A special new arrival

[hcarlton]

Black pine is nearly 4 feet long now

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Callie will forever reign supreme though; at least 10 feet at this point

Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Hungry little monster who likes fingers as much as mice

Serafina by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Leah was being cute though; pics are blurry but I couldn't get rid of them

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

"Are you ticklish?"

Leah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Carmen headwear by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Baja king tying herself in knots looking for nonexistent "finger" food

Halailah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[MantisGirl13]

Beautiful snakes as always! You inspired me to get into snakes about a year ago and now I have a corn snake and a ball python. Snakes are awesome. 

Callie is stunning by the way.

- MantisGirl13

 

[hcarlton]

The corns got busy carrying on the legacy of my first snake (Midnight's the daughter of my first one), got some weird looks when I disturbed them...

Dreamer and Midnight by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Ruby by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Pair of dorks...

Rebel and Me by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Rebel and Me by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And the dark monster the only time he's safe

Tsefan by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Tsefan by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Not quite snakes, and not pets, but you'll find those on the same channel too:

 

[hcarlton]

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[hcarlton]

Midnight update: as of today (the 31st of July), she's come back home from surgery. There was a tumor in the wall of the colon that had to be removed, so now there's 2 weeks of pain med and antibiotics injections...but she's alive and well so far. Hopefully full recovery will lead her to many more years.

And in other news:

Halailah is always watching

Halailah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Tsela likes hanging out upside down...

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And this is her with dull colors going into shed...

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Rebel's always up for hanging out (so long as he doesn't get food-triggered first)

Rebel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Rebel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Food does not always cooperate...

Pickle with a hat by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Pickle with a hat by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Bindi wishes for more food, but cannot have because she just ate and is already fat anyway...

Bindi by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

But fat or not, she is beautiful

Bindi by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Bindi by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Bindi by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Bindi by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Between the two Dominican boas I have, with Reynard already showing as much color at this size as Domhara has at near-adulthood, Reynard is definitely going to be the brighter, redder one

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

The Black-ness monster...

Tsefan by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Sadly, after over $2500 in vet bills, Midnight went in for surgery, had a cancerous colon tumor removed...and then 2 weeks later an internal suture ruptured and the damage could not be fixed. These are the last photos to be taken of her:

Midnight by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Midnight by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Midnight by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Midnight by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

She had no new babies within the past few years, so the lineage started with my first snake continues no more...though she will be immortalized with the shed pendant I have and the shed I still have that will be made into more pendants.

Focus cannot remain on the past though, much as it hurts...I have many other animals that still need attention

Irwin by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Some are growing fast (and make good bracelets)

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Others likely slowing down in growth...and like to laze about

Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Bindi "escaping" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

He thinks he's hidden...but most of him is still sticking out the other end of the tube

Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

And...the corn snake project I have no intention of simply dropping due to a loss, and I had a hole that needed filling. This girl also fits the meaning of her name in personality (My Friend)

Mochara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Mochara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Mochara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Made a new video focused on the big girl, Callie: