First, two horribly over-exposed pics:



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I was hoping for much better, but due to a low battery, clear skies, and a very stressed snake, I called the quits, and they told me to quit. Point and shoot cameras are too hard to work with

Here's a better pic of the snake:



To the eye, it's a shiny, deep-black serpent. I really like the contrast on the chin scales.

Anyway, here's some unorganized husbandry notes I've gathered:

It's not a difficult snake (e.g. basic care, and feeding), but not a "pet" by any stretch of the imagination (a racer isn't a pet). I suppose that my dealings with this snake could qualify as good mamba and taipan training

It's incredibly alert! I suppose that it has gotten used to my presence to some degree, but if I move too close, it's gone in an apparently well planned zap into its hide box. I assume that this is basking behavior, as when I move too close when it is prowling the cage, it zaps about erratically.

Feeding wise, no real problems. I first tried to feed it in an active environment (I offered the food). That didn't work; probably too much stress for this particular snake. A few days later, I just dropped a f/t fuzzy into it's hide, and the next morning, the fuzzy was gone. I've been sticking to the same tactic since, and I've yet to find a rotten fuzzy, only feces. When I decided to keep the snake, I was a bit worried that I would have to provide it with frogs, or at least do some scenting. Luckily (pheeeewww), despite my cynicism, it's enough of a ratsnake to deserve the title

Here are some more pics of quadrivirgata, from a previous post:

http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=892996,892996

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