orloffer's Nest

[orloffer]

Can we randomly ramble about how excited we are after a good hatch to be up to 9 Orloffs?!? I fell so hard for these goofy chooks lol

Of course!

 

[TwoCrows]

I have a few good shots of my two older girls but but little one are going through a very awkward teenage stage lol

Awww..... cuteness overload!! Love the coloring!!

 

[dbtcowgirl]

Awww..... cuteness overload!! Love the coloring!!

I'm so excited, I love these guys. I will post new pictures when they get a little cuter lol

 

[orloffer]

Aww....he sound fun! Have you had him long? So he eats rats? Are they live or dead? How often does he eat? (Sorry for all the questions, I'm just so curious about snakes!

You're all good; I enjoy answering them.
I usually feed Snek a frozen thawed small rat once every two weeks. Unfortunately I am not very good about a consistent schedule, but once every two weeks is the recommendation for adult ball pythons. I buy them frozen, and on feeding days I put one in a plastic bag and submerge it in water until it thaws. When it is feeding time, I submerge it in hot water to heat it up. Ball pythons are very picky eaters, and won't eat anything they think is not alive.

 

[TwoCrows]

You're all good; I enjoy answering them.
I usually feed Snek a frozen thawed small rat once every two weeks. Unfortunately I am not very good about a consistent schedule, but once every two weeks is the recommendation for adult ball pythons. I buy them frozen, and on feeding days I put one in a plastic bag and submerge it in water until it thaws. When it is feeding time, I submerge it in hot water to heat it up. Ball pythons are very picky eaters, and won't eat anything they think is not alive.

Yes I would imagine they only like live food. I guess he thinks your hand is more alive than the rat? Do you have to keep a heat lamp on him?

 

[TwoCrows]

I'm so excited, I love these guys. I will post new pictures when they get a little cuter lol

 

[orloffer]

Yes I would imagine they only like live food. I guess he thinks your hand is more alive than the rat? Do you have to keep a heat lamp on him?

Yes, he has a heat pad underneath one of his two caves, along with a reptile heat lamp above. They don't need light, though.

 

[drumstick diva]

Have to admit he has pretty eyes for a snake. I never stayed around long enough to notice what other snakes have.

 

[orloffer]

Have to admit he has pretty eyes for a snake. I never stayed around long enough to notice what other snakes have.

Thanks! They look black, but in the light you can see, very subtly, that they do have slit-shaped pupils. Do you have any non-poultry pets?

 

[orloffer]

orloffer's Adventures in Suburban Backyard Birdwatching
Day 1 (yesterday), I saw and learned to identify of the following:
-Dark Eyed Junco
-Yellow-Rumped Warbler / Audobon's Warbler
-Black Phoebe
-American Robin
-Bewick's Wren
-Western Bluebird

Day 2 (today), I saw and learned to identify the following:
-Anna's hummingbird
-Chestnut-backed Chickadee
-California Towhee
-Western Scrub-Jay
-Oak Titmouse
-Hermit Thrush
I also saw more of the dark-eyed junco, yellow-rumped warbler, Western bluebird, and Bewick's wren.

Other common birds:
-American Crow
-Mourning Dove