i used to have one of those
great animals

Definitely! I just hope my 2010 ghost bull snake hatchling calms down. She's been an utter pain the past few months I've had her..she ate once for me when I got her, then stopped eating for two months and ate again last night. SHe's also extremely aggressive and likes to strike, hiss, and bite. =\

This guy on the other hand...he may be vocal, but he is extremely tame and I think he likes to be handled.

I saw one of these curled up in the middle of the rightmost lane of traffic on a very busy afternoon at 4:30p. I pulled over off the road, ran back to where he was, and he was still alive. I was going to pull him out of the road as soon as the traffic let up ... but some asshole SUV managed to swerve just far enough left that his right tires ran over the poor guy. He wasn't dead, but he was done for. I still fetched him off the road when it was clear, and he was still alive for a few moments. So sad. I brought his corpse to a nice hole near the golfcourse, and covered him with leaves. :( Pretty snake.

Your bull *rattles*? how?

That sucks! Bull snakes are so unique..I now know why one of the breeders I deal with likes them so much! I can't wait until I get more involved with breeding them.

ANd yeah, but he doesn't have a rattle. He just vibrates his tail against the ground and it sounds like he's rattling his tail. xD...my corn, king, and rat snakes do that too.

Huh, interesting. Very interesting. I like snakes. Might get one some day. Had an iguana for a while back in college. Reptiles are awesome.

Indeed! I'll hopefully have some baby snakes this upcoming spring. My ball python currently has eggs in her..and I'll be breeding hopefully two or three corn snakes, a rat snake, and a king snake.

For the corn snakes I'm expecting:

25% Amel het ultra, motley
25% ultramel het amel, motley
50% normal het ultra, amel, motley

(or something like that)

Plus 50% caramel motley het hypo and 50% caramel het hypo and motley

I'll also be making frosted corns (by crossing a gray rat to a corn snake).

I'll hopefully have some florida speckled king snake x californian desert phase king snake babies, and of course my ball pythons.

Hmm, might have to talk come springtime, then. Though I imagine selling animals over state lines is verboten!

Not really! As long as the snake I'm selling isn't illegal in your state, we're good to go! And I'm certified to ship. =)

Hmm, looks like in Colorado, the rules are pretty convoluted. If I read right, I cannot import any reptile species that is native, although I'm allowed to possess up to 6 such snakes. I'm allowed to have any number of unregulated snakes on the following list, but all other snakes are prohibited under general rules:

Bolidae (giant snakes)

Colubridae (modern snakes), except venomous species

Acrochordidae (file and elephant trunk snakes)

Xenopeltidae (sunbeam snakes)

Aniliidae (pipe snakes)

Uropeltidae (shield-tailed snakes)

I've also seen reference to laws that prohibit the possession of any snake longer than 6 feet.

So you'd be able to buy a corn snake, king snake, ball python, non-Colorado related rat snakes? I would ask if you could get a bull snake but they usually reach about 9 feet, although they are a colubrid species.

Yeah, it seems that way. It's kind of hard to parse the rules. Bull snakes are supposedly native?, but they don't appear in the native listing in the laws. But nor do they appear in the non-native listing. Perhaps because they get too big, they're banned by the size law. Alas. They seem really cool. What's "colubrid"?

It's a type of snake...a whole bunch fall into it. It's usually used for most non-venomous species from I noticed that aren't a python or boa constrictor. Colubrids consist of corn snakes, king snakes, rat snakes, milk snakes, garter snakes, bull snakes, hognose snakes...and the list goes on.

Some colubrids are actually venomous but are completely harmless to humans even if they do bite you. (Hognose, vine snakes, false water cobra's..)..and these will also be rear-fanged.

Y'know, I should just ask at my local pet store to see what kinda snakes we're allowed to have in Colorado. They'd probably know. Sounds like bull snakes might be allowed after all. :)

Possibly! THey're just a larger colubrid species. =)

you could even ask a breeder who ships across the country too, in case the pet store people don't know. https://www.bhbreptiles.com are very responsible breeders from what i've seen, and they do ship across country in the usa. too bad you can't get a coral snake like i put in your picture ;) you'd have to settle for a milk snake instead XD

Wait, coral snake in what picture? O_o;;

But yeah, there are a bunch of really good people who ship across the states. I've dealt with two so far, one from Bailey's reptiles, and another from another FA user known as  Ophidile

rooth commissioned me a while back 8'D i put a coral snake in the background XD

ZOMG cute snakey pics!

you can get an opinion of bhbreptiles from here http://www.youtube.com/user/snakebytestv they put vids up every week and it's rather informative in some vids... silly skits in most :) worth looking at!

My picture. :) I can't link it at the moment, but dig through the gallery and find the one of a big dragon lounging in front of a house with a cactus in front of him. That's me. ;) There should be a coral snake in the pic somewhere.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4385616/ :P

colubrids are also defined by the need to hibernate... before a breeding or etc. got that from a breeder's youtube vid.

Interesting. I didn't know that part...although it isn't required for colubrids to hibernate before breeding...it just makes their clutches better.

yeah i think i heard that part too... but yeah pythons/boas don't hibernate, just the colubrids... which is still like 2/3 of snakes XD

More or less. And boa's usually don't hibernate, same with boa's, because they come from warmer regions. That and Boa's give live birth too...

that too! :)

well, more that others probably can, but it's not necessary ever and they make lots of clutches year round.

Mhm. I've never had an issue with my boas or pythons going into hibernation...and this was my first year putting my corns/colubrids through it as well.

i'm glad all went well with your first hibernation then ^^ you must put pics of the hatchlings when they come >:3

Thanks. x3

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4385616/

i remember my bull snake being very calm heck i wor him around my neck a few times when going to the store and school!

Yeah, this one is fairly calm. He likes to wrap part of his body around my arm, then explore with the rest of his body..but never goes too far!

I will, thanks! And so far..mom and dad think he's awesome. :O

Of course. I'll have a bunch of friends for a long time. xD

i'm scared to death of snakes but i think he or she is cute

Aww, thanks! And it is a boy.

your welcome by the way what kind of food does he need to eat

Most of my snakes are on f/t mice, except the bigger ones that eat f/t or live rats.

ok then how do you get the mice and live rats

I either breed them, buy them from local breeders, or buy frozen mice in bulk via local venders or through http://www.rodentpro.com

i'm not really a fan of yellow and black snakes (other than balls >:3) but he looks like a nice find ^^

He is. I love his colorations. He's also extremely gentle and, though curious, interesting to hold. He's also very vocal and hisses even if he's not angry!

sortof like a dog that growls when happy? lol

Yeah xD.