My new lucy :)))

[drama x]

We went to the gateway reptile expo today and i saw this little girl and instantly bought her! I didnt even hesitate, iv been wanting a lucy texas rat for awhile now.

On another note, i took her home and went to switch her into her new enclosure and she tagged me instantly when i picked her up! Lol shes a fiesty little lady! But i couldnt be more happy with her! ))

[Austin236]

Nice pick up, lucy's are the coolest. My first encounter with a leucistic rat snake was about 5 years ago looking for escaped snakes and lizards behind a reptile wholesaler in my area and out of nowhere a solid white snake falls out of a tree 5 or so feet away from me. So I go check it out and realized it was some type of rat snake but the thing is I didn't know what leucism was at the time, so this was the most amazing snake I had ever caught. Later that day I looked it up on the net and found out what it was and sold it back to them for $100 lol. And that bitey attitude just goes with lucy texas rat's, the one I caught bit the heck out of me 3 or so times. Here's a picture to see it's temperament.

[drama x]

Yeah i guess i just gotta get used to being bit to get her trained and docile, this is my favorite snake in my collection, and the price i got her at was a steal

Shes been doing good in her new enclosure tho, been doing alot of exploring and burrowing. Im just nervous to start handling her, im one of those people that when i get tagged i jump and freak out (not to the extreme that i would injure my snakes). So hopefully the jumpyness wares off after being tagged a couple times