??? I always get that same color on my hand when I get a kiss from a Blue Racer.

Quite the double handful you had there. Nice big animals too. I saw 18 individual animals over the course of two weeks this spring. Didn't collect any. A few years ago, Glades had some hatchling Blues, so I got a pair of those as my captive foxi. They turned out to be iron-tough and really solid captives. They've grown up fearless and completely comfortable in their cages--no nose rubbing, eat defrosted mice off forceps. Highly territorial, they chase my hand out of their cages when I get in there for cleaning. Magnificent creatures.

Best of luck with your foxi. It's a nice blue one--many I've seen are kind of brown.