cool snake dayyy!

[redshepherd]

Some of the more interesting species (or just pretty morphs) at the reptile super show today that isn't ball pythons and boas and retics! I got pretty tired of seeing ball pythons and boas about 5 minutes after I arrived. LOL. The amount of ball pythons is really overwhelming.

Black headed catsnake, black pine snakes (there were actually a bunch of these), lesser keeled rat snake, greater keeled rat snake (well... the sides of one, but still cool to see this species in front of me), solomon island ground boa litter, a really pretty brooks kingsnake, just a big ole albino carpet python that I wanted a picture of, a large texas indigo, a cool greenish solomon island tree boa that I've never seen before, and some pretty bullsnakes.












Solomon island ground boas were unexpectedly poo-colored in real life. Somehow they don't seem that dull in photos online! I'm glad I never got one!

I was really interested in keeled rat snakes before going in today. But after seeing them in person and talking to Dan briefly about the ones he had for sale, it actually made me lose interest. Strange LOL

Unexpectedly, I gained interest in some new species that never appealed to me before when just seeing them online. Pine snakes! I held multiple northern pine snakes from the same clutch, just born July 15th I believe, and liked them so much that I brought one home!! They are all very tame, the adult the breeder had on display is very tame, and these babies are HUGE hatchlings! Sorry I failed my promise of a last snake.

Her name is Genesis, and she is so mellow! I'm hoping it stays this way and she doesn't go Pixie on me.

I applied a bit of Frontline on her for mites (I'm very paranoid of mites now... and in fact, I bought some log hides for decor and actually found an adult mite on them! YIKES.) and the Frontline probably stung and pissed her off. She made tiny, short hisses that sounded like "PSS! PSS! PSS!!!" and head butted my hand- It was so cute that I really want to hear it again. But also, hopefully I don't hear it again. Guys, angry small snakes are so cute.



isn't she huge for a month old hatchling?

She then immediately mellowed out afterward. So cute!!!

Magma just about finished his quarantine, so now it's her turn for QT. Two snakes in one year isn't too bad right? RIGHT?
I've just about been getting exactly 2 snakes per year. LOL