(dw i used a heat gun to melt the edges so the entrance is all smooth)
but ya he's in the last handful of days of his sheddin' time, where it LOOKS like he's shed but really he's gotten a little moisture in between his shed skin and himself, so he's a lil crinkly shrinkwrap
[ID: an illustration of a coiled corn snake with its head up and to the right. Its expression is content and it is surrounded by simple white leaves on a light green background. End.]
Cute little corn snake! Timelapse under the cut. :-)
In case anyone was wondering about my wonderful worm, here is 7 month old vs the now approximately 2 year old Poptart the palmetto corn snake ! Her colors have developed so intensely, she no longer is a tiny pink worm, and contrary to what I was told about the morph she did definitely gain spots, and spots that she initially had have grown in size as well!
This piece was incredibly challenging, but super rewarding as well! The scales shine differently as you move the hoop and they catch the light, creating shifting depth. I’ll upload another post with a vid showing that off cause it’s one of my favorite things about this, and the reason I chose to embroider each individual scale.
Image ID: A hand embroidered corn snake sits on an off-white muslin fabric inside an embroidery hoop. The snake has a pattern of red, orange and brown patches, bordered in dark brown. He is arranged in loops, one loop shows off his underbelly which is cream spotted with dark patches. He also has his tongue sticking out.
my idiot moron of a snake shed last night and i haven’t had a chance to remove it yet, which i guess she’s ok with because she’s gone spelunking in it.
[ID: Sesame the grey and red corn snake coming up through a small hollow cork bark round in his enclosure, he's facing the camera and his head is slightly lifted up]