Just an albino? Or something more?

[piedlover79]

Wow! What a find!! I'd say albino black pastel and a nice one.

I had a *tiny* crack in one of my tubs and my male pied got out. My roommate who lived in the basement (two floors away from the snake room and on the other corner of the house) called me at 3 am in a panic because he'd just woken up to pee and there was a snake on his floor. At first I said 'well it must be a wild one, one of MY snakes would never be in your room'. I went down to deal with it anyway and low and behold it was my pied boy!! So glad I didn't lose him!

[Albert Clark]

Well you can rest assured that you did the right thing O'Math! Nice to have a gift like that fall into your lap, haha. You must've been in line to get paid back for a good deed that you did. Congrats and that is what I saw too albino black pastel.

[O'Mathghamhna]

Thank you!!! Yeah, I like to think so too... I do wildlife rescue and rehabilitation in our area and that's what led to the call. Yay karma! I'm so thankful!!

[Ax01]

glad u posted a CL ad. however i woulda put up old school Lost/Found fliers in the neighborhood he was found. i'm sure that BP could not have traveled far and probably belonged to one of the neighbors. just keep the flier vague - Snake Found, please call, etc. and let the person who calls describe the snake to verify ownership. just my opinion and how i woulda handled it.

really nice Albino Black Pastel tho. glad u been able to keep it nice and happy.

[darkranger69]

how did i miss that post? so cool to find a nice snake in the garage... I wish i could find one ... a puzzle please or maybe a white wash.??? lol. I was more on the HRA albino side before reading the all post and the black pastel suggestion because the color is not as vibrant and clean as the black albi i saw. but i just saw one so.... i guess you guys are right.

[O'Mathghamhna]

glad u posted a CL ad. however i woulda put up old school Lost/Found fliers in the neighborhood he was found. i'm sure that BP could not have traveled far and probably belonged to one of the neighbors. just keep the flier vague - Snake Found, please call, etc. and let the person who calls describe the snake to verify ownership. just my opinion and how i woulda handled it.

really nice Albino Black Pastel tho. glad u been able to keep it nice and happy.

I did have the guy who called me ask his neighbors, and it's been over a year now... But this is a great suggestion, you think I should try it anyway? I have a color printer and laminater, wouldn't be hard!

[Bcycling]

I hate to say it but if was me that lost any animal I would be putting the posters up and posting on cl. If it's been a year and you have not heard anything I think it is now yours. 5 bucks a day housing it plus feeders, I think the guy would be better just letting u have it now.

[O'Mathghamhna]

I'm inclined to agree with you... I want to do what's right by the snake, and ultimately, I can forgive a mishap where the owner allows it to escape due to poor husbandry. What I have a problem with is when the owner doesn't try at all to locate it once it's gone (aside from turning his house upside-down). Leads me to believe he either doesn't care enough and will just get another one, or God forbid he "set it free." If it was still within a few months I would post fliers, but it's been so long now I think it would just be even more of my resources wasted due to someone else's irresponsibility. You know? If I find another one I'll definitely post fliers in the neighborhood in addition to CL. Thanks so much to everyone for your input.

[Ax01]

glad u posted a CL ad. however i woulda put up old school Lost/Found fliers in the neighborhood he was found. i'm sure that BP could not have traveled far and probably belonged to one of the neighbors. just keep the flier vague - Snake Found, please call, etc. and let the person who calls describe the snake to verify ownership. just my opinion and how i woulda handled it.

really nice Albino Black Pastel tho. glad u been able to keep it nice and happy.

I did have the guy who called me ask his neighbors, and it's been over a year now... But this is a great suggestion, you think I should try it anyway? I have a color printer and laminater, wouldn't be hard!

(keep in mind i'm the person who returned the nicest looking single-gene Clown ever after it was sent to me by mistake on my own time and dime.)

i find some peeps don't like to advertise the fact that they have snakes b/c of the "stigma" and putting up a signs would draw unwanted attention to them. now if there was an easy way to find the snake without getting the attention like if someone else put up the sign saying they found it, it might have been easier.

anyway i didn't realize u had the BP for a year at this point. if u feel u did you're due diligence, no one would hold it against ya. so it's up to u what u wanna do.

also i'm looking at the pix again. there might be something more to it than a Black Pastel (or Cinnamon) b/c of the long connecting alien heads. breed it to see if something else pops out. if there's Mojave in there, u got don't have a $500 BP; that's a 4-figure snake.

[O'Mathghamhna]

(keep in mind i'm the person who returned the nicest looking single-gene Clown ever after it was sent to me by mistake on my own time and dime.)

i find some peeps don't like to advertise the fact that they have snakes b/c of the "stigma" and putting up a signs would draw unwanted attention to them. now if there was an easy way to find the snake without getting the attention like if someone else put up the sign saying they found it, it might have been easier.

anyway i didn't realize u had the BP for a year at this point. if u feel u did you're due diligence, no one would hold it against ya. so it's up to u what u wanna do.

also i'm looking at the pix again. there might be something more to it than a Black Pastel (or Cinnamon) b/c of the long connecting alien heads. breed it to see if something else pops out. if there's Mojave in there, u got don't have a $500 BP; that's a 4-figure snake.

DANG. Well I don't breed snakes, I'm just curious about the breed... But if it's worth that much I feel like the person would/should have tried harder, regardless of whatever stigma they may get!! But that's just me. I dunno, I may still put out fliers. I have some free time coming up, so I'll think about it.