Re-Homing Ragnarok, an emotional weekend.

[Godzilla78]

A lot has been going on for me, as I have been prepping for my snake breeding project. Behind the scenes, I built a new custom breeding rack, and I am shopping for my last 2 snakes to round out the project plan. (a new thread on the custom built rack coming soon)

Well, after months of deliberation I have decided to re-home Ragnarok, my first adult normal. I have a lot of good memories of her (thought she was a 'he' for the longest time! lol). However I only have so much time and resources and have to make room for the new additions to the breeding project. The other thing that is interesting is that it seems Ragnarok just hates rack-tub life, as she constantly tries to escape her tub. I raised her in a 40 gallon terrarium, and it seems she imprinted on that kind of space as her home, because she just won't accept a rack life! I moved her back to her glass tank, and she seems content. She also likes to come out more than the other snakes, and wander around the home, she is the perfect 'PET' snake! She would make a great pet for someone just getting into snakes, that wants an already established snake, in an already established terrarium! She very much enjoys coming out and is very tolerant of being handled, which is exactly what most snake pet-owners want.

I advertised her on craigslist, complete with her terrarium, for a decent re-homing fee, to make sure I got a serious person. A 16 year old girl's dad responded that his daughter has been RESEARCHING snakes for weeks and really wants one, and saw my ad. She liked that the snake is already "tamed" and comes established and with a complete terrarium.

I am in the process of typing up a detailed care-sheet to send with her, as I notified the new owner that most pet stores "have no idea what they are doing!"

It is funny, I had almost no feelings at all advertising her and then getting ready to re-home her this weekend. But I cleaned out her cage this morning and interacted with her, and got a sinking knot in my throat, trying not to cry. The emotions hit me, but I know this is for the best and the new owner will be so thrilled to get her new pet for Christmas!

I will probably re-post the care sheet here for others to read.

Good luck Ragnarok! It was a joy to raise you to adulthood!