A taste of Indonesia...

[oOBrieOo]

A new small batch of photos from this week..

These guys are from the highly arboreal(tree dwelling) Indonesian group of pythons, genus Morelia.

Irian Jaya or New Guinea Carpet python, Morelia variegata.. This guy was my first python, and have had him for many many years. Bought him locally, as a little tyke the size of a pencil.











And an adult male Green Tree Python, Morelia viridis, from the island of Sorong.. He was collected from the island and brought into the US as a young adult..

[jar_e]

Just amazing. Your shots a very well done and the colors are just beautiful!

Nice shooting,

Jared

[Liz]

Wow! These are nice shots! I'm amazed at the beauty of the guys. I have a question about the eyes - are these the color of the eyelids (probably a dumb question)? I won't ask any more questions about the eyes - but they are beautiful.

The first one is your "first" python? How many do you have and how do you care for them? Because I'm afraid of snakes, I find it awesome that you have such an interest in them. It has to be fascinating. You really have to know what you're doing. Could you share a little about what you do?

They are both absolutely beautiful. What camera are you using here?

Thanks for your patience with all of my question.

Liz

A new small batch of photos from this week..

These guys are from the highly arboreal(tree dwelling) Indonesian group of pythons, genus Morelia.

Irian Jaya or New Guinea Carpet python, Morelia variegata.. This guy was my first python, and have had him for many many years. Bought him locally, as a little tyke the size of a pencil.











And an adult male Green Tree Python, Morelia viridis, from the island of Sorong.. He was collected from the island and brought into the US as a young adult..

[oOBrieOo]

Liz, nah.. "The only dumb question is the question unasked". ;) Snakes do not have eyelids, but they have a clear scale that covers their actual eyeball, and connects to skin in the eyesocket, to protect the eye.. Alot of people think snake's eyes are fixed, but they move them around inside the scale, just as we do. If you compare the first and second photos of the Green Tree, you can see how he's looking foreward in one, back at the camera in the second.. The color is just the color of their eyes, just like we have different colored eyes.

As for how many snakes I have.. alot. lol. Not nearly as many as I used to have.. Used to be very involved with the local "snake society" that did school shows and what not, and had probably over 100 animals at that point. But lately i've just been worn too thin by all of that and over the past year have sold most everything except the animals i'm too attatched to.. And have picked up a more expensive snake to be addicted to, the Green Tree Pythons. Think of them as the Lamborgini of the snake world. My first one ran be 1500, cheapest one was 400.. I'm just a girl who really digs snakes. lol. Don't own a business or anything really.

The camera is my digital Rebel.. Which I love.. a huge improvement over my last camera, an ancient olympus. hehe

[Liz]

Wow. Thanks for sharing all of this. Actually, I think at one time I did know that snakes don't have eyelids. That's what happens when you get old - you forget a lot. But you're sharing about it brought it back.

The Rebel 300D is a marvelous camera. I sold mine to get the XT - and before I went to NY I only took a few pics which weren't great. I was ready to exchange it for another Rebel 300. But now that I've used it a bit, I like it.

Thanks for posting these pics and for sharing some of yourself with us. I think you have a wonderful hobby or "addiction" as you put it. I hope you will post more of your photos - I can't get over how beautiful that green guy is. His eyes are just awesome.

Liz

Liz, nah.. "The only dumb question is the question unasked". ;) Snakes do not have eyelids, but they have a clear scale that covers their actual eyeball, and connects to skin in the eyesocket, to protect the eye.. Alot of people think snake's eyes are fixed, but they move them around inside the scale, just as we do. If you compare the first and second photos of the Green Tree, you can see how he's looking foreward in one, back at the camera in the second.. The color is just the color of their eyes, just like we have different colored eyes.

As for how many snakes I have.. alot. lol. Not nearly as many as I used to have.. Used to be very involved with the local "snake society" that did school shows and what not, and had probably over 100 animals at that point. But lately i've just been worn too thin by all of that and over the past year have sold most everything except the animals i'm too attatched to.. And have picked up a more expensive snake to be addicted to, the Green Tree Pythons. Think of them as the Lamborgini of the snake world. My first one ran be 1500, cheapest one was 400.. I'm just a girl who really digs snakes. lol. Don't own a business or anything really.

The camera is my digital Rebel.. Which I love.. a huge improvement over my last camera, an ancient olympus. hehe

[paulnj]

Yes, these are great shots!

But how can you call the green tree python the Lamborgini when BOLEN'S , Diamond, and madgascar tree boas are on the market ;)

BTW... 100 is a very large collection to feed, house and clean up after! I thought I was nuts to have 29 ADULT pythons [retic(20ft), bermese, indian(17 ft female), amethystine(scrub) ..] amoung my collection. I literally got rabbits , rats and mice by the truck load My 2 car garage was a feeder breeder dwelling and pitbull/ neopolitan mastiff kennel by night. the ocelot and kinkajou lived inside ;)

BUT..when all my breeder snakes had young..... HUNDREDS everywhere for a few months. Good thing I had a 3400 sq. home before I downsized to a tiny condo !

[oOBrieOo]

Yes, these are great shots!

But how can you call the green tree python the Lamborgini when BOLEN'S , Diamond, and madgascar tree boas are on the market ;)

BTW... 100 is a very large collection to feed, house and clean up after! I thought I was nuts to have 29 ADULT pythons [retic(20ft), bermese, indian(17 ft female), amethystine(scrub) ..] amoung my collection. I literally got rabbits , rats and mice by the truck load My 2 car garage was a feeder breeder dwelling and pitbull/ neopolitan mastiff kennel by night. the ocelot and kinkajou lived inside ;)

BUT..when all my breeder snakes had young..... HUNDREDS everywhere for a few months. Good thing I had a 3400 sq. home before I downsized to a tiny condo !

Because Maddy tree boas and Diamonds any fool can care for, but Boelens I suppose is worthy enough to be classed with chondros. ;) Not a big fan of the Maddy tree boas, I have several friends who produce em.. Not my thing. Diamonds are ok but not worth the price tag IMO. What I find funny is the prices on things like them in Australia.. I have an aussie net-friend that recently bought a baby Diamond from a petstore, for 200 dollars australian.. yet nice JCPs rank up into the 1000s, as do GTPs.. heh.

Yes, it is indeed alot to care for.. In that were 7 adult and subadult retics, 1 adult albino burm(still have), 6 adult and subadult Scrubs(11ft on down, still have mostly), adult Argentine, colombian and sonoran boas, and my 9ft Taiwnese beauty snake breeders(never leaving). I still buy a truckload of feeders, just lasts me longer then it used to. lol.

[paulnj]

Well, I would tend to agree about the difficulty in maintaining chondros, but I thought you were referring to cost and availabilty. Mind you I haven't been to a reptile show or wholesaler in 7 years. I remember when albino balls where $15k a pair(now in the 5k range), ah but lavendar albinos are SIXTY THOUSAND A PAIR!!!!!!!!