it’s really a funny turn of events as it’s totally a “i could’ve easily passed on something i’m now totally obsessed with” sort of situation because i had seen them before but didn’t know anything about them and assumed they were more in the corn snake, garter snake, etc category
then after i got my whole operation planned out i realized i had 2 spots available so i started researching and surfing and just so happened to find Clint from Clint’s Reptiles video on them and was like woah wait a second
then i saw they were classified as a “large constrictor” which would bring them into my focus (my biz focus is “large constrictors”) THEN i found out they were like the perfect (but harmless) copies of prairie rattlesnakes and was completely sold - originally was going to get this cool San Diego locality pair but then saw the Great Basins and it was a done deal
absolutely obsessed with gophers and absolutely might be something i explore deeper as i go along my breeding journey![]()