I have a new snake enthusiasm

[bladespark]

So... uh... the total number of snakes I want to own just went up again.

JJ made the mistake of linking me to this rather stunning snake, and man... I must have one! Google turned up a care sheet as the first result when I went looking for it, so they do exist in captivity, and have been successfully kept, but unfortunately they have almost never been successfully bred, meaning that getting my hands on a captive bred specimen is going to be a pain. And I really don't want to deal with wild caught, the odds are the I'd shell out for it and then it would die through no fault of my own, from the stress of captivity or a pre-existing parasite problem or any number of other things. So the search is on! It'll probably be a while before I can afford one though, even if I do find one. Right now my finances are only so-so. The Halloween season this year was much smaller for me than it's been in previous years, as far as my tails and such go. Large projects are the same amount every year, because I can only fit the same number into the month. Anyhow... Christmas is looking to be pretty slow too, and Jan-Feb usually sucks, so I'm not going to count my chickens too eary here. But I can still hope! Man... so pretty... And given the size I can keep it in a 20 gal, so I could make room for it right now, even if I found an adult one.

Comments

[gothkat.livejournal.com]

That is a REALLY cool looking snake!

[ellixis.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, that's a gorgeous snake.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Yessssssss! So shiny, I wants it, preciousss.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Yes! *glees*

[gothkat.livejournal.com]

Kinda looks like a living oil slick. Very cool coloration!

[world-wanderer.livejournal.com]

SHINY!!

[kiwihunter8.livejournal.com]

Just out of curiousity, how much work can you do a month, seeing as you do costume making full time? I've always wondered how many full time people do a month.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Well.... it really is hard to pin down. This month I finished a full suit which I'd started into last month. I've made around a dozen tails, a few sets of ears, half a dozen small plushes, one large plush, and a bodysuit. I still have two more medium plushes to finish by the end of the month (ack!) and I'd hoped to finish a dragon head, but haven't quite been able to fit it in.

[kainhighwind-dr.livejournal.com]

It's like a Windstone snake... purty...

[jtbeckett.livejournal.com]

it is a beautiful snake.

[starkruzr.livejournal.com]

Well, grandmother was a chromatic dragon, you see. It's all very scandalous.

[jordanis.livejournal.com]

Agh, what have I done? First I start you on Windstones, then I show you Rainbow Boas, now this.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Mwa ha ha ha!

[kiwihunter8.livejournal.com]

That seems pretty productive to me! It sounds like you could do about two full suits a month.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

If full suits were all I did, probably.