First snake! Meet my bull snake Ragnar!

[Ragnar]

First off, Ill just say right off the bat this is a wild caught individual. He literally slithered up to me and allowed me to gently pick him up without even attempting to flee. I've never had a wild snake do anything but go the opposite direction from me and try to escape so I decided it was a strange enough occurrence to keep him, lol.

I've been keeping herps (all lizards) for over a decade but never had a snake, though I've always wanted to get one eventually. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to finally become a snake owner.


Any how, this guy is awesome. He's a juvenile that is about 13 inches in total length. I assume he was probably hatched this last spring. He took a frozen/thawed pinkie just two hours after being caught and is currently doing very well adjusting to his new environment. I set him up in a 20gallon terrarium with sterilized substrate collected from the place I captured him, along with a hide made from a Tupperware container mostly buried in the substrate with the exception of the entrance (although he has chosen to bury the entrance I intended him to use and has made his own hole to get in and out about 2 inches under and 3 or 4 inches away from the container, lol). He's extremely active; drinking and taking frozen/thawed appropriately sized pinkies with no problems.

Anyway, I'm totally stoked to have this guy as my new pet! Here's two videos of the first two feedings with him (about 4 days apart from each other).


This is the feeding 2 hours after his capture





This video was obviously shot before he decided to do his little redecorating project with his hide, lol