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HUGE finds...

Sigh...I'm still so jealous that you can even catch/release them if you wanted to in CA. You're so lucky!!
 
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I'm jealous of you people who can have Indigos. They're roaming around here, wild, but I can't even buy one from an out of state breeder. That isn't the right way to preserve a native species.
 
Congrats on the rubber find. They are very cool snakes. Have had a female now for about 7 years. She is an awesome feeder on rodents. She will take live or frozen thawed, ranging in size from mouse pinkies to rat pinkies. Would like to find her a mate some day. Keep us posted on your "cruising" events.

Take care
Jeff Port
 
Congratulations on the cool find. It's always a thrill to fund something you've been looking for, and those two are beautiful!
 
maegann said:
they're awesome..
but...wait....are you planning on keeping them?
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Yea...I kept one for my daughter, and my girkfriend kept the other...why? They are reasonably proliferate in this area...VERY healthy wild population...
 
tyflier said:
Yea...I kept one for my daughter, and my girkfriend kept the other...why? They are reasonably proliferate in this area...VERY healthy wild population...
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personally I am against keeping anything wild caught unless it is in need of care...but you arent me =)
 
maegann said:
personally I am against keeping anything wild caught unless it is in need of care...but you arent me =)
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Yea, well...we all have our opinions, now, don't we? I don't keep snakes that do not have a healthy and viable wild population. I don't keep snakes illegally. I don't collect snakes that I don't understand, and I only keep one of a particular species, which is below the legal limit. As I stated earlier...ALL of my field collections are perfectly legal, and well cared for.

That's me...
 
I just come across this thread, they look loverly!

I believe they will probably live longer happy lives with you, than being eaten by a bird or other predator in the wild. :)
 
Pet Corn Snake said:
I just come across this thread, they look loverly!

I believe they will probably live longer happy lives with you, than being eaten by a bird or other predator in the wild. :)
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I am in complete agreement with you, George.

I also firmly believe that the instincts a snake possesses allow it to recognize the safety and security of captivity and adapt. Sure...they don't have as much room to roam as they do in the wild. But they also don't have to go weeks foraging for food. They don't have to wander the desert seeking out viable water sources and hoping they aren't contaminated or polluted. They don't have to worry about the hawks, eagles and crows overhead, the cars coming down the road, or the countless other people around that kill them just for kicks.

Snakes are shy for a reason...they may be predators, but they are still part of the food chain for larger predators. The life expectancy nearly doubles in captivity for most species of snake, simply because the trials and threats of the wild are completely removed. They have everything they need, and nothing that can hurt them.

I consider it "retirement living"...And quite frankly, so long as I am legal in all of my collections...I really couldn't care less what someone else thinks of the activity. If someone doesn't like the fact that I field collect native species(legally, the only way for me to acquire them...:nope:), that is there problem. I don't really care what they think...(hint, hint...).

People can either enjoy the pictures of the wildlife that I post, or they can move on, shaking their heads and thinking ill of me. It's no skin off my nose, either way...

And for the record...the two I kept are only 10% of what I have found so far this year...and that's just the Rubber Boas...:bang:
 
Please keep the pictures coming!!! I look forward to your posts, and am disapointed when there isn't any.

Thank you!!!!!
 
I think everybody should keep in mind that man didn't invent snakes and everything was wild caught at some point in time. Same goes for any pet. If you keep pets at all, what's the difference? Because somebody before you caught it and bred it and you bought the descendants? If snakes are happier in the wild, let's buy up as many as we can and set them all free.
 
Pat,

Worms don't have scales. What you are looking at in the OP is one of only 2 species of North American boid. I keep rosy boas in addition to my corns. The snake in the OP is the rubber boa.
 
starsevol said:
Pat,

Worms don't have scales. What you are looking at in the OP is one of only 2 species of North American boid. I keep rosy boas in addition to my corns. The snake in the OP is the rubber boa.
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I was kidding. People take me too seriously. Anyway, on another note, I really like rubber boas. They are either my favorite or second favorite boa, only competing with rosies.
 
tyflier said:
Brother, I would...but it's illegal. I can't buy, sell, trade, import or export native species. The ONLY LEGAL WAY for me to keep them is to find and collect them...
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I hate your state!! ;) lol

I still would love a pair of those. A friend of mine has some that he brumates in his fridge in the winter. He says they still cruise around the container while in the fridge. They are very cool.
 
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