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I finally got myself a digital camera and started playing with it today! Still need to learn how to get those beautiful pictures I see some of you share, but these are so waaayyyy better than the 35mm pics I tried to take!

What'cha think of my little beauty?

Caesar poking his head out and admiring his reflection:

Size reference:

Chillin'

Thanks for letting me share!

Judy
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1.0 red cape gopher (Caesar)

He's still not interested in eating. Tonight I set him up in a temporary tank so that I can get his real home heated properly. I got a UTH, thermostat and min/max thermometers. Hopefully in a couple days I'll have the heat gradient all set up properly and can put him back in. Once he's been consistently warm, I'm hoping he'll start eating again.

Judy
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1.0 red cape gopher (Caesar)

Don'r worry Judy, Caeser will begin eating again. My capes and black pines were the first to go off feed again this year. Then my climacophoras. My pair of capes are brumating right now. They are scheduled to come out February 14. Here's a pic of one of them just before I put them down. Hopefully this will be their first year to breed.

Terry Parks

I've always had a thing for capes. That one is beautiful
Crizot

Thanks for the comment Crizot. I really like capes too. You just need to be a little patient with them and they make great snakes for a collection. People try to power feed or put more weight on capes. They are slender pituophis. They don't like to be the center of attention either. It's hard not to put them in a spot where they can be viewed alot since they are nice looking. Good luck.

Terry Parks

>>I've always had a thing for capes. That one is beautiful
>> Crizot

Thanks for the comments and encouragements, Terry! I'm sure he'll come around when he's ready. He doesn't seem to be losing any visible weight. I guess my next snake-purchase will be a scale. And since he's in a low-traffic area of the house, and only eats when he feels like it, I must be taking pretty good care of him. He certainly seems happy enough...as much as a snake can seem happy.

Take care!
Judy
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1.0 red cape gopher (Caesar)

Judy -
In reading your posts and updates on Caesar, he is getting the proper care and husbandy for a cape gopher. I mentioned being patient and not trying to give a cape girth because I see people tend to do that with capes and can't figure why they don't devour everything in their path like a bullsnake or northern pine. Northern pines tend to be O.K. when they are in an area of traffic as opposed to capes. Caesar definitely seems O.K. where he is and the care you are providing so I don't see anything out of the norm with his going off feed for awhile, especially this time of year and if he experiences some cold spikes.

Terry Parks

>>Thanks for the comments and encouragements, Terry! I'm sure he'll come around when he's ready. He doesn't seem to be losing any visible weight. I guess my next snake-purchase will be a scale. And since he's in a low-traffic area of the house, and only eats when he feels like it, I must be taking pretty good care of him. He certainly seems happy enough...as much as a snake can seem happy.
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>>Take care!
>>Judy
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>>1.0 red cape gopher (Caesar)

Thats a nice cape you have there.Pics aren't that bad. They look good to me.

Chris S.

Thanks! I was pleased with how the pics turned out. It's just that the perfectionist in me is already looking ahead to those artsy pictures that some people can take with their animals on black velvet and professional-type lighting and such. But then again...that seems a bit snooty for my little cape. LOL

Judy
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1.0 red cape gopher (Caesar)