Almost choked when I saw prices on even small Christmas decorations so I went home and used only things already in my house. 10 sheets of paper, some string, a nail, a stick, a spare lantern and two clothes pins. I think it'll do the job!

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Someone asked what Tempest's personality is like. This. This is what Tempest's personality is like 😆

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Caspian, my 6' long white-sided black rat snake. He's a shy but sweet boy 🤍

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One of my hissing roaches molted and looks like an adorable cartoon character.

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A round of applause for sweet Anapel! She had 6 beautiful and huge eggs this morning and, of course, looks flawless even right after laying.

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Tundra's pattern reminds me of a cozy knit sweater. She's such a beautiful girl!

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Hohenheim is very confident in his masculinity. Turns out neon orange snakes turn bubblegum pink in shed!

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This is how my Dumeril's boa left her shed 😆

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Stilgar the Bredl's python, giving me the biggest yawn I've caught on camera!

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This is how Bug watches me 95% of the time... she looks like a Disney character, it should be illegal to be this cute.

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Nova at 5 months old and then almost a year later. Black milksnakes are so cool!

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My Halloween snake! Kementari the 3 year old corn snake.

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Update on Bug, the little rat snake who had a really rough start to life. She just turned 3 months yesterday and is doing amazing!

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We'll just talk about how cute she is and pretend that she didn't try to eat her own tail a few days ago...... Auri the drama queen speckled king.

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Bug says hi.

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8 day old black milksnake right after his first shed. I don't even think it's legal to be this cute.

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Today marked Bug's 4th successful meal and she's noticeably filling out now. I think she's well on her way to a full recovery!

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Beautiful Nyx, our 5 year old black milksnake.

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Shiloh, my little cutie. He turns 1 in a couple days, time flies!

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Creeeep

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A wood burned bearded dragon pendant I just finished. They are not easy models, so many details!

3yr ⋅

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Skotos the black milk snake. I now believe in miracles after getting a clear, well posed picture of this very large, very squirmy boy.

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Kalika just had her first birthday! She's quick and a little nervous but has always been very sweet and gentle 💙

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I made a wood burned art piece of a betta. To me, they always look like they're dancing.

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I love this boy so ridiculously much! He is such an easy going sweetheart, even put up with me gently moving his tail so I could get it in the picture.

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Jazz, our almost 2 year old Kunashir Island Japanese rat snake. Her personality is just as beautiful as her looks!

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I'm going to be honest...he's a bit of a dope. But one of the cutest dopes I've ever seen.

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Elara was almost glowing after a beautiful shed this morning. She's such a curious little thing, always climbing right out of her enclosure and onto my hand when I open it.

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I just wanted to get a picture of his cute face....apparently the answer was NO

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Picked up a brick in my yard... found these 3 cuties hanging out together.

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Stilgar the Bredl's python using his butt as a pillow.

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Hohenheim is the one snake that everyone who visits remembers! Even my grandma, who doesn't even like snakes, still asks about that handsome orange one 🧡

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My Sedeveria 'Lilac Mist' has been my one of my favorites from the beginning and now she's really putting on a show. No colour editing was done at all.

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Eno finally gave me ONE good picture after almost 50 duds. This is a very busy guy. Places to go, mice to eat.

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This is Bug. She has not had the best start in life. We didn't think she would survive but I'm so happy to report that she has now kept two meals in a row down and is looking strong. She makes up for her tiny size with the most sass I've ever experienced.

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The baby black milksnakes have had their first shed so it was time for a photoshoot. This little girl did not want to leave my hand, she is the sweetest little thing.

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Taken on 4 different days.... Auri the speckled king found a hole in a log that has become her favorite place ever.

3yr ⋅

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Everyone, meet Zira. She's a (measured) 7' axanthic bullsnake and she has absolutely stolen my heart.

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3 tall rat snakes.... cracks me up when they do this, I have a whole collection of giraffe snake pictures!

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Stilgar the Bredl's python, looking like a dragon with the light shining through his eye.

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I put Alia in a bowl and took some pictures. If it was possible for her to raise an eyebrow and say, really? I think she would but she put up with me like the sweetheart she is.

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Tried to take a picture of the floating snail...Azure was having none of it.

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She's intense and needs a lot of patience and understanding, but she's still one of my favorites. This is Kalika, our female Vietnamese blue beauty.

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I ask myself frequently why Japanese rats aren't more common. This is my favorite boy, Jinx, starting to turn quite blue. He's only 17 months old and their colour continues to deepen throughout their entire life.

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My 'Neon Breakers' absolutely glows in bright shade outside. No colour editing at all

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Baird's are weirdly uncommon. They're as easy to care for as corns and are just stunning. This is our oldest girl acting like a model.

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Sedeveria 'Lilac Mist', one of my absolute favorites

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That baby face gets me every time ❤ Taser the Taiwan beauty snake, a natural model

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I feel like such a weakling when I try to hold one arm out with her on it. Isis is such a sweet girl though, always calmly exploring and watching the world.

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Two of our biggest roaches! I think they'll adorable but that's not a popular opinion 🤷‍♀️

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A baby black milksnake just minutes after hatching. Almost impossible to believe that this little sweetheart will be a 5-6' jet black beast in a few years.

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One of the babies we hatched this year that we're keeping. Razi is glowing after his second shed and he's such a sweet boy already, just like his parents.

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He's so gentle and curious and unafraid of everything. I'm so excited to watch this little guy grow up.

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They're called beauty snakes for a reason. I'm just crazy about her!

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Another perfect shed for Bug! She's now 4 1/2 months old and doing so wonderfully.

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I know, I know, I post her a lot. But this morning I woke up to Bug balancing on the edge of a leaf while staring at me. Also, you can see her little heart (dark spot right before her body curves).

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Even in pre-lay shed she's gorgeous! Baby Baird's rat snakes coming soon, I can't wait.

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She never stops moving but luckily, she looks beautiful from every angle!

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Such a pretty and gentle girl. Never stops moving though, blurry faces are just part of a photoshoot with Cineris!

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My buddy, Jinx, and I had a short photoshoot today. He's always going to be my special boy ❤

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Our Halloween snake, Kementari the Okeetee corn. I love the uncommon exotic species but corns are just so special.

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When you use your own butt as a chin rest...

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One of my favorite girls... Anapel, the Russian rat snake. Finally awake after a 3 month nap!

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Tempest the FWC. Despite the grumpy little face, she's one of the sweetest young snakes I've ever had.

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Sterling's little curly tail is so cute... and his neon orange freckles are amazing!

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Oh dude....he goes from 0 to full shed mode in a single day, it seems. Still isn't the least bit shy though.

4yr ⋅

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Just finished my wood burned carpet python art piece! My hand feels like it's going to fall off but I'd say it was worth it.

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Progress of my carpet python wood burning! I'm now painfully aware of how many scales a snake actually has

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Two of our dusky cave roaches, freshly molted. I think they're just gorgeous!

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So um... my Baby Toes are going insane right now

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She's one of the most consistently visible spiders we own and I can't say that I'm unhappy about that... what a beautiful girl!

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I get such nice compliments on the pictures I get of the snakes... but Eno here was helpful in demonstrating what 98% of my photos look like 😆

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This one hatched backwards, finally came out after 3 days, bit me, peed on me and then sat in my hand staring at me. I think this is a keeper!

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Tiny little Jazz is getting so colourful! Japanese rats are underrated, they're such beautiful and inquisitive snakes.

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Happy World Snake Day from our home to yours!

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Welcome home, Pepper. You are already so loved ❤

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Demi is such a cute little chunk with a heart on her head! 5 year old Nuevo Leon/Thayer's/variable kingsnake.

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This dude is the definition of handsome... and is so cooperative when I bug him with a camera.

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Can't get enough of Ghani's chubby face, she always looks like such a baby!

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My sweet girl, Tundra, is starting to feel a bit poofy as she begins growing eggs. I'm going to have such a hard time letting these babies go when the time comes, especially with how amazing their parents are.

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Oh. Thanks, Sam, I'm going to assume that's a love bite.

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Kazza doesn't even look real sometimes...

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Auri looks offended that I would ever open the cage without giving her a mouse.

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Happy 5 month birthday, Bug!

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I'm absolutely crazy about this little dude. He has an amazing personality and gets more blue with every shed.

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Jazz has settled into her larger enclosure in a matter of days. I love watching this confident little beauty grow up.

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Our babies for the year! We're over the moon, 46 out of 46 eggs are perfect and healthy and all 4 moms are doing so well.

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Pepper just turned 1! Happy birthday to my beautiful and super sweet boy ❤

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I wood burned a family of foxes and was told I should post it here!

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It's Tempest's 6 month birthday and she decided to be a pancake.... no wonder they're called false water cobras, her hood can be impressive when she's feeling feisty.

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Alia, the loaf of bredli.

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Luthien gave me a proper stare down when I was changing her water...

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I can't get enough of Anapel's sweet face!

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3 1/2 year old P. metallica. This lady is always out, one of the boldest spiders in the house.

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Taser is tiny but his personality is larger than life!

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Beren just shed. This little guy is so obscenely cute, it should be illegal.

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Husband and I were looking up different goats and antelope last night...this is the Wikipedia picture of a red goral.

4yr ⋅

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My Echeveria rundelli are stressed so they decided to turn into a rainbow 🌈

5yr ⋅

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Sweet and stunning, Hohenheim never disappoints. He absolutely glows in the sunshine

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Thought you guys might like the woodburned piece I finished yesterday!

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Lots of patience and slow movements...I finally caught one. American bullfrog tadpole with the back legs poking out.

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I burned a fox family onto a beautiful slab of basswood. It's not as sadistic as it sounds...

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Our first wall of cages is done! Built completely from scratch and now occupied with some (thankfully) appreciative snakes. Only 33 left to finish 😳

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Wood burned dog portrait I finished today. I'm ridiculously happy with how it turned out!

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Not the best picture ever but she's in such a majestic pose! Mahaka, the 2.5 year old Dumeril's boa

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Nyx is so beautiful in shed. This lovely lady is going to be a mom again very soon!

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Exactly 7 years ago today I tried my first burning (top left). I've come a long way as an artist and have endless opportunities to keep pushing myself over the next 7 years. Keep practicing, it does pay off and everyone has something to work towards improving.

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I have such a soft spot for Nienna, she's just the sweetest thing.

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Beren is nearly impossible to photograph accurately indoors but he was patient as I walked around the whole house trying my best to do so....

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Is this just a normal colour change? We've seen greens, bronze and blue but never this colour or pattern.

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In honour of World Snake Day... one of my favorite species ever. Skotos the black milk was quite literally blue today.

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I finished my wood burning project yesterday and I'm quite proud with how it turned out!

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An 11 gram bundle of attitude and confidence. Welcome home, Elara!

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Catana made a comic just for us ❤

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A few of our baby feather millipedes. They're only 1/4 long!

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There's no denying the beauty of a white snake. Nienna the whiteout corn is as stunning as she is sweet.

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Anapel is turning 6 this year and just keeps getting more and more beautiful 🖤 Russian rat snakes are still so underappreciated.

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An update on Bug, for anyone who remembers this little sweetheart. She had a beautiful shed this morning and is so big and healthy now!

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Watering all my plants in batches before I leave for a trip... can't help but stop and stare at this group

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Aldamir, 12 grams of pure handsome.

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I love watching these three beasts hunting everything that moves in the evening. I don't want to tell them that the cool down has started and their next meal isn't until March 1st...

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I did a wood burning of a fox family!

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Baird's rat snakes are extremely underrated. Just as easy as corns, a perfect size and they look like molten lava glowing under metallic scales.

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Progress on my 36 long alligator piece. This thing is going to be a beast to finish but I'm determined to not start another project until this guy is done.

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Kalika, the Vietnamese blue beauty snake. She's really quite sweet once her initial nervousness calms down.

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I have too much time on my hands apparently but I actually managed to get every one of our snakes into one collage. I'm kind of proud of it!

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We need many more garters in this sub!

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Kementari in all her beautiful glory. Corn snakes are so wonderful!

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A tiny rough earth snake that was in my backyard. These guys are always so calm and curious, I love finding them!

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I don't devolve into baby talking to my snakes often... but his little face makes it hard not to!

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Perfect molt from our big Arizona blonde girl. Of course she decided to molt upright and nearly gave me heart failure but she's all good now!

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Helo, our 4 month old yellowtail cribo. She is so shy but very sweet and will eat her fish every time if I gently hold it up to her mouth.

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Super red toad we found in central North Carolina. Pictures do not do him justice, he was almost blood red

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Bug is not such a little girl anymore and seems to gets more beautiful every time I see her!

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Scooter turned 2 years old yesterday! Where did my little shoelace go??

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Today was a ridiculously exciting day that I've been waiting years for. Everyone, meet Hobbes the tiger rat (Spilotes pullatus).

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So many cuties going crazy for bell pepper pieces. Isopods are so much fun.

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It's Tanara's 1st birthday! Top picture was the day she hatched. I remember so clearly seeing that chubby face poking out of her egg and falling in love with her.

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I made some wood burned snake pendants! I'd like to do more, feel free to suggest some different species for me to try!

5yr ⋅

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They're all here! 10 out of 10, big healthy baby Russian rat snakes.

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Starting to get out of a serious rut and looking back at my favorite pieces sure helps with the motivation. This one will always be near the top for me.

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Sometimes you lose one that just rips your heart out. RIP Calcifer. This was his favorite resting position, the pictures were taken almost exactly a year apart and he was always perched out in the open to watch me. Seeing his empty cage is heartbreaking.

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That new growth is just blowing me away (Echeveria nodulosa)

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This guy just about makes my heart skip a beat when I see him. Jinx the Kunashir Island Japanese rat snake

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I made some wood burned succulent pendants today!

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Close up of our A. avicularia's paw. I could stare at these creatures all day.

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Nyx is just so ridiculously pretty and sweet. 4 1/2 year old black milk.

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Oh my goodness, she doesn't even look real. Our new girl, Saphira, arrived this morning (Gonyosoma prasinum)

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