red tailed racer

[ding ding]

Hello folks, was doing a wee cleanout at the weekend there and decided to snap a couple of pics of this little girl as she was sitting still for a change...

http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz92/dingding83/red%20tailed%20racer/Picture002.jpg
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz92/dingding83/red%20tailed%20racer/Picture001.jpg
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz92/dingding83/red%20tailed%20racer/Picture003.jpg

thanks for looking...

[UwabamiReptiles]

She's looking good ding ding and she looks like shes a lot easier to handle than my guys haha.

[RobsCornField]

Gorgeous! Love red tails!

[MoreliAddict]

Nice looking snake.

[DragonsEye]

Beautiful creature.

[ding ding]

thanks for the kind words folks...

Uwambi, yea she isnt really a biter at all. She will huff and puff but has only tagged me once. she is like lightening tho, this is the 1st time she actuallt sat still for any length of time.

Oh and a wee word of warning for these guys. I have had my 1st experience of the dreaded mites and im not sure what the common practice is accross the pond but i used a spray called callingtons in all my vivs. All snakes where fine bar this little one.

She had a very bad reaction to it and i thought i was going to loose her at one point. She was sick a clear liquid and fitting around a day after being exposed but thank god she has made a recovery but was very hard to watch for a while.

This wee video will give you an idea but this is tame compared to how violently she was thrashing about...

red tail racer - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-2WM4kR6J8)

[alessia55]

She's looking good :yes: how old is she?

[brylecc1989]

Sexy snake :)

[ding ding]

She's looking good :yes: how old is she?

Thanks alot Alessia, not 100% on age but i would guess around 6 - 8 months old, still a wee baby!

Sexy snake :)

Thank you very much!

[UwabamiReptiles]

My guys don't like to be held at all. They fight any kind of handling the whole time and they aren't scared to bite. Fun little critters they are.

[ding ding]

hehe yea to be honest i was expecting the same from mine after what i had read about them but seems to be the case with most thing i have worked with in reality they aren't as bad as most folk make out though there are some exceptions...

[Jason_Hood]

Beautiful!!

Jason

[rmfsnakes32]

Very pretty colors

[exoticvirus]

this is a red-tailed green ratsnake not a racer. just saying :P

[Philmul]

I used that callington spray worked great on mine. I haven't seen the dreaded mites since. Lovely looking snake

[EmbraceCalamity]

Very beautiful snake. :)

~Maggot