Mauser KAR98K
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Hey yall, been awhile since I posted on here. I got into corns because an Okeetee caught my dog. Had to rescue my dog's nose from it. I later feed him/her but unfortunatly I picked him up a day after. My dad wanted to see if he was tamed to keep. I didn't realize at the time that it was a bad idea to pick em up after feeding. I think he regurgtated and I wasn't educated to noticed. Some weeks later he died. I had him/her outside for the most part due to trying to sell the house and move, and the smell. I also knew he wasn't healthy to beginne with. After getting "corn Snakes" by Kathy and Bill Love, I saw a picture of a thin corn snake with the spine showing. Jake had this, and for a good while he wasn't eating. He would kill the lizard I caught but he didn't eat it. I also put a baby rat in the cage but he didn't touch it. I barried him in my front yard (make sure the dog doesn't dig him up.)
But yesterday I bagged two Corns were I work at as Security. The night before I caught them, I found my first baby corn hanging on the side of the wall. I could not believe what I was seeing, a wall climbing snake. For the first sight, I thought it was a Rattlesnake. The grey and some what black color pattern fooled me at first until I saw the head. Same pattern as my late Jake. I tried to catch him but he got away inside a hole in the concreck.
Next night I took my small reptile toter I got for catching lizards, geckos (we have lots of tropical house geckos), a pair of gloves cause the night before he tried to nail me, and my wits. My first patrol found him/her again on the side of the wall. On come the gloves. (yes I am a panzy) I touched him to get him loose from the wall witch worked...after he bit me. With the top opened of the small toter, I just picked him fast and dropped him in. I saved $30 plus getting paid to catch snakes.
Were I work at condomenum complex here at Cape Canaveral Florida. I see all sorts of reptiles and amphbians out here. Just two weeks ago I caught a green guarder snake/ racer snake. That was fun. He flattened his head out to look like a pit viper. He was also jumping with his tounge sticking out in the air. I ended up stepping on him by accident, but I picked him up to move him away from the entrence to the Garage. After I picked him up he calmed down and started tasting me. When I let him go, he just layed there for awhile. To make sure I didn't hurt I gave him a poke with my boot and off he went...after he bit it.
Okay back to last night. Doing my final patrol and keeping my new snake in the dark of my car. (already stressed em out) What to my surprise I see another in the same place but on the sidewalk. I checked the wind, and there was none, and I began approuching it, running silent too. (gotta love my Bates Enforcer Boots. I sneak up on the snakes) I got right on top of him/her when it noticed I was there. I have never seen a corn snake so aggressive. Everytime I tried to get close with my hands to pick him/her up, it tried to nail me. It hissed with every strike and even rattled it's tail. And from what I read Corns are suppose to be calm.
It tried to slither away from me into the grass but I just picked him up fast and moved him back to the sidewalk. With only a notepad, pen and a Surefire Flashlight, I slowly worked my way to getting him/her. I put the pad on top of him. Figuring he was looking for a place to hide away from me, I gave him it's wish. I then I slowly I moved the notepad back to expose his head. This is where the pen comes in. I gently but firmly put the pen, sideways, on his head, then moved the notepad away and picked him up with my free hand around it's head. I didn't feel my hand was secured enough to keep him from striking me, so I moved my other free hand around to get a better grib. BAM, he nailed me but I just gave me a love tap. Afterwards, he/she wrapped his body around my fingers and finished my last patrol with out further incident. I was something warm and it didn't care. He was just caught. I put him in with the other Corn for the duration of my shift. they curled up with eachother.
Okay I get home, bring out the old 10 Gallon Aqaurim, cleaned it thuroly, (tried to save a severly injured black snake, large on too, but failed. It was injured when it hid in my riding lawn mower. Since then I bang and look before I start.) and made a whole bunch of hides from paper towel tubes. I was saving them cause I was going to go out and buy a corn snake. Now I don't have too. I put newspaper in it and whimped out my new heat pad. Put under the aquarum and let loose the snakes. One went under one of the tubes on the cold side and the other went under a newspaper fold and there it has stayed. After I got up from sleeping, the other was curled up against the tree bark tunnel and the side of the cage.
Both are 7 inches to 9 inches long. Dark and grey colors with orange shades appering ontop of their heads. One has it further down the body.
Since these are Wild Corns, will their dispostions slowly go away when the get older? Can I keep them in the same aquarum while their young?
I am not going to feed them for another couple of days. I am not even going to mess with them excpet to add water. I want them to get comfortable first before I feed them. I also might give one to a friend who loves snakes, but had to get rid of them before she moved. Might surprise.
So what do yal think of my catch. Two in one night.
BTW they rattle their tales!
But yesterday I bagged two Corns were I work at as Security. The night before I caught them, I found my first baby corn hanging on the side of the wall. I could not believe what I was seeing, a wall climbing snake. For the first sight, I thought it was a Rattlesnake. The grey and some what black color pattern fooled me at first until I saw the head. Same pattern as my late Jake. I tried to catch him but he got away inside a hole in the concreck.
Next night I took my small reptile toter I got for catching lizards, geckos (we have lots of tropical house geckos), a pair of gloves cause the night before he tried to nail me, and my wits. My first patrol found him/her again on the side of the wall. On come the gloves. (yes I am a panzy) I touched him to get him loose from the wall witch worked...after he bit me. With the top opened of the small toter, I just picked him fast and dropped him in. I saved $30 plus getting paid to catch snakes.
Were I work at condomenum complex here at Cape Canaveral Florida. I see all sorts of reptiles and amphbians out here. Just two weeks ago I caught a green guarder snake/ racer snake. That was fun. He flattened his head out to look like a pit viper. He was also jumping with his tounge sticking out in the air. I ended up stepping on him by accident, but I picked him up to move him away from the entrence to the Garage. After I picked him up he calmed down and started tasting me. When I let him go, he just layed there for awhile. To make sure I didn't hurt I gave him a poke with my boot and off he went...after he bit it.
Okay back to last night. Doing my final patrol and keeping my new snake in the dark of my car. (already stressed em out) What to my surprise I see another in the same place but on the sidewalk. I checked the wind, and there was none, and I began approuching it, running silent too. (gotta love my Bates Enforcer Boots. I sneak up on the snakes) I got right on top of him/her when it noticed I was there. I have never seen a corn snake so aggressive. Everytime I tried to get close with my hands to pick him/her up, it tried to nail me. It hissed with every strike and even rattled it's tail. And from what I read Corns are suppose to be calm.
It tried to slither away from me into the grass but I just picked him up fast and moved him back to the sidewalk. With only a notepad, pen and a Surefire Flashlight, I slowly worked my way to getting him/her. I put the pad on top of him. Figuring he was looking for a place to hide away from me, I gave him it's wish. I then I slowly I moved the notepad back to expose his head. This is where the pen comes in. I gently but firmly put the pen, sideways, on his head, then moved the notepad away and picked him up with my free hand around it's head. I didn't feel my hand was secured enough to keep him from striking me, so I moved my other free hand around to get a better grib. BAM, he nailed me but I just gave me a love tap. Afterwards, he/she wrapped his body around my fingers and finished my last patrol with out further incident. I was something warm and it didn't care. He was just caught. I put him in with the other Corn for the duration of my shift. they curled up with eachother.
Okay I get home, bring out the old 10 Gallon Aqaurim, cleaned it thuroly, (tried to save a severly injured black snake, large on too, but failed. It was injured when it hid in my riding lawn mower. Since then I bang and look before I start.) and made a whole bunch of hides from paper towel tubes. I was saving them cause I was going to go out and buy a corn snake. Now I don't have too. I put newspaper in it and whimped out my new heat pad. Put under the aquarum and let loose the snakes. One went under one of the tubes on the cold side and the other went under a newspaper fold and there it has stayed. After I got up from sleeping, the other was curled up against the tree bark tunnel and the side of the cage.
Both are 7 inches to 9 inches long. Dark and grey colors with orange shades appering ontop of their heads. One has it further down the body.
Since these are Wild Corns, will their dispostions slowly go away when the get older? Can I keep them in the same aquarum while their young?
I am not going to feed them for another couple of days. I am not even going to mess with them excpet to add water. I want them to get comfortable first before I feed them. I also might give one to a friend who loves snakes, but had to get rid of them before she moved. Might surprise.
So what do yal think of my catch. Two in one night.
BTW they rattle their tales!
and like you said saved your self the price of the snakes :cheers:
