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Great Birthday gift....DUW...

MegF.

MegF.

That's for sale???
Found this beautiful baby Scarlet snake. I unfortunately had found the cat with a large skink that he had injured beyond saving. I was going to go put the poor thing out of it's misery and while I was searching out a good flat surface I happened to glance over and partially sticking out of the dirt was this pretty little baby. Had to do my Red on black friend of Jack before I grabbed and dug the little sucker out, but here it is. Pretty as can be and very mellow. I also found a very large yellow bellied slider crossing the road, a large Southern toad and unfortunately a beautiful Coachwhip snake that had been killed by a car. It was around 5 1/2 ft. long...what a loss. So two dead, three live. I sure wish the coachwhip hadn't been killed. It is an awesome looking snake.
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My first coachwhip in the wild....unfortunately dead. The SREL near here has a fantastic one that is almost 7 ft long. This one was darker then the one they have,but would have been gorgeous. Nasty, but gorgeous! First Scarlet snake too. I've found one Scarlet king and I wasn't sure if this was one or a milksnake. The nose and belly was the telling thing.
 
martin-bernstein said:
Such a pretty snake! You gonna keep it?
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Absolutely not. I try never to take anything from the wild. If we did, there wouldn't be a single animal left to enjoy in situ....second, I don't want the potential for disease or parasites. I gotta say though...it was so beautiful I was verrrrry tempted. However, they are primarily egg eaters so it would be a little harder to keep. I might be able to get it on mice eventually but that's not it's primary diet. So, I just enjoy and release (after showing to hubby first of course).
 
MegF. said:
Absolutely not. I try never to take anything from the wild. If we did, there wouldn't be a single animal left to enjoy in situ....second, I don't want the potential for disease or parasites. I gotta say though...it was so beautiful I was verrrrry tempted. However, they are primarily egg eaters so it would be a little harder to keep. I might be able to get it on mice eventually but that's not it's primary diet. So, I just enjoy and release (after showing to hubby first of course).
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Wow, that's honorable. If I found something like that I don't really know what I would do. I'd be so tempted to bring it home. But I think you are right, the right thing to do is to observe and let it back into the wild, and maybe buy a captive bred later if you really want a Scarlet.
 
I don't think I've ever seen them for sale (not that I've ever looked). I've found quite a few snakes here that were gorgeous.....scarlet kingsnake, canebrakes, that sort of thing. In California I caught all kinds of gopher snakes and there were always Southern Pacific Rattlers around. I find I enjoy them all the more just seeing them in their native habitat and knowing that they are living near me. I think it's way more exciting to find them in the wild and observe them there. There are so many people out there whose only contact with snakes is at the zoo or at a reptile show or petstore. They forget that all these species had an indigenous home at one time until they became normal fare for hobbyists.
 
Forgot to mention Susan. That little nose is for digging. This species is primarily fossorial so they spend most of their time underground until the evening comes.
 
MegF. said:
Forgot to mention Susan. That little nose is for digging. This species is primarily fossorial so they spend most of their time underground until the evening comes.
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Thanks, It is really one of the cutest snakes I've seen. They don't get very big or do they?
 
Adults are about 2 1/2 ft. long. This one was obviously a baby. They remind me a lot of the scarlet kings. About the same size too. The nose and the white belly are the biggest difference...although the king's nose is a bit sharp.
 
WOW

Scarlet Kingsnakes have always been one of my favorites!
I always thought there red noses where the coolest!
The research I have done on them I found they arent that easy to keep as far as get them to eat rodents and the babys almost all need at least scented before switching them over if it wasnt for that I would had them long ago! Thats probably a youngin......awesome!....:)
Also I want to go road cruising so bad...Anywhere i go in the evenings which isnt much of anywhere lately I have my eye peeled.
 
This was a Scarlet snake and not a Scarlet King (different species), although I have had the luck of finding one of those in the wild also. That was a real treat! They are small and quite pretty and it was one of the "want to find snakes" on my list. There are a few others out there that I'm still searching for. I'm not sure you'd be able to keep this snake in captivity too easily. I'd wonder how you would find small enough eggs to feed them when it's only 8" long! I guess they also take small lizards until they're large enough to eat eggs.
 
Really cool snake. They are notoriously hard to keep. Even harder than the scarlet kings. Reason enough to let it back into the wild.
 
And that's where it is. Living (hopefully) in the wild with whatever friends are out there!
 
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