I am LOVING the weather, and I could not resist spending my day off photographing a bunch of my snakes- namely my three King Rats elaphe carinata and a BUNCH of my young garters. Also included are my albino dekay's, my gravid erythristic water snake, and a mud snake!

First up are my three carinata. I love this species of snake, in fact so much that they are my favorite species of snake out there aside from garter snakes. They are nothing like typical rat snakes, they are powerful, bold, incredibly active, intimidating, commanding, smart, distinct snakes with VERY good eyesight and inquisitive personalities. They are like having a giant garter snake. Which, is probably why I like them.

First up is Ra, (named for the egyptian sun god) the big 6 foot male. Keep in mind these snakes LOOK really mean but all of mine are very friendly.











He's smelling the spring flowers!!





Next is my female possible het albino, Isis (named for the egyptian goddess of nature) She is starting to grow into her adult coloration. Her entire time outdoors was spent trying to climb back onto ME!!!









And now here is Osiris, (named for the egyptian god of the dead) my newest carinata, an albino male.









And now for a bunch of garter snakes, most of which are yearlings now and some of which will possibly produce offspring next season:

The wild-caught flame eastern, she's blossoming into a REALLY nice snake. A beautiful new bloodline of flame this will surely make.












My male carteret country erythristic het schuett albino, he is starting to really color up and so is the female (not pictured). When I recieved them in january they were both just brown.They both still have a long way to go colorwise, They are both going to be knockouts and I fully expect to see high quality albino reds from their pairing!







My male Similis, getting a nice blue to him!






Female wild caught red plains - bad pic


Male Eastern Blackneck - this pair should produce smokin' babies!