| Satin's Journal |
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| April 24,2004: We got Satin today at the Hamburg Reptile Show. I want to call her Satin, but the kids don't seem to like that name, so it may change ; ). Anyway, she's about 15-16" long, weighed 20 grams, and the dealer told me sh was a "late" 2003 hatchling. I guess tha puts her somewhere around Oct? I held her for a while when we got home, and she seems used to being handled. She doesn't rattle or musk (yet anyway). She does try "running" off though. Oh....she's an Albino Snow California Kingsnake, just like Angel was. She's still pink though.; ) April 27,2004: Well, her first feeding went GREAT! I got her 2 F/T pinkies to see how she'd take them. When I was lowering her into the feed tank, she grabbed onto one of them before she was even on the ground!! I think I'm going to move her up to fuzzies next week because she downed both pinkies pretty quick and ate BOTH of them backwards!! LOL I weighed her again today and she lost one gram. She even surprised me with a complete shed when I took her out of her hide!!! She's doing great already! She even looked whiter than when I brought her home. Guess that's from the shed though. : P May 3, 2004: She ate her first fuzzy today! It took her a while, but she got it down! I had gotten her 2 because of the way she ate the pinks last week. But, she only ate one of them. Ah well, the one fuzzy did leave a pretty big lump in her, she would've looked like a balloon with 2 in her! LOL I measured her at 16.35" and weighed her at 20 grams again. May 10,2004: She weighed 22 grams this week and ate about 1 1/4 fuzzies! LOL The fuzzies got pretty sloppy after dethawing them, and when she tried eating one, the leg ripped off and that would be the 1/4! LOL She did have me worried on the second one though....she got it swallowed down to the feet and stopped swallowing. She was just sitting ther with her mouth open. With how the fuzzies were, I thought she suffocated on the "slop" from them. I touched her and at first she didn't move. Then I tried picking her up and she swallowed the rest and tried to run all in one move! WHEW!! May 18,2004: She still weighed 22 grams this week. She ate both her fuzzies this week though. She has a pretty good feeding response. I just lower her into the feed tank and she always has one of the fuzzies in her mouth before she's all the way in!! LOL May 25,2004: She shed sometime today? She had it wrapped around her climbing branch like one of those medical symbols with the snakes wrapped around a pole! LOL She ate both her fuzzies this week and weighed 24 grams. June 2,2004: She weighed in at 28 grams this week and ate both her fuzzies again. When I lowered her into her feed tank, she grabbed onto one of the fuzzies like she always does. Then she let go of it and chased my hand out of the feed tank! When she hit the top of the tank her mouth was wide open trying to grab me! LOL I measured her this week too, and she's up to 17.6". June 9,2004: She didn't eat this week and weighed 34 grams. June 16,2004: She shed this week. I always have a hard time telling when albinos are in shed. I had the same problem with Angel. Anyway, she ate 2 fuzzies and weighed 30 grams. June 30,2004: She's back up to 34 grams and she ate both her fuzzies! July 7,2004: I was busy this week and didn't get to clean tanks till today. I found both her fuzzies regurgitated in her tank : (. She did eat this week though, but only took one fuzzy. I did measurements and she's up to 19.9" already! She still weighed in at 34 grams. July 15,2004: She didn't eat this week because she was in shed. She weighed 39 grams. July 18,2004: She shed last night, and had a perfect shed! She still has pretty much pink to her coloration, but she does look like she's starting to turn white : ))). July 21,2004: She ate 2 fuzzies this week and weighed 36 grams. July 30,2004: She ate her 2 fuzzies this week and weighed 44 grams. She SEEMS to be getting a lot whiter too. But, maybe it's just me and my wishful thinking. : P Aug. 10,2004: I can't remember if she ate last week or not? I didn't get to weigh her this week because the neighbors daughter wanted to watch them eat. I TRIED feeding Sky first, but she got all worked up and kept striking at us. So, I covered her up and got out Satin. She could've cared less who was watching! LOL She put on a pretty good show for her too, striking at her F/T and wrapping it up like it was live! She did rattle a few times whenever she noticed someone was watching, but got back to her task at hand and ate 2 fuzzies and the F/T pinky Sky didn't eat. Good to have a showoff in some instances isn't it? LOL Aug. 18,2004: I measured her this week, and she's up to 21.3". She weighed in at 50 grams, but didn't eat this week. Aug. 26,2004: She shed this week. I could never tell when albinos were in shed, and I guess I'll be having problems with her too! LOL She made up for not eating last week. She ate her 2 fuzzies PLUS the live pinks Sky didn't eat. She weighed 48 grams. Sept. 1,2004: She looked like she's starting to outgrow the fuzzies, so I tried getting her some small hoppers this week. I also got her some fuzzies JUST IN CASE she didn't take the hoppers. Well, she took one hopper and one fuzzy! LOL She weighed 52 grams. Sept. 8,2004: She ate one hopper this week and weighed in at 62 grams. Sept. 15,2004: She only ate one hopper again, but only gained 2 grams? She weighs 64 grams now. Oct. 2,2004: She ate one fuzzy and one hopper this week. She still only weighed 64 grams. Oct.9,2004: She only ate one fuzzy this week. She FINALLY put on a bit of weight and is up to 70 grams. I measuered her this week and she's slightly over 2 ft and now measures 24.4". Oct. 19,2004: She took 2 hoppers and a fuzzy that was a bit too big for Sky. She only weighed in at 71 grams. She doesn't seem to be gaining much weight for what she's been eating? Ah well, we'll see how she does next week before I start to worry about it. Oct. 27,2004: She didn't eat this week? She is do to shed, so maybe I missed her turning "blue". She did gain quite a bit of weight this time, and weighed in at 86 grams. She even looked quite a bit "beefier" : ))). Nov. 2,2004: She ate 2 hopper this week and weighed in at 84 grams. Nov. 5,2004: She shed today. I can never seem to tell when she's in shed. She just suprises me with them every now and again! LOL Nov. 10,2004: She only ate one of Sky's fuzzies this week. She gained a bit of weight and is up to 87 grams. I measured her at 26.9". Nov. 17,2004: She ate 2 hoppers this week, and weighed in at 26 grams. Nov. 26,2004: She didn't eat this week. She weighed 90 grams. Dec 4,2004: She didn't eat again this week. She weighs 87 grams. Dec. 12,2004: Still not eating. She's isn't loosing too much weight though. She weighed 87 grams this week. Dec. 18,2004:She FINALLY ate again!! She still hasn't lost much, if any weight. She weighed 88 grams this week? Dec. 27,2004: Well, back to the fasting I guess! She didn't eat anything this week. I didn't weigh her because I've been getting bad readings on the scale. Jan. 5,2005: Still not eating! Jan.13,2005: Hmmmm......she shed today and I never seen her haze over! Man these albinos!!! LOL |
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| Satin is my Albino Snow California Kingsnake |
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