this is wilber he was my first colubrid. i concider him a rescue.it started one day at school a kid comes to school and everyones crouded i ask whats going on the say he has a snake so i take a look he has a new born gopher in a cerial contaner.i talked to him later i asked him if he could give it to me because i have snakes and i know how to care for them he told me he wanted 25 dollars for him i didnt have that kind of money one hand.well a month goes by and he walks up to me and say wana but my little snake.i told him i wpould give him 10 dollars.i gave him ten he gave me the snake let me mention when he brought it to school they poked and proded him to see him hiss and strike. well he told me he gave him lettus to eat and tha5t he hadent givin it water cause his friend said snakes dont need water. i got to second periode and told my teacher i was sick.i ended up going home.i hesitated telling my parents but to my suprise they were fine with it but that made 4 snakes.the next day i got him 2 pinkies.hes been growing like a weed ever since.
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Good luck with him. Where was he collected? Looks like the gophers I see around here in Bakersfield, CA.
>>this is wilber he was my first colubrid. i concider him a rescue.it started one day at school a kid comes to school and everyones crouded i ask whats going on the say he has a snake so i take a look he has a new born gopher in a cerial contaner.i talked to him later i asked him if he could give it to me because i have snakes and i know how to care for them he told me he wanted 25 dollars for him i didnt have that kind of money one hand.well a month goes by and he walks up to me and say wana but my little snake.i told him i wpould give him 10 dollars.i gave him ten he gave me the snake let me mention when he brought it to school they poked and proded him to see him hiss and strike. well he told me he gave him lettus to eat and tha5t he hadent givin it water cause his friend said snakes dont need water. i got to second periode and told my teacher i was sick.i ended up going home.i hesitated telling my parents but to my suprise they were fine with it but that made 4 snakes.the next day i got him 2 pinkies.hes been growing like a weed ever since.
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Might be a Sonoran LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT!!!!!!
Del
that I might know. If sonorans and pacifics are so close, they shouldbe the same subspecies just different populations. LOL. Just kidding.
>>Might be a Sonoran LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT!!!!!!
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a sonoran that looked enough like a pacific to confuse them. Now San Diego or Great Basin on the other have been close calls.
Del
Sonorans and bullsnakes are real close and I can see where they can be confused.
>>a sonoran that looked enough like a pacific to confuse them. Now San Diego or Great Basin on the other have been close calls.
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>>Del
i live in patterson and the kid goes to school with me he either lives in patterson or grason california.
Pituophis catenifer catenifer. Like I said in the other post, he looks real close to the catenifers just outside of Bakersfield. The color and pattern both look alike. Good luck.
>>i live in patterson and the kid goes to school with me he either lives in patterson or grason california.
that I might know. If sonorans and pacifics are so close, they shouldbe the same subspecies just different populations. LOL. Just kidding.
>>Might be a Sonoran LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT!!!!!!
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