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Trans Pecos Ratsnake was my first snake

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Posted by: samanthabottoms at Wed Nov 18 12:23:29 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by samanthabottoms ]  
   

Hi, my name is Samantha Bottoms, and my husband is Archie. My first snake ever was my female yellow Trans Pecos Ratsnake.

I have a 4 1/2 year old Trans Pecos Ratsnake that Archie caught for me on his birthday, July 29th of 2006, so I have had her for almost four years.

I have actually cared for and fed her at our old apartment when he was working out of town.

Archie has been the one feeding and caring for her exclusively ever since he has been working in town and ever since we moved to the trailer that we now live in.

I tend to name any animals, including reptiles, that are living in the same house as me.

I have named her Princess. She has actually grown quite a bit since we have had her.

Princess had us scared this summer when she managed to escape from her cage. We could not find her anywhere.

Archie was out mowing our yard about two months after she escaped and when he went to move this woodpile from our yard to our neighbor's yard, he found Princess in the wood pile.

So I guess that we can say that Archie has actually caught her twice. It was kind of crazy because she was never more than a few feet from the cage that she escaped from.

Princess was nice and healthy when he did catch her a second time. I suppose that is why the mice population went down so much while she was out on her adventure.

I am fairly new to the snake passion but I have a great respect and love for the industry and look forward to learning more as I experience being a true snake owner.

We are waiting for the perfect male to breed with her for Archie to catch on one of his snake hunts in the near future.









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I keep hitting 'escape' but I'm still here.Simply Sober


   

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