The night I found him when he was mostly head. Probably a very recent hatchling at this stage and probably before his first meal...



A few weeks later following several meals of pinky mice...



This morning following a recent shed and on a steady diet of fuzzy mice. This little gopher got STRIPES!


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“You could have a snake for 30 years and the second you leave his cage door cracked, he’s gone, and they’ll never come to you unless you’re holding a mouse in your teeth.” (Bill Haast, 1997).

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