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Recent content by ASherpa

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    Hello from chilly Colorado!

    @Oursapoil -- Thanks for this. I think it is important to see it on paper as a good reminder. I am lucky enough to be a multi-faceted hobbyist and I also keep ball pythons. I have a room dedicated to my more sensitive pets, which is kept higher in humidity and temperature than the rest of my...
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    Hello from chilly Colorado!

    "Just one" seems to be a well intentioned lie we tell ourselves. What I didn't expect was for that lie to dissolve so rapidly. I feel the itch, and I want like 50 more. Trying to pace myself. :D
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    Little Digger! G. Rosea (allegedly)

    Awesome -- Thanks! I do plan to cup her when I make the changes. She's got quite the attitude it seems and I won't be taking any chances of a mad dash for the exit or a stroll up the tongs! I really hope she starts trying to dig horizontally... she wont make much progress in the vertical...
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    Hello from chilly Colorado!

    HA! I'm sure you're widely considered a good influence around here with advice like that. :p I have seen a lot of @Casey K.'s posts. I look forward to making friends! My wish-list is longer every day...
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    Hello from chilly Colorado!

    Thanks Konstantin! Looking forward to it! @Oursapoil -- I have noticed. Before I got Ariadne (c. Versi) I said, just one and let it grow. Less than a month later, I have five. I have since adjusted my self imposed restriction to "done for the year" -- so if I can manage it, nothing until at...
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    Hello from chilly Colorado!

    Hey everyone! I am a totally new guy around these parts. I just recently joined this hobby and have found most of my friends/family 'don't understand' my attraction to these awesome critters. Regardless, I now have 5 slings of varying sizes and different species. I started with a C...
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    Little Digger! G. Rosea (allegedly)

    Hey everyone! This will be my first post. Please don't roast me, I can't handle the heat. I am new to the hobby, got my first C. Versicolor around the beginning of last month. Since then, I have picked up a few others... one of which is a G. rosea (I think. was unlabeled and inexpensive...
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