Will0W783
08-12-11, 07:07 AM
On Saturday at the Hamburg reptile show, I found someone who wanted to buy my very aggressive retic Orchid. I then found this awesome male and couldn't pass him up- he was a really awesome price and a total sweetheart. He's a 10-foot purple male with very nice yellows and vibrant purple.
On the way home, my friend who'd come with me glanced over at the back seat and said, "Oh Kim, there's a face! A face coming out of the bag!" I said, "Huh?" then felt a wet flicker on my ankle....the snake had managed to squeeze through the knot in his bag and was coming up alongside my driver's seat!!! I quickly pulled over and rebagged him, but not before he'd gotten his head up onto the roof of the car and terrified passersby. With him once again properly restrained- this time with a proper looped-over knot that couldn't be squeezed out of (some sellers don't know how to tie snake bags apparently), we finished the ride home.
The big snake checked out every corner of his new quarantine cage and then watched me with his face pressed against the door. I'd leave and come back a few hours later, and he'd pop his head up and come to the front to watch me and flick his tongue.
So my fiance suggested we name him "Curious George." George is awesome- absolutely sweet snake, but always in motion and wanting to tongue flick everything and check everything out. I'm looking forward to enjoying this handsome fellow for years to come and breeding him with my supertiger female and lavender albino tiger 1/2-dwarf female when they are ready.
George is going into shed- of course- so I was only able to get one picture of him so far. As soon as he's got his new skin, I will get some more for you guys.
On the way home, my friend who'd come with me glanced over at the back seat and said, "Oh Kim, there's a face! A face coming out of the bag!" I said, "Huh?" then felt a wet flicker on my ankle....the snake had managed to squeeze through the knot in his bag and was coming up alongside my driver's seat!!! I quickly pulled over and rebagged him, but not before he'd gotten his head up onto the roof of the car and terrified passersby. With him once again properly restrained- this time with a proper looped-over knot that couldn't be squeezed out of (some sellers don't know how to tie snake bags apparently), we finished the ride home.
The big snake checked out every corner of his new quarantine cage and then watched me with his face pressed against the door. I'd leave and come back a few hours later, and he'd pop his head up and come to the front to watch me and flick his tongue.
So my fiance suggested we name him "Curious George." George is awesome- absolutely sweet snake, but always in motion and wanting to tongue flick everything and check everything out. I'm looking forward to enjoying this handsome fellow for years to come and breeding him with my supertiger female and lavender albino tiger 1/2-dwarf female when they are ready.
George is going into shed- of course- so I was only able to get one picture of him so far. As soon as he's got his new skin, I will get some more for you guys.