[Theme] Got pets???

[Tristin]

 .. and ready for a good long rest    Nice shot.

If it was a mouse he ate then he is young I assume? Do you have other species apart from common boa?
   

He is 10 months old and isn't a common Boa, but a Suriname locality Boa Constrictor Constrictor.  A true red tail boa.  Common Boas are Boa Imperators which hail from Mexico and Central America rather than South America.

I have some "morphs" of Boa Imperators, but no regular common Boas.  A hypomelanistic azabache, an azabache jungle, a groovy coral albino and a hypomelanistic.

Thanks for the compliment.  I'm amazed I managed a sharp shot with it at 1/60!  Typically I need 1/200 to get sharp with the 105+5T.

[Lars Hansen]

He is 10 months old and isn't a common Boa, but a Suriname locality Boa Constrictor Constrictor.  A true red tail boa.  Common Boas are Boa Imperators which hail from Mexico and Central America rather than South America.

I have some "morphs" of Boa Imperators, but no regular common Boas.  A hypomelanistic azabache, an azabache jungle, a groovy coral albino and a hypomelanistic.

Thanks for the explanation - very interesting variants I didn't know of. It's a beautiful snake species. Many years ago I had reptiles - including a Boa Constrictor. It was most likely an Imperator.     

[Akira]

Mitsui with a watchful eye.

Jack, the dog appears to be intelligent.  Is Mitsui a Japanese name?

[Tristin]

Nikkor 105mm f/1.8 + 5T @f/11

[David H. Hartman]

Can he fly? Does he talk?

[the solitaire]

Tristin, I tried to convince Kristina to make photographs of the boas, but she wants to redecorate the terrarium first

We'll get to it eventually. We have two Boa constrictor imperator. The "regular" version

What I can offer is pictures of a few of the other critters living with us

Lumi (I do believe she is part of her very own species)

DSC_9960 by b j, on Flickr

Adult Geosesarma hagen male

DSC_9864 by b j, on Flickr

Adult Geosesarma hagen female

DSC_9814 by b j, on Flickr

Size comparison with a juvenile Geosesarma hagen

DSC_9854 by b j, on Flickr

Coenobita violascens

DSC_9850 by b j, on Flickr

DSC_9826 by b j, on Flickr

Coenobita perlatus

DSC_9840 by b j, on Flickr

[the solitaire]

I previously posted Soeckchen, the Psalmopoeus cambridgei

DSC_3319 2 by b j, on Flickr

Recently I visited a pet store and stumbled across another interesting animal.
Poecilotheria spec. Bara Lowland

DSC_0231 by b j, on Flickr

[Mike G]

Solitaire, not exactly cuddly are they!

[the solitaire]

Solitaire, not exactly cuddly are they!

Well, they are fluffy

No, I whole heartedly recommend not to cuddle these. Not pets in the true sense. Even the two Boa constrictor imperator we have are more cuddly (and safer to cuddle) then these two ladies.

[afx]

Relaxed 1 (Undercover Dog):


Relaxed 2:


cheers
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[Mike G]

Dave the Cat enjoying a few Dreamies!

Fuji X-T2 + 23 1.4 @ 1/400 f 4.5 ISO 200

[Hugh_3170]

Dave at his best here Mike.  Marvellous what even a little bit of bribery will achieve! 

[Mike G]

Quite right Hugh, and sometimes he comes back for seconds and thirds! He's lost his winter fur now, and he even lets me stroke him! Nice to be trusted!

[Jack Dahlgren]

Jack, the dog appears to be intelligent.  Is Mitsui a Japanese name?

My computer "corrected" the spelling. Should be Mitsu. 蜜
She is about 2 years old and suspicious of postmen and some visitors.

[golunvolo]

At close range