GREAT NEWS!
So, about 3 days ago, as i stepped from the bathroom after a shower, i opened the door to the hallway to find...
BELLATRIX! She was sliding along RIGHT in front of the door. I was so suprised i dropped my towel and yelped. I immediately bundled my little Bella into my arms and settled her down in her new home, that she never got to see two weeks ago when i brought her to the house . She seems more skittish of people that when i first got her (then again, she was in shed aka half blind when i got her... she doesn't know her momma yet)
But I got her nice and warm and she seemed to calm down and get some sleep. In a cage with mondo snake clamps. Over the last few days or so, she's gotten more deliberate in her movements, less jumpy. I guess it musta been pretty stressful to be bopping around a crazy house with all those huge people... Poor Bellatrix. But she is safe now.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND HELP. It really meant a lot to me; i can't tell you how excited I am to have her back...
So that was very exciting.
Oh and to all those concerned, i told the parents about my snakes. They were like "uh... okay whatev, just don't let them eat the puppy" So that went well, i think!
And another exciting update, that centers around those wonderful Pythons....
A breeder with whom I am pretty close (named Tom) informed me this past weekend that he was getting rid of some of his Royals and Corns to make room for more rare/exotic snakes in his collection, and offered to give me one of his larger Royals, set up included, for a pretty reasonable adoption fee.
And so, i took him on. I'm now the owner of a robust male royal python whom i've lovingly named Severus. (haha "Severus SNAKE teehee i'm an idiot) He's approximately 3 feet long, and has a very docile temperment.
Tom helped me get the tank into my house, and set it all up on monday, and then dropped off Severus yesterday.
He likes to wind himself around his big water bowl. *giggles* I've been leaving him alone, because moving reptiles = stressed reptiles.
So now... i need to find places where feeder mice are cheap. My reptile Habit is getting expensive.