Cuddles!

[EasternGirl]

His colors are just amazing. I love those speckles on his tummy. I've noticed that the younger snakes have white/almost clear sheds like Hermes...I thought it was an albino thing, but maybe it's a baby snake thing. He looks awesome, Ashley!

[katach]

Beautiful!

[guidofatherof5]

You could have named that snake Rusty and been spot on.

[acovert]

Thanks ^_^
He is quite beautiful, in my opinion. Of course, I am slightly biased as well.

Rusty would have been a great name for him! But I named him before I ever saw him, so I didn't base it off appearances. The name Cuddles fit because he doesn't mind cuddling with me, which is wonderful.

I hope his colors continue to become more distinct. He does have quite a bit of red in there! I love it.

[acovert]

I went out today because it was just lightly raining (as opposed to our recent torrential downpours) and found some worms (nice, big ones) under the stones we have in the backyard. I also found some slugs. Not sure yet if I am going to try to feed them to Cuddles, but supposedly they are high in calcium. I am going to keep them in a container as I continue to complete research on the benefits and risks of slugs. If I decide not to use them I'll just toss them back into the backyard (or kill them, since they're destroy the garden come spring/summer and it would be better if they weren't around - I found 13 and one is dark brown/black so I'm throwing him out once I've processed them all).

[guidofatherof5]

Slugs are a good food, Northwesterns love them.

[acovert]

Considering how much he loves his worms, I figured he would like slugs as well. I just want to make sure there aren't any dangers involves with taking them out of the garden. I'm 100% certain I'm going to toss out the one that's almost black. But there are light gray ones that I think I may give him. They're supposedly high in calcium, but I need to do more research.

[kibakiba]

It'd be a good idea if you cut the "skirts" off of them before feeding. It keeps them from sliming. It is a nice treat for the NWs

[acovert]

Not interested in slugs yet. I'l keep trying. I even made the slugs a nice little home to live in until they are eaten. Not that I can't find more...I just don't want to! Besides...they actually look kinda cool when they aren't stuck to my feet. I love the way they move...fascinating. I might keep the pretty ones as pets. Got rid of the biggest ones and the dark one, though. Either too big for Cuddles or too dark for me to risk giving them to him. But the ones I have appear to be safe from the research I've done.

Cuddles did eat a small worm (or two?) yesterday, but they were so tiny that I thought he might be hungry again. Clearly he wasn't, even though the worms are most likely fully digested (they are very thin worms, caught in the garden). I'll try slugs again the day after tomorrow.

I may not be online for a few days. I've been really tired lately because my sleeping schedule is so messed up and I haven't been feeling the greatest on top of that. I think a large part of it is the computer, so I am going to attempt to cut a lot of my computer time out of my day, at least for a few days to see if I can regulate my sleeping....less computer, more sudoku and reading. Maybe some Wii Sports when the evil daycare child is gone.

[EasternGirl]

Get some rest and hope you feel better.