A special new arrival

[MantisGirl13]

Congrats on the eggs!

- MantisGirl13 

 

[hcarlton]

Tiny python...

Serafina by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Even tinier boa

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And I got lucky enough to find a male Chapala garter to pair with Maya; he needs to take a lesson from her on how to chill though

Cymus by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Cymus by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Cymus by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[MantisGirl13]

Beautiful! I love how Reynard's head is so much bigger than his body. So adorable!

- MantisGirl13 

 

[hcarlton]

Not a pet, but they're residents in the yard...

Pot squatters by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Callie was also hanging out with friends recently

Callie and Friends by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Callie and Friends by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Recent herp trips have turned up at least a few wild animals:

Pituophis catenifer sayi by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And some of them, I have made videos for; hope to expand the channel when I have time too:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Wg6rOWsfqIzLiLMN1_dxg?view_as=subscriber

Among the featured animals, this guy:

Crotalus viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Crotalus viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And this guy

Thamnophis elegans vagrans by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Back to the home crew:

Rebel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

The big girl hanging out

Callie and Me by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Callie and Me by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And, I shared pics of the eggs a while back, but now, there are babies in the house!

Cape house snake neonate by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

3 females, 3 males, 5 of the 6 have fed already so they'll be ready for new homes shortly

Cape house snake neonate by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Cape house snake neonate by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Cape house snake neonate by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Cape house snake neonate by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Cape house snake neonate by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[MantisGirl13]

So pretty!!!!

- MantisGirl13 

 

[Ax55]

Your reticulated python is absolutely stunning! How old is it?

 

[hcarlton]

Your reticulated python is absolutely stunning! How old is it?

2 1/2 years old. And needs a new enclosure because her current tub is too small (and she's breaking her climbing branches).

 

[hcarlton]

Domhara displaying her dark side

Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Rebel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Still a long ways from adult, but Leah's colors are constantly shifting

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

The snake-like non-snake who hates interaction

Piberius by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And adorable sausages

Irwin by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Irwin by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Irwin by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Irwin by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Seriously, look at this face and try not to think it's cute...

Marmora by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Marmora by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And still working on this guy's sociability, but we're getting better...

Cymus by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

One of 10 tiny noodles that really need new homes...

Cape house hatchling by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Cape house hatchling by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

The male spotted python has finally become handleable again...female still sports a mild interest in even nibbling on the long-sleeve shirts I have to wear because of the weather now, so she's still a work in progress

Namer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Namer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Carmen by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Carmen by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Mother of the baby (and all its siblings of course) at the start of the post

Carmel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Displaying the species' naturally curious disposition

Carmel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Pain in the rear is finally eating regularly again, so he's growing and losing more of his baby pattern

Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

She's nearly 4 feet long now; might actually be mature next year

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Ruby by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Ruby by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Awaiting a new cage for this monster, because she's well-outgrown the current tub

Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[MantisGirl13]

What species are the babies that need homes?

- MantisGirl13

 

[hcarlton]

What species are the babies that need homes?

- MantisGirl13

Cape house snakes.

 

[hcarlton]

The nicest black snake in the house is getting really big now

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Though still nowhere near full grown

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Rebel had an off day recently though...he's usually quiet (if skittish), but this was the only photo I got before my mother somehow irked him by walking by (which she's done many times before with no issue) and he spent the rest of the evening hissy and pissy.

Rebel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Winter blues have made Namer very handleable...but very uninterested in food. His future girlfriend is still a bottomless pit though

Namer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Namer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

On the flip side, Domhara the female boa has been the difficult one (though late-night tease-feeding still works with her)

Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

While the young male remains the bottomless pit

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Halailah is also off feed...but she's chunky at the moment so we're not worrying yet.

Halailah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Halailah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Tsefan, however...

Tsefan and the sweater by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Not even his own photo on my phone is safe...

Tsefan and the phone by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

9 baby house snakes are still here waiting for new homes...and they have no concept of personal space.

House snake antics by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

House snake antics by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

They take up very little space when curled up though

House snake hatchling by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

This one...does not. Castle's the only thing that sort of shows her real size (it's 4 1/2 feet tall, she more than doubles that), but even that doesn't properly do it.

Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Derpiest thing with glowing eyes you'll ever see

Marmora by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And derpier, but one without glow

Irwin by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Proud father became a living knuckle brace

Hobbes by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Hobbes by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And the strange case of Jacob the stunted ratsnake...

Jacob by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

vs. Leah, the female who is at least 3 times his size and the size/color he should have been by now

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Just kind of weird though that her best colors come right before, rather than right after (as in the photo here) her shed cycle

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Black pine do an upside down...

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And lastly... "Can has food?!"

Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Took a bunch of photos in a "welcome to the New Year" thing, and several since too

Lux by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Girl waking up from hibernation, readying for breeding

Carmen by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Carmen by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And Serafina is getting "somewhat" more handleable, while the male regains his appetite and has started looking suspiciously at my hands again...

Serafina by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Serafina by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Cannot properly capture a Baird's' colors on camera, not matter the angle

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

My glorious black girl

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Tsefan in his only semi-safe state of being

Tsefan by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

The not-snake, unhappy about being disturbed as usual

Piberius by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gideon by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Shiny girl

Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Irwin by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Irwin by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Irwin by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Sleeve snakes are common...

Sleeve Snake by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Sleeve Snake by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Pickle the Mighty, he judges from On High

Pickle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Pickle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Pickle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Pickle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Pickle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Unfortunately, with all this positive, some negative too...the new male garter I got in order to breed my original female arrived with some sort of latent illness (contrary to the vehement claims of the person I traded my other female with for him), most likely either a parasite which we were trying to treat here or a virus, and it's ended up killing both as of today. I am now without my water snake ambassadors, and have no idea if I'll be able to replace them.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Sorry for your losses

But your snakes are beautiful. How many do you have?

Pickle is a cutie too.

 

[Mantidfinatic13]

YOUR SNAKES ARE GORGEOUS!!!

I WOULD ABSOLUTLEY LUV A PET SNEK!

Unfortunetly in Australia we have very, very, VERY strict laws when it comes to reptile );

and my parents are scared of snakes anyways 

 

[hcarlton]

Sorry for your losses

But your snakes are beautiful. How many do you have?

Pickle is a cutie too.

23 snakes now. I hope to find a new Maya and Cymus at some point, though it may be a while.

 

[hcarlton]

The unnamed gecko who hates human interaction as much as Piberius...maybe more since he's actually willing to bite

House gecko by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And the 2nd biggest snake in the house, at least 5 feet and a couple pounds already but could still have a ways to go

Rebel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[Mantidfinatic13]

your bull snake is beautiful.

Your gecko is adorable