No hard feelings, but I have been keeping rattlesnakes since I was a child, close to 30 years now. I think I have done the research and have the background to make this idea work. As a child, of course, I had to hide the snakes I caught, so my early collection was all housed outside. They probably weren't in the best of conditions, but this was years before the internet and reptiles mag, so I had to learn as I went. Anyway, no, that is not the snake that Terry was keeping. That one actually belonged to Randy Smith, Terry was only housing it. There is a picture of that snake under the canebrake photo gallery on my site. These snakes were orginoally collected in MD, they are true timbers. The current owner asked me not to post his name, he wants to keep a low profile for some reason.

Samuel 'Chuck' Hurd
Professional Educator / Venomous Reptile Curator
www.ChuckHurd.com
423.580.7513 (txt capable)
Chuck Hurd Serpentology

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