Night time is the right time for emmy shots

Dbutton · #1 (**permalink**) 07-19-2005, 05:00 AM

But you have to be careful and not get bitten in the face. I have learned to keep my vital areas well out of strike range after a nearly painful face strike a few night ago from my female. She got about that ll close to my cheek. I haven't been bitten in the face for about 20 years and don't want to start again. I thought she was going to try for my hands tonight, but she just kind of hung there. The male on the other hand cannot be trusted at all after dark, which he has proven sever times with blurring speed strikes at anything warm like my hands. I do love to sit and watch them cruise around that big cage late at night though. I get my red lens head lamp and just sit on a stool and watch for hours. Actually the whole snake building comes alive after dark and it just so happens that I am a night person anyways so it works out quite well.

Hope you enjoy these pics as much as I did taking them.

David
The male

A little closer

And the female. I took several shots, but most didn't come out good because of my shaking hands. LOL!

ball python chick · #2 (**permalink**) 07-19-2005, 05:42 AM

thats neat

Yorick · #3 (**permalink**) 07-19-2005, 06:47 AM

nice pics

Nexus · #4 (**permalink**) 07-19-2005, 06:32 PM

Nice photo's I have a red torch that I have started using when feeding in the dark as it takes some of the russian roulette factor out of feeding. DB / JS thanks for the comments on my thread about refusal to feed turns out he was about to go into shed, the eyes do look blue as well for about a day.

Cheers
Nick

hisba · #5 (**permalink**) 07-19-2005, 07:03 PM

Great pics! I notice a big difference in my GTPs at night compared to day time too and realize at night to just leave the cage closed!

Your male above looks more curious and is thinking "is food coming?" while the female just looks like she wants to bite!

Dbutton · #6 (**permalink**) 07-19-2005, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by hisba

Great pics! I notice a big difference in my GTPs at night compared to day time too and realize at night to just leave the cage closed!

Your male above looks more curious and is thinking "is food coming?" while the female just looks like she wants to bite!

Both emeralds and gtp's are nocturnal hunters so they are going to be more active at night. My emeralds don't move an inch during the day except to reposition their heads every once in a while. But at night they are all over the cage hunting and getting a drink etc...
I will be feeding tonight and am going to film it if I can. I am a photo/video nut and have pictures and movies of many of my snakes feeding. Unfortunatly that is about the most exicting thing that snakes do while in captivity except for breeding. If I could just get my burms to fetch a stick or something it would definatly bring up the excitement level.

David

hisba · #7 (**permalink**) 07-19-2005, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Dbutton

If I could just get my burms to fetch a stick or something it would definatly bring up the excitement level.

Now that would be something to see!
We could teach our snakes to run a mouse maze and at the end of the maze instead of cheese, there would be the mouse. hmmm...

chrispaine · #8 (**permalink**) 07-20-2005, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by hisba

Now that would be something to see!
We could teach our snakes to run a mouse maze and at the end of the maze instead of cheese, there would be the mouse. hmmm...

nice pic and even sweeter snakes!! and hisba, Ya know that might really work ha... anywayz, i was thinking about some day geting a ETB and I was wondering are they somthing you just look at or will they tame, im guessing the nite time is nothing even close to handlable tame but what about day time? thanks.

Dbutton · #9 (**permalink**) 07-20-2005, 02:03 PM

Both of mine are "handlable" during the day, but not like a bci. They just aren't really into it and I am always very aware of where their head is in relation to my face. An arm bite I can handle, but not in the face. And so far that is the only place either of them struck at. I consider them snakes to just look at and enjoy their beauty. If I want something to hold I get one of the juvi bci's out or even a carpet python.
I do take the emeralds out occasionally for a health check. I look over their entire bodies and check their mouths, eyes and vents for any problems and then put them right back on their perch.

David

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