my side winder

they are pretty cute hahah

this is number 1 of my sidewinders


i will post more pictures of the other one and both of them when i get my phone from my friends house back hahah

Wow! Awesome, dude

How big is the enclosure ?

i keep them seperatly, there enclosure is a 20 gallon

that's to cool! do they still sidewind in captivity?

wow

*jaw drops to the floor*

yeah if you bother it hahaha it will sidewind and rattle at the same time its crazy i already fed one of them a hopper it was so amazing

awesome dude! I though they would only sidewind if the sand was hot enough.

That is one cool looking snake. Very interesting \m/

heres what both of the enclosures look like

75 watt day glo for basking on the wood hide usually in the daytime they are on top of it and under is a heat pad

haha if you look closely you can see his little head poking out

I love side winders Im very jealous

Awesome snake Very cool.

how hard is it to get an exotic animal permit in your area? looked it up and it appears all member of the the family reptilia are illegal, up to a $10,000 dollar fine.

Are they a rattlesnake?

nah, these are in the subfamily Viperinae, whilst rattlesnakes are in the subfamily Crotalinae. the main thing that sets them appart (I belive) is that rattlesnakes posses heat-sensing pits whilst sidewinders do not.

They have a rattle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes

Edit: They're in the same subfamily as rattlers -- Viperinae is exclusively old-world.

ahh right, I got the wrong "sidewinder"...

common names.

Soooo...it is a rattlesnake?

Yes.

Yes it is.

Did you read the link?

oops...I missed that link the first time...thanks...that was interesting. Now that is a snake I could get used to. Most snake heads are a bothersome shape for me...I love the horns and shape of the sidewinder's head.