Field herping......

[Gregg M]

Going out on monday to catch some timbers....... Should be a good day out in the mountains........ I know they will all be out basking by the den site........ I will post pics after the day....... Hopefully I will find some coppers too....... Only found 3 this year so far and two of them was by mistake...... Also I rescued a small vemomoid gaboon this week........ The poor little thing........ My friends girlfriends son who is 15 years old picked one up at the last hot show at hamburg........ Against what I had said to him and his mother he got it anyway......... I gave him a real hard time after he got it but also gave him all the info he needed to keep it healthy and happy.......... The poor snake is so dehydrated the skin on the sides is all wrinkled up and you can see the entire spine down the back of the snake......... I put it in a big rubbermaid with water and it drank for nearly a half an hour....... I also fed it and it ate like it has never seen a mouse before........ After being in the water for 2 hours it did not poop so I guess it has not been fed in a long time........ After my friend came and told me about the situation I had him contact his girlfriend and I convinced her to give the snake up and let me care for it........ It is such a pretty snake and I may keep it for breeding stock........ So I now have one venomoid in my collection........ This is yet another reason I hate the idea of venomoids......... It is too easy for a kid to buy one and not take care of it the right way........ By the way, This snake will be treated as if it was hot and you will never see a pic of me freehandling it, posted here, ever......