Kingsnake.com - Herpforum - RE: Hmmmm...could this be new for me?

Posted by: pinelandsghost at Mon Mar 28 14:32:23 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pinelandsghost ]

Hi Bill, how have you been? Your babies are doing great. Seriously, no worries with them, they are easy to keep!
Knock wood, I cooled the room slightly and slowed things down a bit for the winter. No problems what so ever.

"the '58 Conant field guide did have them go up to Baker Co to almost Macclenny."
I had to pull out my guide from '58 and yes it does have the maps corner going up to Baxter. The new version mentions GH but doesn't give a range map.
Yellow gray intergrade? That could be the origions of GH???
This snake has a beautiful silver/gray base color that I like and hope it retains. I have others with that but the ash gray blotches. This is getting brownish blotches and well the rails, well they are just making things more interesting.
The cool part of all this is that this is a natural mix(?) and not a "gourmet" CB experiment.
Oh and tell your wife she has eagle eyes! I doubt I would have spotted them without field glasses.
Oh and on this...
"Both animals were photographed and left as they were."
...like you had a choice!

FT "The rat snakes I've seen from NE of Lake City have all been pure looking Grays, though there are intergrades in the same general area."
Ever see one like this, pure gray with the rails there?

Doug "That's a real nice separated snake room you made down there!....And wow!, that was quite a nice "medley" assortment of snakes you came across. It's always amazing the stuff that can be seen when conditions are just right in any given area of habitat.
Thanks on the room. It took several weeks of work and about a grand of cash to get it done but it keeps everything contained, orderly, and climate controlled.
Sooooo much easier and enjoyable now!
The night in the rain broke all the rules as I previously knew them. Everything I knew said to me that road cruising should have been worthless but it was my only shot while I was down there so I went anyway.
Mike.