Saturday, March 26, 2011

Lizards and Snakes, Oh My!

Ohhhh man. It has been a very long time since I wrote my first/last blog. I told myself I would update this thing all the time but I have failed miserably. I am not the best writer in the world so I guess this blogging thing will take some practice, hehe.

I have so much to write.....where oh where do I begin???

I guess I could begin with some exciting Holly Berry news. I weighed her last weekend and my "Lil Bitty" weighed a whopping 291 grams! I wanted to cry I was so happy. Holly has had health issues most of her life, including MBD and also a nerve problem with her front wrists. Neither of her vets have yet to figure out exactly what is causing it. It is a long story, for another blog entry but it made me very happy and eased some of my fears knowing that my tiny little girl has gained 91 grams since October. Even though she is almost 2 years old, she still seems to be growing and bulking up. The vet told me that he doesn't believe she will ever grow to be a normal size but at 16 inches from snout to tail tip and 291 grams, I will be happy even if she never gains another gram. There was a time when I worried daily about her health but she is a tough little girl and won't let anything get in her way. The vet even complimented her big strong muscles. Ahhhh she makes me such a proud mommy :)

At the same time that I weighed Holly, I also weighed Frankie and my Snowy Girl. Frankie weighs 484 grams and little Snowy Girl weighs only 34 grams. She is so little that it is insane to think that she will some day weigh a couple pounds. She is also my tough little girl and she has the most voracious appetite! She now eats 2 pinkies approximately every 10 days and I swear after her second pinkie, she is still looking for more! She had her second shed tonight since I got her and it was awesome that I was actually able to watch. It was crazy to see her wiggle her way out of her skin. Tomorrow I will have to take a picture of it. :) She had a little bit of a bad first shed, her tail tip did not shed completely and I was a little bit worried but when I looked in on her tonight it looks like this shed corrected the problem. I haven't inspected it up close however so I could be wrong.

Well I am getting tired so I think I will cut this short for tonight, but I will definitely try to write more tomorrow.