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Bluemoon Wolfboy - Candoia carinata. LTC (Been with me 4 years)

A very fat and gravid carinata. One of my lovely big girls Lunar just a month before she dropped 6 babies last year, 3 still borns, 3 live. 1 is still alive 8 months on and doing very well, what a learning curve this has been!

Breeding

Blythe, my adult female tasmai (Halmahera Isle) CB 07 right here in Scotland

Minerva, a very large LTC adult female paulsoni

Berlingo 07 CB Isabel Isle male

Lyra, LTC Kofiau Isle locality carinata

Burton, CB 07 in Scotland (Blythes brother)tamsai in a very dark phase

His usual colouration

Hope you enjoy some of the shots A wee insight into my Candoia obsession.
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Postage stamp collection!

Very nice collection!
Talking about a learning curve. What did you give your small Candoia C Carinata the first months? I have a female gravid, but i know the feeding for the offspring isn't easy.

I tried EVERYTHING! Anything you could think of a baby carinata might enjoy and nothing worked. I resorted to VERY delicately tube feeding beef heart and critical care formula every 2 weeks via a kitten catheter. Over and done with in 10 seconds tops. After the baby started putting on a wee bit of weight and once I had seen it was pooping and functioning correctly I started assist feeding lizard tails. I'm going to go back to basics and try all the original methods now the baby is older and has the knack for swallowing things. I am shocked the baby hasn't keeled over from the stress of it all. But I am VERY careful and in between feeds the baby is left completely alone for the full two weeks.
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Postage stamp collection!

Oke thank you, i know it's hard to feed the small ones. I'm still waiting and hoping she gives birth one of these days. After 5 years it will be the first time that my small group produces offspring.

If you produce any and are in the US, I'd be interested in buying some offspring from you.

I work with several Candoia species, have an article coming out on them, and am looking to expand... ccarillephoto@gmail.com
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Chris
Chris Carille Photography
http://nyexotics.blogspot.com/

Thanks,for posting such nice pictures.Nice to see another shot of Blythe-Great SNAKE!

Fantastic Candoia collection!

That red paulsoni is beautiful!
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Chris
Chris Carille Photography
http://nyexotics.blogspot.com/

Nice shots and animals! congratulations!