Road Cruising--BABIES!!

[tyflier]

My girlfriend and I went cruising the other night on the off-chance we might find some pretty little baby snakes. Wouldn't you know it, but we found nothing but baby snakes all night!!

We found 4 baby Panamint Rattlesnakes, all on the same corner, though at different times!!

And about 150' up the road, we saw a 5th baby Panamint, but this one was a bit darker:

These little things were so tiny and adorable...it really took every ounce of my strength not to reach out and pick them up. They were AWESOME!!

We also found several normal phase Western Longnose babies:

And I found what I believe to be a hypomelanistic Great Basin Gophersnake(P.c. deserticola). The pictures we took of him on the road do not show his coloration very well, so after he settles in to his new home in my bedroom, I will pull him out for some pictures. Has anyone ever heard of or seen a hypo deserticola before? I plan to raise him up and test breed him...see if it is a single recessive or not.

Thanks for Looking!

 

[diamondlil]

Lovely babies, thanks for sharing them!

 

[Nanci]

You apparently live in snake heaven! Nice pics!

 

[sarcare]

Those rattlers are cute--and a good example of why I'd be scared to go out looking for snakes in the wild! I don't know nearly enough about snakes, either inside or outside of captivity to be able to tell the difference between the cute babies and the cute viper babies.

 

[Bluebird]

awesome find! Such cute little viper babies Teeny too!

 

[ComoxCorn]

Nice find. Thanks for sharing the pics!!

 

[El Jefe]

Very nice! Haven't seen one of those rattlers in the wild yet. Lucky you!

 

[snakewispera snr]

Those babies are brilliant. How long before they can rattle?
And a Gopher to boot.... You had a good night.....

 

[ziggybond_007]

Dang, is that a lighter that one is next to? They're so tiny!!! And congrats on the gophersnake!

 

[Caryl]

Baby rattlers! Gee, I thought those only came in pink and blue.... Seriously though, that's seriously cool. Thanks for sharing!

 

[tyflier]

Dang, is that a lighter that one is next to? They're so tiny!!! And congrats on the gophersnake!

Yes, that is a standard size Zippo lighter the one is next to. And one is curled up comfortably between the jaws of my Midwest Tongs snake tongs.

 

[The_Thunderer]

Those rattlers are just too cute! I'd even be tempted to try to KEEP one of those... but then good sense would win out... I do work at a Children's Home after all. LOL.

 

[tyflier]

Those rattlers are just too cute! I'd even be tempted to try to KEEP one of those... but then good sense would win out... I do work at a Children's Home after all. LOL.

It is SO dang tempting to bring one home. I promised myself and my girlfriend I wouldn't bring one home until I had a proper hot room with double-entry doors and lockable cages in which to keep them.

However...she concedes that albinos and other mutations found are going to be kept, even if they are rattlers...

 

[Susan]

What adorable little baby rattlers! I love their coloration...like lovely pastel ghosts! Too bad they're hot as I can see why you would want to just pick them up and hug 'em an' squeeze 'em and call one "George"!

 

[The_Thunderer]

What adorable little baby rattlers! I love their coloration...like lovely pastel ghosts! Too bad they're hot as I can see why you would want to just pick them up and hug 'em an' squeeze 'em and call one "George"!

ROFLOL! That was funny!

 

[tyflier]

What adorable little baby rattlers! I love their coloration...like lovely pastel ghosts! Too bad they're hot as I can see why you would want to just pick them up and hug 'em an' squeeze 'em and call one "George"!

LOL...Tell you what...if...scratch that...when I decide to keep one...I'll name him George, just for you...

This one was my favorite:

You can see he is all flattened out, and he's shakin' his little tail for all he's worth, but he doesn't have a rattle yet. He must struck a dozen times. It took forever to get him settled down enough to move him off the road...Sure was pretty, though.