Other pets (pics and discussions)

[guidofatherof5]

Today, I became the proud caretaker of this beautiful female Banded King snake.
It had some scars from a heat lamp burn but has healed completely. Looks like I'll be building a large enclosure for the girl. I was told she loves her hopper mice.

[charles parenteau]

Big scars indeed .Steve look my female boa a many scars she have...Too many you can imagine what i did to save her ... I just want her genetic that why I keep her ...She was so bad I still dont know if she is fertile.
This snake cost me a lot and im not sure if ill be able to reproduce her???

Your snake is burn but look in shape !!!
I really love grey banded king snake.

[ConcinusMan]

This is Jewels, a female 6 yr old Pueblan(Nelson's) Milk snake, and his new "best friend" Rufus, a 7yr old pomeranian. They are both very much loved in my house, but Rufus get's a bit jealous at times. I only recently acquired Jewels by responding to an ad on craigs list.

Video: YouTube - Rufus and Jewels - Dog & Snake

[drache]

that's a really nice snake

[guidofatherof5]

Great looking snake.
I watched the video and your snake seem very calm.

[ConcinusMan]

Thanks for the comments. She's full of contradictions. Sometimes she just totally freaks out when you take her out of her tank. Other days, she's as calm as can be. She usually totally hates being in the open and exposed like that, but I think she was enjoying the sun this time. Most of the time, even if she freaks a little, she'll settle down and doesn't mind being held. She can be pretty sweet. She ate two live adult mice the first time I fed her, but dang, the lump was gone in 2 days. Found a deal today from an old childhood friend (she owns a pet store and stables) on young rats that are about the right size for her. $1 each. Going to see if she likes them soon.

[ConcinusMan]

Ooops. It has come to my attention that I actually made a mistake! I said jewels was a nelsons (pueblan) milk. I meant to say Pueblan (A.k.a. Campbell's) milk snake. I know, to stephan, they are all the same. But there are distinct differences in mexican milk snake ssp. so I had to clear it up. Only the Campbell's, a.k.a. Pueblan ssp. has the distinct trait of having the different colored bands, nearly equal in thickness, with the red bands having the tendency to "take a back seat" to the rest, and the distinct feature of the entire face (forward of the eyes) being entirely black.

[ConcinusMan]

Getting a little better at the photo thing. It only took about 50 tries to get these shots:

[Millinex]

Sorry I disappeared folks! I went through some rough stuff, broke up with gf, went into depression got addicted to video games. Played 14-16 hours a day, failed some college courses... I gave up all my garter snakes to loving homes, with the exception of the one I was intending to keep which I was forced just before winter to move outside, and despite my efforts got too cold on one surprisingly chilly night..
I still have my bullsnake, she's just under 5 feet long now, eating like a champ and very very manageable. However my baby, Charmander kept me going through everything, amazing the bonds between person/animal... I'll post a few shots:
Then:

Now:


He's grown from 8 inches to somewhere around 30 in the span of the 5 months I have had him. Even with me providing sub-optimal care for a couple months. He continues to grow and thrive. He turned mean over the summer, much like many niles, however I've gotten him to trust me and he is 100% handleable now, absolute pleasuer to own.

Regards,
Mike

[ConcinusMan]

Now let me show you MY monitor lizard:



And finally, Jewels' home: