Cleaning Day

[mclund]

My 6 year old grandson gets mice from me to feed his own snake. I told him they weren't free and he had to earn them. So I hired him to help clean cages. Some times he takes on more than he can handle, but I have no doubt he will grow up with a passion for the awesome animals.

[smy_749]

Very cool man. I expected to see a nasty enclosure or something disgusting with that title, glad to see a 'feel good' thread.

[Shann]

That's precious :) I love seeing kids with reptiles. Thanks for sharing these!

[marvelfreak]

Teaching them responsible and that you have to work for things you want. Now that what I like to see. Good job grandpa. Cute kid BTW. So what kind of snake is he holding in the pictures? Hard to tell on my phone.

[MDT]

Black Tail Cribo? That's a very nice looking snake, dude.
I need to get pointers on how to get my kids to clean my enclosures! :)

[EL Ziggy]

That's awesome! He looks like a happy camper. My son is 4 and I love sharing my hobby with him. I'll be glad when he starts helping to clean the cages :). Nice set-ups too.

[mclund]

Teaching them responsible and that you have to work for things you want. Now that what I like to see. Good job grandpa. Cute kid BTW. So what kind of snake is he holding in the pictures? Hard to tell on my phone.

Thank you. That is one of my Black Tail Cribo's (Drymarchon corais melanurus)

[kwhitlock]

Teaching them responsible and that you have to work for things you want. Now that what I like to see. Good job grandpa. Cute kid BTW. So what kind of snake is he holding in the pictures? Hard to tell on my phone.

I hope I can do this with my kids in the future, there is so much you can teach with these animals.

And I believe that is a King Rat?

[mclund]

And I believe that is a King Rat?

No stinking goddess here. It is true as juveniles, the King rats slightly resemble the cribos, but that is in fact a Black Tail.

[LarryS]

Look at that smile on his face! Awesome.

[sharthun]

Very cool! ;)

[Terranaut]

The smile says it all :)

[Sharlynn93]

My step kids are 9 and 10 and they love to help clean the rodent cages and they hold the snakes while I do maintenance on their cages, too...they love to brag to their classmates about the snakes at their dad's house...lol