Well,
I said no more snakes.....but we all know how that goes. Famous last words! About a week ago, a guy I've known for a few years contacted me asking if I could take his two rattlesnakes because his collection was getting too overwhelming and he was concerned about the two venomous. I agreed, and he said he'd bring them to the Hamburg show. I was helping a friend at his table there, so I was at the show all day. Another good friend of mine was vending at a table across the way, saw me and came over to chat. He asked me if I'd be interested in his 3.5-year-old male Batwing rattler (Eastern diamondback x canebrake cross). I checked it with John, and he agreed. Darren went out and brought the snake in....It is STUNNING! HUGE animal, big flat head, seemed pretty laid-back.
I was thinking the other guy wasn't going to show up, but at the very end of the show he showed up and dropped off the other two rattlers (female albino WDB and male EDB). So, I went home with three new buzz tails, new cages and another big hook.
I'm not sure if I will be able to keep all of these guys...it brings me to 5 rattlesnakes in the house now, but I'm going to definitely let them settle in and make sure everyone is happy and healthy and determine their long-term dispositions before I make any final decisions.
Here they are:
Female albino WDB:
Male EDB (seems to be going into shed):
Male Batwing:
Crotalus eye candy
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