Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[drache]

congrats Kyle
that is a nice looking snake
and a fun little story

[Loren]

Awesome snake Kyle. Definitely one of the biggest racers I have seen. I think my western yellow bellied is about 3 feet or more now.

[GartersRock]

Very nice!! Love it! I think my biggest catch was a 7 foot TX rat as big around as a coke can. And mean as h*ll!

And it lives in my room.

[Loren]

Very nice!! Love it! I think my biggest catch was a 7 foot TX rat as big around as a coke can. And mean as h*ll!

And it lives in my room.

coool !

My biggest wild find was my 5'+ gopher snake. found her about 5 years ago. She likes to draw blood too. And she lives in my reptile room.

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol my biggest find was meadow when she was 29ish" lol now she's 31"

Edit: o wait maybe it was the milk i found a few years back... but never got a measurement so it doesn't really count

[drache]

guys
I got Drache back from the vet today - post-surgery
one large and one gigantic open gaping wound, both on the left side of his head (pics tomorrow - it's been a long day)
both of these lesions had deep pockets of infection and I am now in charge of keeping them open, deep cleaning them and pumping them full of nolvasan every other day, until they start clearing up from the inside out - really not something I'm looking forward to with anything other than grim determination to pull this through whether he likes it or not
he looks really grotesque right now
we met up with the vet at the Hamburg Pa reptile show, where I also got to meet Shannon - and I got one of her beautiful Florida blues in exchange for my last ribbon baby

[Lori P]

Oh man... poor Drache. What an ordeal. Good luck, Nurse Rhea!!!

[Garter_Gertie]

Oh, Rhea, that is sad. But so glad you caught it in time. Cool you got to meet Shannon! What fun!

[drache]

ugghh
I just administered to Drache and it was no fun for either of us
the pics I took before I started are also a bit too much - pm me if you're interested
next time I'll try to find someone to take pics during because that at least would be instructive in addition to gory
for those of you as yet unfamiliar with snake pus, it's not at all like the human variety; it's more solid, a bit like firm curd, so it's not like one can squeeze it out - it needs to be dug out
"it" being right on the poor snake's head, the digging puts pressure on his throat and salivary gland, causing him to make scary croaking sounds
and all this before breakfast

[Garter_Gertie]

Lords, woman. You're a saint. Hard on you but good for Drache. Poor thing. Both of you!