An Eastern Milksnake I found a few years ago.

[RegenerationRep]

I've only found 2 of these in my life. One was near my house and the other near Knoebels up north lol I kept this guy for a few days then released him on my property.

[infernalis]

Sweet... See those almost every day here..

[RegenerationRep]

I love the babies. I found one when I was around 10 and when I went to put it in a jar to take it home I left the top off at the park and it crawled out.

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by RegenerationRep

I love the babies..

Just for you...

[alessia55]

I never see wild snakes here in PA... that's a nice milk snake

[RegenerationRep]

This year hasn't turned up much for me except for 2 lifers; a northern ringneck and a queensnake. None of the usual water snakes or black rats except for one I got out of my uncles wood shed. Otherwise its just been about 25-30 eastern garters.

[Coffee Black]

Originally Posted by RegenerationRep

This year hasn't turned up much for me except for 2 lifers; a northern ringneck and a queensnake. None of the usual water snakes or black rats except for one I got out of my uncles wood shed. Otherwise its just been about 25-30 eastern garters.

I am still on the lookout for ringnecks here's saw a baby this summer but I would really like to see a yearling or adult. My buddy just bought a horse with 16 acres and they claim to have a lot of snakes on the property. Hr said I can go snooping but they won't close until December. Guess im waiting for spring.

[RegenerationRep]

Thats awesome The one I found was bright red and almost white. Maybe it was an albino or something?!

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by RegenerationRep

Thats awesome The one I found was bright red and almost white. Maybe it was an albino or something?!

When they reach about 2 months of age they look like this.. believe me, it dulls dramatically with age.



Adult colouring

[Will0W783]

Wow, it's such a shame they dull down with age- that red is gorgeous.

[RegenerationRep]

Ahh okay those hatchlings looked a little dull. I've always liked them, impossible to get cb here though :/

[infernalis]

If mine breed again, that may not be entirely true.

[RegenerationRep]

Infernalis; PA has dumb laws. I guess maybe I could if they are morphs, I talked to Shannon Culp on facebook once and she told me that if they are morphs you can buy them. But otherwise you can't buy/sell/or trade natives.

Coffee Black; That sucks, I've never found an adult either, usually their always like 4 inches. I'll post pics of the queen,garters,and ringneck shortly.

[youngster]

Originally Posted by RegenerationRep

you can't buy/sell/or trade natives.

Does anyone know what the reasoning behind this is? I've always wondered.

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by youngster

Does anyone know what the reasoning behind this is? I've always wondered.

In a nutshell......

A few years ago (1960's into the 1980's) people would mass gather baby turtles for the pet trade, it was not uncommon for people to bring hundreds of hatchlings at a time into pet stores.

Frogs were being gathered by the thousands for frog legs, snapping turtles for soup & garter/ribbon/green snakes were being mass gathered as cheap disposable $5 pets.

States made blanket laws to protect herps from this madness.

However, the likelyhood that the police are going to kick in your door over a garter snake or a milk snake is zero.. unless you have an angry forest ranger who wants you to fry, no one really cares about one or two specimins living in a cage, as long as you are not in posession of federally endangered species, you should be just fine.