Profile: Holdbacks, Part 1

[Snakesitter]

For these next short entries, we are profiling our four holdbacks from the 2011 Hills-Alex litter. Born on September 14, 2011, all four just hit their one-year birthdays, and are shaping up nicely. We will cover two babies a week over the next two weeks. This is part one of the four-part series.

Kilimanjaro is the little punk of the litter. He was feistiest of the group on the day they were born, nipping me not once but several times as I transferred him to the scale and his drawer. He also proved to be the athlete of the group, once managing to bolt his drawer to the floor in a quick (and quickly terminated) escape attempt.

Here is Kilimanjaro as of his birth in September 2011:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7062/6874150537_892a68229c_b.jpg

Here he is at six months in March 2012:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/7077895623_0eee12ec39_b.jpg

And here he is at one year in September 2012:

Outside
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/8056114469_1ed4f4bfa4_b.jpg

Inside
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8456/8056116284_291619972e_b.jpg

He now weighs 218 grams, placing him a few months ahead of the usual growth curve for a Brazilian of his age. Going forward, we hope he will develop into a solid red specimen.

Thank you for reading,

[marvelfreak]

He grow into one handsome BRB. Has some really nice color.

[Snakesitter]

Thanks Chuck! He's growing fast and coloring up nicely!