Snake Updates

Just to keep everyone updated, Salazar has finally eaten. Though the process of getting him to eat was quite sad and depressing. We have been trying to feed him pre-killed forzen to no avail. Merope took to those things like no other. Salazar on the other hand is a picky little thing. We didn't want to have to do live kill because it would have been to sad for us to have to listen to the poor little mouse squeal. We got a hold of Salazar's breeder and found out that she had been doing fresh-killed, meaning that they killed the mouse at the house and then fed it to him. Unfortunately for us, this is what we ended up having to do. We we starting to get nervous because he was so much smaller than Merope and looked like he was loosing his body mass. Luckily he took the poor thing and now has had his first meal in three weeks. We are hoping we'll be able to get him off of fresh-killed and onto frozen like his sister. She is such a great eater. We're planning on starting to feed her twice a week to get her to mature at the same rate as Salazar. Which won't be difficult if he continues to be such a picky and stubborn eater.

Merope's New Suit

Finally, after six days of shedding mayhem, Merope has finally got on her new suit to show up Salazar. However, I think they both look great. Merope is doing great; she has already eaten twice and is now larger than Salazar. Salazar, on the other hand, has not eaten once in the two weeks we have had him. We're told not to worry unless he starts loosing his body size and to give him about six weeks to decide to eat. I wouldn't be able to go on a six week fast that's for sure. Let's hope he eats soon! Here's a clip of Merope!

Snake pics!

Here are a couple of new pictures of the snakes. Salazar is sporting a new suite great for this winters fashion. Merope was so envious she desided to go shoping for herself. Hope you enjoy.

Zoo-Lights

I know there have been four new posts today! But I wanted to catch you all up on what has gone on the past few weeks. Last week, Jake, Al, Ang, Corrie and myself all went to the Zoo-Lights down at Hogle Zoo. It is really cute and fun. I would recommend everyone to go check it out. Here are some pictures from that. And I promise, this is the last post for today! But make sure you check out the other three!

In-Law Christmas Party

Here are some of the pictures from the Hamblin Christmas Party this past week. The one picture of Grandma Rhonda is actually from Thanksgiving, however.

Christmas at the Hamblin House

Here is the house decorated for Christmas. Every year, even though we have the same decorations, the house looks a bit different because we seem to reorganize the living room at least once a year. So here is what it looks like for this year!

Our new babies

Hey everyone! It's been a while since Jake and I blogged! We apologize for not keeping you updated. Anyway, Jake and Al recently decided that they wanted to start breeding snakes. They weren't planning on buying until next August, but Jake got a little excited and now we have two new additions to our menagerie. I would like to introduce Salazar and Merope; obviously named after Harry Potter characters. Salazar is the founder of one of the Hogwarts Houses and Voldermort is descendent from him. Merope is the name of Voldermort's mum. Salazar is my snake and he is an Orange Ghost ball python. Jake's snake is Merope and she is a Spider ball python. Merope is the yellow and black one; and Salazar is the orangey-purple one. They are almost three months old. Salazar was born on September 22 and Merope was born on Septmeber 24. They are both 130 grams and will be ready for breeding in a few years. Salazar will grow to be around four and a half feet and Merope will be around five and a half.