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    Re: Jack the Russian Rat Snake/elaphe schrenckii (progression)

    Ok, that does it. When I get one, I'll get a female, and I'll name her Scarlett.

    $200 does seem like a marketable price (I probably spend an hour a day just looking at snakes for sale), but when I say it is out of my budget, I don't mean it is over-priced, just not workable for me, right now.
    We do well, financially, but keep a VERY strict budget for the fun stuff.
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    Oh man, sorry to see Jack has moved on to a new home. I will miss the updates on him. You were one of the deciding reasons I got my Russian Rat. Your story still ended better than mine - lol!

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    Re: Jack the Russian Rat Snake/elaphe schrenckii (progression)

    Quote Originally Posted by hilabeans View Post
    Oh man, sorry to see Jack has moved on to a new home. I will miss the updates on him. You were one of the deciding reasons I got my Russian Rat. Your story still ended better than mine - lol!
    I know hila, I was very heart broken when your Russian Rat snake passed away.
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    Re: Jack the Russian Rat Snake/elaphe schrenckii (progression)

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    I know hila, I was very heart broken when your Russian Rat snake passed away.
    Thanks Ricky, it was a brutal loss. I loved that little guy.

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    Re: Jack the Russian Rat Snake/elaphe schrenckii (progression)

    Quote Originally Posted by distaff View Post
    Ok, that does it. When I get one, I'll get a female, and I'll name her Scarlett.

    $200 does seem like a marketable price (I probably spend an hour a day just looking at snakes for sale), but when I say it is out of my budget, I don't mean it is over-priced, just not workable for me, right now.
    We do well, financially, but keep a VERY strict budget for the fun stuff.
    LOL, that would be to cool

    You know, the other one was called "Rhett" !!

    Rhett was also fearless, but quite adventurous. While Scarlett would happily hang out "on me" and just stay with me (hence the walks and doing chores together) Rhett wanted to go on adventures. He never tried to "race off" as in being scared and trying to take off. But off he would go, LOL.

    He actually got loose in my car once !!! That bugger. I still don't know how I missed closing his travel tub correctly. We were on our way to one of the educational herp shows at Skidaway Island Park in Savannah, GA. I reached down to change the radio channel and felt something touch my hand. I looked down and there is Rhett, more then halfway out of his travel tub. He was determined to get on the dash and I was determined to prevent that. Of course I was on that long road (going through the marsh) where you could not pull over whatsoever, about to get on a bridge, too.

    So I'm driving trying to hold on to him. At this point he zips up my shoulder, around my neck and hooks around the headrest. Well, oh joy!. We all know how they are once they "hook" around something, good luck pulling them back. So I hold on to him while driving over that bridge and then desperately look for a spot to pull over. I was NOT about to loose my beloved Rhett in the dang car! So I spot a dirt parking lot to the right. I peeled in there and stopped as soon as I could (rather sudden stop) and then proceeded to try to wrestle Rhett off of my neck and the head rest. I FINALLY get him off safely and back into his tub, whew. I was sweating, LOL. Then I look up and see a pickup truck parked a little ways ahead of me with a few guys sitting on the truck bed just STARING at me. I turned beet red and peeled out of there. I wonder what they were thinking

    So yeah. Rhett was also quite cool, fearless and full of personality but a lot more adventurous then Scarlett.

    Neither one ever showed the least bit of fear of me or anything. But they were a lot more shy as hatchlings. For example, as adults they would come to the door and immediately come out when opened. As hatchlings I would have to reach in and get them. As hatchlings they hid a lot more,too. As adults I rarely saw them in hides. Usually only when shedding.

    The only time I have ever seen them distressed is when my house got really hot one summer. The AC broke (of course on a 4th of July weekend) They started to cruise their cages back and forth. They really do not like hot temperatures. Thankfully I got an emergency appointment and got my AC running again within a day.

    So here is yet another crazy Russian Rat story. Not made up, I swear.
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    Re: Jack the Russian Rat Snake/elaphe schrenckii (progression)

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    He actually got loose in my car once !!! That bugger. I still don't know how I missed closing his travel tub correctly. We were on our way to one of the educational herp shows at Skidaway Island Park in Savannah, GA. I reached down to change the radio channel and felt something touch my hand. I looked down and there is Rhett, more then halfway out of his travel tub. He was determined to get on the dash and I was determined to prevent that. Of course I was on that long road (going through the marsh) where you could not pull over whatsoever, about to get on a bridge, too.

    So I'm driving trying to hold on to him. At this point he zips up my shoulder, around my neck and hooks around the headrest. Well, oh joy!. We all know how they are once they "hook" around something, good luck pulling them back. So I hold on to him while driving over that bridge and then desperately look for a spot to pull over. I was NOT about to loose my beloved Rhett in the dang car! So I spot a dirt parking lot to the right. I peeled in there and stopped as soon as I could (rather sudden stop) and then proceeded to try to wrestle Rhett off of my neck and the head rest. I FINALLY get him off safely and back into his tub, whew. I was sweating, LOL. Then I look up and see a pickup truck parked a little ways ahead of me with a few guys sitting on the truck bed just STARING at me. I turned beet red and peeled out of there. I wonder what they were thinking ...
    That's hilarious, you totally made me And they didn't rush over to help or meet you...I can't understand it?

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    Re: Jack the Russian Rat Snake/elaphe schrenckii (progression)

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    That's hilarious, you totally made me And they didn't rush over to help or meet you...I can't understand it?
    Nope, they sure did not !!

    There I was, peeling into that parking lot, breaking hard, and then wrestling with a snake around my neck !!!!

    Apparently they were scared of either 1. Snake 2. Crazy woman wrestling with a snake

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    Re: Jack the Russian Rat Snake/elaphe schrenckii (progression)

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    Nope, they sure did not !!

    There I was, peeling into that parking lot, breaking hard, and then wrestling with a snake around my neck !!!!

    Apparently they were scared of either 1. Snake 2. Crazy woman wrestling with a snake

    Possibly more scared of you...since you didn't throw the snake out of the car like they would have. "Real-life Medusa"!?

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    Re: Jack the Russian Rat Snake/elaphe schrenckii (progression)

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    Possibly more scared of you...since you didn't throw the snake out of the car like they would have. "Real-life Medusa"!?
    You have a point !!!

    They probably still tell that story to their kids or something !!
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