My new Vietnamese Blue Beauty

I wasn't planning on getting anything at the Omaha Reptile Breeders Expo but I stumbled across a guy selling a few VBB's and I just found myself coming back to look at the 4 babies he had. Ended up choosing this girl :D She is about 20in. long and so cute it is hard to just let her be for now. I'm already getting stuff for an adult cage I'm so excited :P

Still thinking of a name. Best idea so far is Nessie. The name popped up after my boyfriend swears he saw a "sea monster" in a farm pond we fish at. I am fairly sure it is just a big grass carp but he thinks its some monster fish. :rolleyes:

Pics are horrible but it was the best I could do before she was put away.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/sweetpee/VBB.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...etpee/VBB2.jpg

Cute :)

Congrats on the Beauty!

Beautiful!! Congrats!! VBB's are near the very top of my dream list of snakes to own someday!

Great pick-up!! I've always admired the VBB...I'm glad I've never seen one at a show or I would have done the same as you, but would have shot for a pair... LOL:D

I have kept VBB's in the past.....IMO one of the most under-rated species.....fun to keep and absolutely beautiful! Congrats:banana:

What's the 'nippyness factor' of Ratsnakes? I think they're beautiful, but I'm just not into dealing with fast moving snakes that have bad attitudes - even if only some of the time.

Nessie's a beauty.

My Blue Beauty is pretty cage defensive, she doesn't enjoy coming out of her cage. She seems to be easier to get out if she's under a hide at first. If she's out and about in the cage then she stresses too much when I try to get her, so I usually wait. She's about 6' long now so I use a hook to get her out now and once she's out she is usually fine. More handling on my part definately would have helped in that regard. I think Blue Beauties and most of the Asian Rat Snakes are a bit more defensive in general. I have seen and handled ones that were as mellow as my corn snakes though, so regular handling is a must. They are fast too!

Thanks, leper65. I think I'll get a couple of years with my slow, mellow BP under my belt before I tackle a Rat. They sure are beautiful snakes, though.

They grow fast (My 2007 baby was almost 6 ft in a year, and he is now 10 ft. at 3.5 years old), so that adult cage will be needed soon. How big will the adult cage be? I hope you aren't easily intimidated ;)