Bittersweet snake story

[Shelby]

Well I'll start off with a bit of good news.. I have a new scale kid. His name is Druid and he's a tangerine honduran milk. He was given to me by a friend.. the snake belonged to her sister who doesn't have the time/space for him anymore.



Bad news is.. he got out of his tub (which held a 5' boa constrictor for two months, no less) and wreaked havoc in the snake room. Luckily I found him.. but.. I think he ate my Nikolai.. my lovely little greyband king. Either that, or he let him out. Druid climbed up the shoebox rack and shoved Nikolai's shoebox halfway open. I know many colubrids are cannibals, and Druid was much bigger than Nikolai.. so I think my Nikolai is gone..

Anyway, Druid is in a rack tub now.. no more escapes.

[mr~python]

have you felt the bottom of his stomach to check if he's full or if it's concave?

[Shelby]

No.. Nikolai is so small I'm not sure I'd feel anything anyway.

[mr~python]

aaaw, that sucks. i hope he just got out.

[tigerlily]

Did you forget to tell him not to eat his roommates?

Congrats on the new addition, and I hope Nikolai shows up soon and is just MIA and not dinner.

[Shelby]

Well I didn't think Druid would be such a troublemaker.. honestly.

I haven't lost all hope of finding my little orange baby. I hope he turns up..

[lars5277]

Sorry to hear about the snake situation Shelby.

Is Druid "large" for a a milk snake. I have never seen one so think before.

[Shelby]

Honduran milks are one of the larger species, he's fairly typical of an adult hondo. I've seen bigger.

[MedusasOwl]

Oh, wow... geez, what a character Druid has turned out to be... Handsome though! Here's hoping you find your little greyband!

[Ginevive]

Agh; sorry to read about that. We all have accidents and make mistakes; all we can do is move on I guess.
He does look pretty large/thick for a milk; is this normal? He looks super healthy/pretty.