My new pet snake *PICS*

[redhen]

We have copperheads here! Right in the woods at my house.. Come and get 'um!

Although we only saw one this year..(in the road)
Not sure if the neighbors saw any this year..he probably did..he says they are always under his shed...i havent asked him this year though..
And yes, there are rattlers at MT. Tom...

 

[gypsy2621]

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Nothing surprises me in your area Red Hen, Your area has many hidden critters yet to be found.
there was talk a while back about cougars if I remember correct.
My Cousin used to own a boat shop in the area and was forever telling us about weird things that came out of the woods and water.

I can do without copper heads but the timbers are a site to see way up here.

edit cause im old and forget lol

 

[redhen]

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Nothing surprises me in your area Red Hen, Your area has many hidden critters yet to be found.
there was talk a while back about cougars if I remember correct.
My Cousin used to own a boat shop in the area and was forever telling us about weird things that came out of the woods and water.

I can do without copper heads but the timbers are a site to see way up here.

edit cause im old and forget lol

LOL the only reason i know we have rattlers is because my hubby caught one when he was a kid!

(the fruit cake!) But i cant remember if he was still living in east hampton or in belchertown at the time...(i'll have to ask him tonight)
and as for MT Tom..i've always heard they were up there (all the locals know it)... I never saw one though..(thankfully! )

 

[chilling in muscadine]

The gravid rattlesnake that had the 12 babies has an interesting story. There was a man that wanted to move a small storage building but he heard a snake rattling under the building. This was early in August and he tried to hire quite a few men to move the building but no one would take the job.

Snakeman went to visit his neighbor not knowing anything about the neighbors delima. Well the men got to talking outside and the story about moving the storage building got brought up. The man said he would pay $200.00 for someone to empty the storage building and move it. Catching the snake was not in the deal.

Well you guys know Snakeman jumped all over that deal.

He caught the pregnant female under the building. The whole job took a little over an hour to do. To bad we can't run into a deal like that all season.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

Perhaps a bit off topic but-
A dear friend from work has found 3 timber rattlers this year, which is pretty unusual. In all my 20 years of snake hunting, I have never found a timber rattler myself

I sure would like to, tho!

I have a pet snake also. Can't bring myself to get another ball tho, since Petey died. He was such a special guy

Petey, you will be missed- along with our midnight trips to the station

 

[chilling in muscadine]

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When your friend found the three timbers were they all in the same area? Maybe mating.

 

[chilling in muscadine]

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Whats the purpose of having a venomous snake? You cant take them out and play with them

and they aren't endangered. (no offense , just curious)

This is how you get your rattlesnake out and play with it.

 

[TanithT]

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Adult rattlers (other than pygs) are usually very docile, and I've done many, many veterinary exams and procedures in a similar manner when gentle handling benefited the patient more than being grabbed by force. I don't advocate freehandling however, especially for entertainment.

Nice dark phase pyg, but you should ask some of the Florida peeps from venomousreptiles.org to send over some of the pale pink and purple morphs of S. m. barbouri that occur there. I was up to my eyeballs in these guys and giving them away by twos and threes to my buddies when I was doing a lot of professional snake removal in Florida. Some really striking colors, many even better than S. m. miliarius in my opinion. The barbouri subspecies is underappreciated by hobbyists, and it shouldn't be, because the central Florida locality animals are absolutely stunning.

I'm actually licensed by the State to take Carolina red pygmies, which isn't a common thing; it's not even possible to get this kind of permit through normal channels. Except I don't meddle with them in the wild atall unless they're sick or injured and need rehab care, which is why the WRC was willing to license me in the first place. LOL

And if you breed them, starting the wee ones can be tough. Try pinky parts. Detailed assist feeding instructions on my web site.

 

[TanithT]

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I don't recommend playing with them for fun, but they are really very easy to work with, and are no different from a nonvenomous snake when it comes to how quickly they become habituated to gentle handling. And yes, many of them are endangered, so breeding them for venom research is a very good thing that benefits a lot of people.

 

[TanithT]

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My refrigerator. Mamma didn't raise no dummies, and I work with a lot of African and Asian species, so I am well stocked up on SAIMR and Thai Red Cross antivenom.