Emi's Getting Big

[frankykeno]

Well okay big for a little itty bitty milksnake LOL.

She was out and about in her new 20 L the other day and I just had to snap some new shots of her. She's such a sweet natured colubrid and a joy to photograph with her bright bands of color. Emi belongs to our younger daughter, Beth and is just an all round easy and fun snake to have around.









P.S. If any of you eagle eyes note the heat rock in the picture, it's an old one that's long had it's cord snipped off. We just use it in Emi's cage as a bit of decoration and something for her to climb around on.

[Shelby]

Aww.. so cute and pretty. I remember when you got her and she was just a little worm.. though she's bigger than mine. They have to be the slowest growing snakes..

[frankykeno]

They sure do take their time, April. I asked Brian at BHB about that since he breeds loads of them and he confirmed that they just take their own sweet time growing up. Emi's on nice big fat fuzzy rats now and finally starting to pack on some size.

[ev477]

That is a good lookin' snake! She does look quite big too. Looks to be about 2 1/2 feet or so but it's hard to tell... How old do you think she is?

[frankykeno]

Emi will be 3 years old on July 31st.

[tigerlily]

She's getting so big. I remember way back when she barely qualified for a worm. Emi is looking great!

[frankykeno]

She's getting so big. I remember way back when she barely qualified for a worm. Emi is looking great!

Yep back then we joked that she was a pretty fancy looking piece of fish bait LOL.

Just for fun....

Emi with her owner, my daughter Beth back in December of 07....



Both of them are growing up so fast.

[cinderbird]

What morph is she? she looks different from the other albinos ive seen. but then again, i know absolutely nothing about these guys.

and she is absolutely gorgeous. Im thinking about adding some colurbrids to my "zoo" eventually.

[frankykeno]

What morph is she? she looks different from the other albinos ive seen. but then again, i know absolutely nothing about these guys.

and she is absolutely gorgeous. Im thinking about adding some colurbrids to my "zoo" eventually.

As far as I know she's just your regular run of the mill Albino Nelson's Milksnake albeit a quite pretty one. She was produced by Ken Wares out of Michigan. www.kenssnakes.com (He's also a partner in www.waresironballs.com)

I've got to say I'm very impressed with Emi. When we were deciding what colubrid to get for our daughter we wanted one that was pretty good about being handled as well as being visually interesting. Nelson's just fit the bill and when Bethie say the pictures that Ken sent of the hatchling Nelson's well it was a done deal. LOL Emi's gotten so easy to handle as she's matured, not as flightly as most colubrids, never has nipped, hasn't musked since she was a hatchling and is just plain easy as pie to keep.

She's on fuzzy rats now and happily takes down 2 a week. Her enclosure is on our entertainment unit so we get to watch her meander around her enclosure and enjoy her beauty. I'm so pleased with her and know she'll make our daughter a great, long time companion snake.

[Hardwikk]

...They have to be the slowest growing snakes.

That's what they say about Hoggers!