New shoots of some of my collection
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very nice Gotta love the hots!!!
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nice collection!! love the eye lash vipers!!
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wow those are just amazing. They are so beautiful...I love looking at them. I have to say though hots scare the bejezus out of me...especially the rattlers...living out in the desert in AZ...we have had so many close calls and they really are hard to see. They have amazing camo. I am always afraid that my son is going to fall on one or come across one and not realize it. :rolleyes: funny coming from a girl that loves snakes huh...lol
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Love those Eyelashes. Hopefully I can get some in a few years.
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beautiful animals :)
I've loved the eyelash vipers since the moment I laid eyes on them. What are they like under your care? Like how they behave, attitude, like to hide or hang out in the trees, eat willingly...
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They are not difficult to care for. Their temps need to be room temp, nothing above low 80s and above the low to mid 70s. Babies can be sometimes difficult to get feeding. But with patience they do well once they figure it out. Most breeders will not sell babies till they are eating whole pinkies. As babies they eat pinky parts. They lay in the branches about as much as they lay on the ground. They are very non-aggressive, but occasionaly you will get one that strikes alot. Mine usually dont move when I open their cage. It sometimes can be a trick just to get a strike during feeding. Usually they just twitch their heads. But just because they are more relaxed then other species you have still treat them like a loaded gun, ready to go off at any moment. All in all they are a very good species for a rookie hot keeper. There are some arboreal species that strike at anything.
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Elizabeth, I would love to come get all the R/S on your place in AZ. Some of my favorite species are in AZ. In AZ you have to be a resident of the state to collect anything I believe. Some of my favorite Banded Rock R/S are in AZ.
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Thanks for the info MK. An eyelash viper may be my first venomous snake when I'm ready for one. I'm already thinking ahead about how I would ensure to care for them without making a mistake. ;)
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Elizabeth, I would love to come get all the R/S on your place in AZ. Some of my favorite species are in AZ. In AZ you have to be a resident of the state to collect anything I believe. Some of my favorite Banded Rock R/S are in AZ.
I think we are not allowed to have anything captive that is native to AZ??? But Im not up on that!! If you can as a resident...feel free to collect on behalf of me. In fact I will tell ya what ...I think our Reptile Expo is in Sept.
Come on down to the Expo and you can do the barbeque over here at my house after the show on Saturday...then go on the hunt across the street in the preserve...lol. You will probably fine havelina, bobcats, coyotes and rattlers. Oh and king snakes as well. I have only seen a dead gila monster once ...never a live one in the wild....which is actually something I would love to see. A friend of mine goes out all the time and sees mountain lions. Just crazy over here...;)
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Elizabeth, Thanks for the invite. I will keep you in mind if I ever make it that way. I already have a field herping trip planned for this year so I wil not be able to make it to AZ, but maybe next year.
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I think we are not allowed to have anything captive that is native to AZ??? But Im not up on that!! If you can as a resident...feel free to collect on behalf of me. In fact I will tell ya what ...I think our Reptile Expo is in Sept.
Come on down to the Expo and you can do the barbeque over here at my house after the show on Saturday...then go on the hunt across the street in the preserve...lol. You will probably fine havelina, bobcats, coyotes and rattlers. Oh and king snakes as well. I have only seen a dead gila monster once ...never a live one in the wild....which is actually something I would love to see. A friend of mine goes out all the time and sees mountain lions. Just crazy over here...;)
In arizona you can keep native hots without a license, Anything that isnt native you must have one. Ill be sure to be comin down to the barbecue, and ill be bringing some real Polish Sausage
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Beautiful pics!!!! I especially like that pink mottled rock rattler! I don't think I have ever seen one with those colors!
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The one from the western part of the region, especially the Jeff Davis range are red. The rock in these mt. ranges is volcanic rock and has a red and black appearence, therefore the Lepidus (masters in camoflauge) are red. The eastern part of their range has a more slate blue/grey rock and there the Lepidus are blue/grey. Really these snakes are masters in camo.
