Licky strikes again!

Licky's real owners are back from overseas. I suppose they will be welcoming Licky back into their house very soon, so here's another post of Licky before he leaves us (i.e., you and me).

When Licky was handed to me about 5 weeks ago, I was told that he may molt soon.

Needless to say I was very eager to see it happen in real-time right before ma eyes.

Needless to say that I was also disappointed because when it happened, it wasn't as dramatic as I had imagined.

Okay, don't ask me why I thought Licky's eyes would be filled with anger or how it could breathe fire. It would have been cool if he did, that's all.

The reality.

Yeah, there was no violent thrashing or hissing. In fact if I hadn't happened to be home that afternoon, I wouldn't have seen him molt. Actually I didn't see him molt either, it wasn't an immediate process. It took was a pretty drawn-out process that lasted a good 18 hours at least. I say '18' because the night before, I noticed that bits of skin around his tail were coming off, so the molting started the night before, if not earlier.

I now have Licky's old skin dried and lying on top of my cabinet. Don't know what to do with them haha.

Just to finish it, here are some pictures of Licky exploring my living room. Warning: the last picture may be a bit graphic...if you don't like snakes, don't see.

>>>WARNING<<<

Licky after he just swallowed BigYumYum (i.e., a bigger rat than the previous rat, YumYum). Licky is seen here 'readjusting' his lower jaws back into normal position after having to separate them to enlarge his gape to swallow his meal. It was pretty awesome to watch :).