New snake (a little pic heavy)

Well I've aquired a few animals since the last time I've been really active on this board. Here are some pics.

Mojave Rattlesnake


Having a snack



Realigning jaw


Here a couple other critters I aquired

Western Longnose


Jungle Carpet Python


Costa Rican Red Rump


OBT


Another local T


Pacman Frog


And here are a couple critters I've had for a while now

Ornate Nile Monitor


Local Spider


And finally my Red Belly

It looks so focused in the second picture, which makes it look so goofy because of the huge piece of food in its mouth.

And your local T is a mature male . . . probably won't get much life out of him. Mayhap re-release him and let him "spread his seed"?

Nice rattler! You're crazy as you-know-what to keep one of those! I'm guessing that you have a lot of experience with snakes like that

I have a MM T and I've gotten about a year out of him so far. Every time I look in there I expect him to be dead ;x

in the second pic he looks like he means buisness

really nice additions especially the weston longnose

regards sam

Thanks guys. The rattlers's cage is a 4x6x4ft enclosure. The snake itself is about 2 1/2ft. I'll take more pics. I haven't posted any of my completed animal room. I'm still learning how to use this camera i've had for over a year.

Nice Crotalus scutellatus

Ive worked with alot... but never that species... what is their temperment like?

Pretty wicked. But it has calmed down a lot. At first it was all rattles. Only struck a couple times. I give it its space. Now I can go in the room and work for hours at a time and only hear one or two short rattles when I move too fast. I've had it for about a month.

The longnose on the other hand is a fiesty little bugger. It likes to aim for the face. Still having some issues getting it to eat.

I dont have any experience with the longnose... but I do like the colors. What is their normal diet?

From what I've read it is insects, lizards and small mammals. I have not been able to get him to eat a pinky mouse or a cricket. I believe there diet consists mainly of lizards so he isn't adjusting to the change of diet. Any suggestions to get him to feed?

have you tried scenting a pinky with a lizard?

wash the pinky first with UNscented soap the scent with a lizard.... preferably something from their normal habitat.

I'll have to give that a whirl. I just have to catch one of those buggers.