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This little guy was found in the basement of a bank in Cave Junction, Oregon. My friend Herb was visiting friends at the bank when a bank employee came up from the basement saying there's a rattlesnake down there! The janitor went down wearing a big oven mitt and caught it, and immediately my friend saw it was just a harmless gopher snake, so he brought it home. He isn't into pits so he gave it to me.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

How fun, and a neat looking little gopher too. I like the dual spotting in places and those pinkish tones. Male or female?
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"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."

She is a little female. My friend was impressed with her clear markings. Usually Pacifics are sort of muddy but this one is very crisp.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Josephine County? There's name potential there for a female catenifer from that locality. Or would that be Jozephine? Here's a nicely patterned individual that I found last May near Sacramento...

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"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."

Not your typical locality Pacific, in fact, you don't see very many from Oregon at all. Will be interesting to see how those colors and the pattern mature. I love the story behind this one too...
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"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."

What a beautiful snake!

Great score there, my friend!!!
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Genesis 1:1

Thanks!
She has the usual sweet disposition of Pacifics, too. I am surprised more people don't have Pacifics. I know in California one is allowed to have only four; but in other states I don't think there is a limit.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.