WARNING: This post contains a series of photos showing the unpacking of our new emory rat snakes, as well as #28′s first few moments in her half of the Visionarium. If you are afraid of snakes, then think twice before clicking on the “more” link.
#28 and #40 were shipped overnight from Cornutopia in Alva, FL. At the present moment they have both burrowed themselves beneath the bedding material of their cage. I almost freaked when I came home (thinking that they had somehow escaped). Since these snakes are nocturnal and are still getting used to their new surroundings, this might be all that you or I see of them for about a week.
The following sixteen photos are in sequential order.
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Awesome. I can’t wait to meet them. Please tell me you will name them and not continue to refer to them by number?!?
I will name them eventually. I think I’m going to wait until I can handle them more. In the meantime I am accepting ideas. Since they are serpents, how about evil women from the Bible?
I keep forgetting you have this website… I was all bummed because you didn’t have any pics up on transformatum.
Very nice, can’t wait to meet them.
Jezebel and Delilah.
I killed copperhead Wednesday night
Or how about Eve and Judith?
Thanks all for the very clever name suggestions.
Virginia: Where at? Did you eat it? I hear they taste like chicken.
SCOTT!! No, I did not eat it. I’m Southern not a redneck. It was a couple nights before Gray’s wedding at a friend’s house. I just saw a snake and stomped on it’s head. Gray looked at it and said it was a baby copperhead and to be glad it didn’t bite me. Apparently their venom is more deadly than a grown CH. Scary.
Virginia, ask Laura if she’s a redneck.
I’ve been told that it’s not that baby snake venom is more deadly than that of adults, but that they do not have the same muscle control as adults. Therefore, when they bite the let loose a way too much venom, whereas and adult would only inject what was needed for the kill.