, as well. (I think my PJs in the background add a nice touch of colour and contrast, don't you?)
She's in good condition - almost no retained shed, only a scale or two here and there, looks like she's shed fairly recently (colours are bright), no scars. But she's pretty dehydrated. She has water now, and I'll bathe her tonight, after a day of rest in the dark & quiet. Otherwise she looks lovely. I won't be feeding her for a couple of weeks.
The same lady also had Tokays and tortoises (not sure what type), so if I want to expand to exotic collection.....
Murphy is a Burmese python. At the moment, she's about 3.5 foot long, but stockier than most morelia at home that would be the same length. She the thickness of a carrot or your big toe around the middle (approx). I'd say she's between 1 - 2 years, as she is quite small, but probably has only been fed every 2 or 3 months since hatching. It's very hard to tell. (If anyone else has any other thoughts, please share!)
I also don't know if "she's" a girl, but I'm going to run with it.
She's placid as a lamb at the moment, but didn't come from very nice conditions beforehand, so will be interesting to see if her temperament changes once she is being kept in nicer conditions with me, with some of the mod cons like her previous owners couldn't provide, like, you know, water and food.
I imagine she may just be a nice-tempered snake, though. I think the nasty, bitey ones would end up pretty quickly in a hot pot!!
I've got her in a temp enclosure at the moment (a big dark box with hides and water) and she really seemed to appreciate the dark and quiet. When I picked her up she was in a 10" squared chicken wire cage, on top of a cage with a baby macaque that kept poking her, because it was bored senseless, too. It was sad to see, but it's just the way it is here.
Sorry for iPhone pics, but she was totally exhausted after her trip up from Saigon, and seemed a bit stressy. I let her have a roam around and a stretch (after being in a transport box) for about 30mins until she settled on that chair and seemed to have had enough, and didn't have the heart to put her through a flash photo shoot, as well. (I think my PJs in the background add a nice touch of colour and contrast, don't you?)
She's in good condition - almost no retained shed, only a scale or two here and there, looks like she's shed fairly recently (colours are bright), no scars. But she's pretty dehydrated. She has water now, and I'll bathe her tonight, after a day of rest in the dark & quiet. Otherwise she looks lovely. I won't be feeding her for a couple of weeks.
The same lady also had Tokays and tortoises (not sure what type), so if I want to expand to exotic collection.....