Say hello to Mojo!

**millertime89** · 04-11-12, 11:34 PM

I'm not much of a corn snake person, but in my quest to educate people about snakes, I knew that I needed one of these as a great place to start people off with a calm, docile, inquisitive, manageable sized snake. I generally like buying from smaller, yet still well established and respected breeders so I keep my eyes open. When Joanna (Mojo is her screenname, also obviously where the snake got her name from) joined the board and posted pictures of her stunning Mango I knew I had found the breeder I was looking for. I originally wanted one exactly like Mango, but when I spoke with Jo she didn't have any of the same morph available anymore (Amel Motley, can be seen here). I got to looking at her 2011 offspring because I knew I didn't want a 2012 because IMO they're too small, but a yearling is about perfect for me to start with. I also knew they would be well established by this point. I searched through what she had left and this one just blew me away by how perfect its pattern was and I loved the head pattern. I paid for her and Jo graciously agreed to hold her until the weather warmed up (it was late November or early December).
Fast forward to two weeks ago and I paid for her and arranged to have her shipped yesterday (4/10) so I could pick her up today (4/11, its still today for me despite the actual time). Well I got to the FedEx express pick up location and let me say Mojo did not disappoint. She looks even better in person than on the computer, and she did what I bought her to do, educate people. When I showed up a few of the employees asked if I could take her out to show them and I obliged, seeing this as a perfect opportunity for a little education. They were just as blown away with how beautiful she is as I was and they all seemed very interested in what I had to say about how snakes just want to be left alone and are not inherently evil creatures, just solitary and how the problem in the everglades is not a result of people releasing their pets, but in fact a side effect of Hurricane Andrew destroying an animal holding facility with a ton of Burms.

ANYWAYS...
without further ado (thanks to all who have read this far) I present Mojo, my 2011 Motley Cornsnake.

yes, those are hides constructed from legos as trollbie and I discussed yesterday, and yes, that is a lego triceratops head concealing the entrance to that hide.

already playing peek-a-boo, I can see why people love their cornsnakes.

Trent · 04-11-12, 11:35 PM

Very nice!!

red ink · 04-11-12, 11:38 PM

Helloooooo MOJO!

Aint you a little stunner!

**millertime89** · 04-11-12, 11:47 PM

Thanks guys, she was out cruising around a little bit ago, but I saw her crawling behind the triceratops head. She's super calm too which is awesome, not even a hint of musking when I first pulled her from her travel bag.

theapexgerman · 04-11-12, 11:55 PM

Good looking corn welcome to the corn family

Caylan · 04-12-12, 12:05 AM

She's cool for a morph corn!

Trollbie · 04-12-12, 02:38 AM

You should send me legos!

Also, my heart melted. She's awesome!

LISA127 · 04-12-12, 06:09 AM

She is beautiful!!

Norm66 · 04-12-12, 06:41 AM

Hi Mojo! Nice addition, she's beautiful. I love motley corns. And the lego and triceratops is awesome too.

youngster · 04-12-12, 07:35 AM

Jo!!! I saw her 12 days ago

I also love motleys, looks like you picked up yourself a nice one.

She's who I got my female corn from.

**millertime89** · 04-12-12, 08:15 AM

Thanks everyone. Trollbie, just go visit legoland CA! I can't give away my legosm they're gonna go to my kids some day. Besides, my brother and I had too much fun yesterday building things for me to get rid of them anytime soon.

Trollbie · 04-12-12, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by millertime89

Thanks everyone. Trollbie, just go visit legoland CA! I can't give away my legosm they're gonna go to my kids some day. Besides, my brother and I had too much fun yesterday building things for me to get rid of them anytime soon.

I've actually never been there, but the Lego store is expensive. Maybe I'll steal my Legos back from my nephews and nieces lol

**millertime89** · 04-12-12, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollbie

I've actually never been there, but the Lego store is expensive. Maybe I'll steal my Legos back from my nephews and nieces lol

What?! I've been to both the ones in florida and cali, you don't have to buy anything just go check it out, it'll blow your mind. The lego store in the mall of america was awesome too.

Thanks for all the compliments guys.

Trollbie · 04-12-12, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by millertime89

What?! I've been to both the ones in florida and cali, you don't have to buy anything just go check it out, it'll blow your mind. The lego store in the mall of america was awesome too.

Thanks for all the compliments guys.

I want to. Just haven't gotten around to it yet

slithermama · 04-12-12, 08:20 AM

she is a very beutiful snake wowwee. love her patterns.