new arrival!!

well good morning all.. i am still waiting for my damn income tax return to come in so i can go get those cages, but in the mean time i was paying on this little guy. he is an ary type animal, high white flowers, and i think he looks stunning.

this is a make shift tub i threw together real quick to house him in. its working out pretty well, but i think the bulb is too low wattage, and the ventilation is too much. im sure with  a little tweaking i will figure it out. im going to get another bulb later on in the week. i purchased him from Tracy Reptile Co. they Jim claims to have been in business for 45 years. and that may be the case, but im not impressed. however the animal was beautiful, im sure its imported. claims of "farm bred" have been thrown about but i find them un documented and thus not true in my opinion. its my 1st buy off of an Internet classified add. im happy with my purchase, and i love the new addition, but i was concerned about his health. upon arrival i inspected him and noticed struck shed around his eye, and raised scales through out his body. i don't have any experience with snake mites but that's what it looked like to me..

i am going to have him checked out by the local reptile vet which is the best in the south.. Jim also claimed he was probed as a male, but im going to have the animal re probed just to make sure. im sure he is fine, but a fecal exam and over all check up is going to go a long way. with any luck he wont have too many parasites. here are a few pictures of my new animal.

 as you can see from the above pictures, the packaging job was well done. it was below 40* that night the animal was in transit, and it arrived very warm, the snake was very active and alert. :)

 classic blue Aru head, STUNNING!

and lastly here is a poor picture of the animal perched. im going to let him get acclimated a while before trying to do a photo shoot or trying to feed him.

all in all, i plan on buying more high whites from Tracy Reptile Co. i have told them i am looking for females, so hopefully they will come up with a few stunners for me.

more updates and things coming soon!!