The post whore thread.

[TheGrey]

And I realize I have zero knowledge on snake handling and did it wrong and almost got a strike.... Mid body slow and easy.... He is not even a week in his new enclosure though.

What a pretty snake, mcjhr! Is he gong to be shedding soon, or is that just he way the light caught his eyes? What kind is he?

[Irving]

He's albino Grey.

[OtterbatHellcat]

We need to paint the town......soon.

I'm down...lets do it.

how you be, OBC?

Doin' okay, Belly. Thanks. You must be healing sooner than expected to be out shooting tomorrow.
Reminds of the scene in Josey Whales.....

"You get those holes a bleedin', and I'll whoop ya with a knoted plow line".

[TheGrey]

He's albino Grey.

Gorgeous. An albino what? I'm afraid most of my experience has been limited to the constrictors.

[mcjhr]

I fed mine live mice as well. I always just kept a card board box or a clear plastic tub. Just toss snake into tub, put mouse in, and let him eat in the tub. Every snake person will tell you that the best way is to feed them in a different enclosure. I'd say possibly even more so in your case because if you're afraid of snakes, you're less likely to be handling him often. You don't want the snake expecting a mouse every time you reach into the cage, only when he's in his feeding place. You don't have to worry about reaching into the feeding enclosure and getting bit because either 1) he'll have just eaten and will be kind of lethargic, or 2) he wasn't hungry and left the mouse alone, so he won't be likely to get you either.

Rich at scales n tails Lakewood said just open top and dump mouse in..... Its only been 1 feeding though. Got him last Saturday.

[TheBelly]

Doin' okay, Belly. Thanks. You must be healing sooner than expected to be out shooting tomorrow.
Reminds of the scene in Josey Whales.....

"You get those holes a bleedin', and I'll whoop ya with a knoted plow line".

i'm actually just going to seal it up like a sucking chest wound to keep the dirt out, then I'm going to take a tripod and a folding chair. I'll just sit there and shoot long distances. it'll be funny I think.

[mcjhr]

What a pretty snake, mcjhr! Is he gong to be shedding soon, or is that just he way the light caught his eyes? What kind is he?

Thanks! It's the camera flash which I'm sure pissed him off. He is a Nelsons albino milk snake.... I forgot the genus species.

[OtterbatHellcat]

That *is* a cool looking snake BTW, MC.

[TheGrey]

Rich at scales n tails Lakewood said just open top and dump mouse in..... Its only been 1 feeding though. Got him last Saturday.

I'd suggest following Irving's advice- take him and set him in a differet enclosure. You want to also watch an make sure an aggressive mouse doesn't damage your snake before the snake is ready to eat. That's been my experience...but then again, I've only had experience with boas and burmese.

[TheBelly]

oh wait, tomorrow is OCW day. maybe I'll try impacts on paper at farther distances. see what a ladder test and a OCW test will show. I'm taking the .223 precision AR that MarkCO assembled for me (the upper, anyways) to get the first round jitters out.

nothing saying I have to start with the goal.... I need to get a couple practice rounds in there.