The Hand is here! Where is Voigt’s dinner? GUMBY IS HERE ALSO

I just want to hear some happy stories about your accomplishments :)

My perfect, chubby baby.

I’m,, he almost made me cry today, guys. he’s been super defensive since he got home, and he strikes like every time I go to anything. him eating made me feel so so much better but… nothing like today. I held him in my hands more than I was able to capture, mostly because the camera and quick movements still frighten him, so I decided not to press. he relaxed, very gradually, and began to move about my lap and the blankets around me for a little bit. he didn’t much appreciate being moved when he got too nosy in places he didn’t belong, but, didn’t posture at me very much. So I decided to test him. I placed him on the other end of the bed from where I was sitting, more or less a foot from me, since he’s so small. and I wanted to see what he would do. very slowly, with extreme caution, he began to make his way back. to me. he approached me warily, neck slightly tensed, tongue flicking, until he reached my leg and climbed back up into my lap. he very gently came and sniffed my hands, and resettled by me. and I was damn near in tears. it’s such a little thing. I was warm and the closest thing to familiar on my bed. but he still came back. he’s going to be a process, still, no denying it. but we’re learning. Together.

I'm so happy for you and your noodle son.

I am kind of the in between? I don’t 100% leave them alone, but I don’t force them to go into their defensive ‘ball’ mode. If they strike in cage, I gently take them out and let them sit out of cage for maybe a minute or so, usually on my lap. Then I will put them back in if they don’t strike again. After a couple times doing this, they stop seeing you as a threat. Making them ball up will make them associate you with stress, which honestly might make their defensiveness worse. Its always a slow and steady progress, especially with hatchlings :)

people who are afraid of snakes are fuckin’ WILD, like dude, just carefully step over these fat babies’ sausage bodies and gently move the burmese python chillin’ against the door, then you become unfathomably rich. i would do this for $10. i would do this for FREE. 

When human hooks you up with the good shit 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👀👀👀💯💯💯🙌🏻

Are you a “this is my perfect sweetest boy, he has so much sweetness in all the scales on his kind little head he makes sugar seem sour” kind of snake owner or a “this is the asshole rope who lives in my home and watches me in the night. I would die for her” snake owner

Alternatively: they’re proud of their artwork and offended that you don’t think it’s equally beautiful.

Puddin’ is the weirdest damn snake sometimes.

Huffing is super normal! Kabuki likes to grumble at me picking him up too, but once he’s out, he’s usually fine. If you continue to notice them remaining tense, defensive, or stressed, then don’t push him!

Puddin’ has never huffed, and I can’t remember Jaffa huffing either. Biscuit is definitely the most vocal.

a beautiful girl, coming in for a visit!!

So, as someone who got bit in the face by a snake once, lemme tell you--that really didn’t put me off from letting them get in my face (when they’re relaxed, of course. Not trying that shit on food night)

I actually like it blue, which is “seared on the outside and basically completely raw in the middle,” but for some reason many restaurants won’t serve that. I have no idea why I like it so raw, I just do! There’s something about the taste and the textural contrast- and the temperature contrast, too- that makes it just so dang tasty to me!

It’s the difference between cooked fish and sushi--I like both, but I definitely prefer sushi. It’s... sweeter? Softer. There is more flavor.

Baby gator feeding frenzy.

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