I just fd out from bro Taylor....like that theres a dude in Tejas (where else...zzz)... that has likely been lurking for ~ 3 years now...who bought 3 of the 11 mussuranas Glades sold in 8 of 2002...& this lowlife has quietly bred the neonates for mucho dinero....yuch...anyway....if this ammonia deposition survives by this advisory...so be it...
I owe it to the few remaining...those who sek to understand the ultimate colubrid..especially the bro's...Doug, Hassan n' way down south....Fabian...be advised....

...10.7.05...Yikes..I just had my neonate raised Clelia out for an excercise session this AM...this about 8 days post a major feeding event; (C.atrox).
It was as usual...very active & alert while out cruising.

Despite this fairly frequent handling..& It has taken half hearted feeding strikes at me.... before when I have reached in for it, & again...particularly at night.
I had no scents of mice or snakes on me, yet when I went to retrieve it, it began to repeatedly lash sideways gaping for my hand!
It even nipped at its own body & the lawn chair fabric in its haste to feed. You'd expect this behavior from a habituated boid! The strike pattern was like an elapid...as is the venom....

From now on it will be hooked & tailed!

Wild Clelia are renowned for their docility during capture...Feeding responses of C/B-LTC snakes are a whole ' experience...

You are now for-warned...

Beers, RxR

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