yearling olive

percey39 · 07-21-10, 11:46 PM

Just thought i would throw some pics up of the monster for you guy's to see. He is very sociable (for a snake) and when i let him out for a roam in the lounge he tends to come sit in my lap instead. He comes our for at least an hour a day. I turn the heater on for him at night and during the day he likes to sit on the couch in the sun and stare at the birds on our lawn lol. When i get home he comes straight of his hide and rubs on the glass waiting to be let out.
He is the most spoilt snake i own. He is the favourite of my entire collection for both my friends and family.

BrandyMom2aFew · 07-22-10, 12:12 AM

Beautiful!

percey39 · 07-22-10, 01:29 AM

I will get some better pics now while i have him out

BrandyMom2aFew · 07-22-10, 01:38 AM

Excellent! Can't wait!~

percey39 · 07-22-10, 01:51 AM

They are up now, he's is such a pig lol

BrandyMom2aFew · 07-22-10, 02:00 AM

He is so lovely! I am intrigued and nervous about big snakes perhaps one day I will.... I am totally jealous in a very good way!

percey39 · 07-22-10, 02:10 AM

Hes not too big at the moment, but will eventually get around 3m-3.5m. Their absolute max is around 4.5m for a female. He is a big boy though as he is only around 15 months old. He is far too placid though, has no aggression what so ever.

.: Laura :. · 07-22-10, 04:40 AM

Aww bless what a sweet face, such a beautiful snake

percey39 · 07-22-10, 05:06 AM

Cheers guy's, he is such a sweet natured snake especially for his size

shaunyboy · 07-22-10, 06:01 AM

thats one chunky olive you have there mate.he's got quite a girth on him for a yearling.dont you just love snakes with his charecteur.love the way he hogs the couch.

cheers shaun

.: Laura :. · 07-22-10, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by shaunyboy

thats one chunky olive you have there mate.he's got quite a girth on him for a yearling.dont you just love snakes with his charecteur.love the way he hogs the couch.

cheers shaun

Hahahaha me too

percey39 · 07-22-10, 06:26 AM

Cheers Shaun. This is the guy getting all the food lol. Yeah he hogs the couch during the day, but at night he hogs my lap and watches the telly. He is basically like have a boarder live with me. Im pretty sure he even tries to talk sometimes lol

shaunyboy · 07-22-10, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by percey39

Cheers Shaun. This is the guy getting all the food lol. Yeah he hogs the couch during the day, but at night he hogs my lap and watches the telly. He is basically like have a boarder live with me. Im pretty sure he even tries to talk sometimes lol

you got me sitting here grinning from ear to ear mate.i know what your saying re them speaking to us.i swear my coastal jag was a human in a former life.one with a crazy sense of humour my wife and i lye in bed and most of my tanks are at the bottom of our bed.i swear he acts like an excited puppy when he sees us.gets all excited pacing back and forth the front of the tank with a go on take me out look on his face.sadly its the same jag ive had re occuring ri's with.was at the vet yesterday and after throwing £370 in total over the last 9 months the problems still there.my vets bills are now more than double what i paid for him but he's the family pet so i wont be giving up anytime soon.they think it may be similar to a human disease where the lung produces mucas until the victim drowns.cant remember the name of the human equiviliant.im taking him to another vet for a second opinion as reccomened by my own vet.both these vets work for zoo's so they know there stuff.sadly he said we've covered all the standard issues now we're entering into the wierd and nasty section of diseases.the cures are quite severe on their liver and kidneys so we have to be very sure before we commence any treatments.let you know how it goes mate.

cheers shaun

.: Laura :. · 07-22-10, 06:48 AM

Pleurisy/emphysema?

percey39 · 07-22-10, 06:52 AM

Yeah i reckon some can talk thats for sure. All i think i hear from one of my scrubs is "feed me or its your face" lol.
Sorry to hear about your jag mate. Its always hard when the money spendings get well and truely above the cost of the snake. I had a scrub that had some major issues after being purchased from a pet shop. I ended up spending $2000 aussie dollars on her vet bills to figure out she had liver issues and a bad RI. I refused to let the bills bother me and had friends saying to stop as the snake only cost me $250, but i grew a real relationship i feel with ths snake and i could never ever part with her. She is all better now but has kept the wheezing sound when she gets excited. She is very placid towards me now an wont even look like striking me but will go nuts when other people try and handle her.
Please let me know how it goes at the vets and i hope it turns around and makes a full recovery for you mate. As i know how your feeling.