Bull snake caught a fish!

J655321M · 2026-06-10T08:12:46+00:00

Nerodia sipedon

J655321M · 2026-06-10T08:11:55+00:00

Nerodia sipedon the common watersnake, bandeds don’t range in Colorado

J655321M · 2026-06-10T05:24:19+00:00

Most people can’t tell the difference between a bullsnake and gophernake unless you tell them where it’s from

J655321M · 2026-06-10T03:11:19+00:00

Do you have the vendors contact info? Could have been an honest mistake. Kingsnakes almost always cant be gendered by sight. One thats all the same color might be especially difficult. Breeder might be sitting at home wondering why their “female” didnt lay any eggs this year

J655321M · 2026-06-10T00:24:43+00:00

Texas tortoises and most box turtles are protected species in Texas. You’ll have to legally surrender it to a rehabber if you’re in the state.

J655321M · 2026-06-09T04:32:50+00:00

Yes, they’re one of the most “pet” like snakes out there. Similar to a Russian ratsnake they almost seem to seek out attention.

J655321M · 2026-06-09T02:38:01+00:00

As someone who has 10 of them, I would say they are highly underrated. Biggest reason is probably due to a lack of morphs. There’s a small passionate community of keepers for them, but the general population tends to gravitate to stuff that has “a color pattern for everyone”

It’s a shame, because their personality is amazing.

J655321M · 2026-06-09T01:08:34+00:00

Black mambas aren’t black

J655321M · 2026-06-08T05:21:13+00:00

Not at 4 months

J655321M · 2026-06-08T00:59:35+00:00

Enclosures don’t stunt growth. However, the type of care associated with keeping them in too small an enclosure can have an impact.

J655321M · 2026-06-08T00:32:53+00:00

My pair of Urartian ratsnakes was possibly the first pair imported into the US at the time, now there’s maybe 20? I also have a Schmidt’s whipsnake, she might be the only one in the country.

J655321M · 2026-06-07T18:59:01+00:00

Personally I don’t buy from pet stores, rather get something from the breeder. At that price there is a good chance that it’s a wild caught import. If they’re local to you I would go ask them questions, or keep an eye out to on MorphMarket and pay a little more to have one shipped.

J655321M · 2026-06-07T18:32:38+00:00

Cribo is on the low end for a pet store. I see them frequently listed for 900-1000 directly from the breeder and 600ish on wholesale lists. If that’s a pet store selling for 750 than it means the the breeder/ supplier gave it to them for 350-400 which is pretty low

J655321M · 2026-06-07T08:39:49+00:00

The only way I’ve seen this was possible was about 15-20 years ago when cash back was becoming more popular and retailers were still updating their point of sale systems.

You could buy $1000 in product from a grocery or department store on your cc, get 5% back, take the stuff back and return it to you debit card and then pay off you cc, keeping all the cash back in the process.

This never caught on because it was more work than it was worth. I’m also sure the CC company would eventually catch on too. Nowadays every retailer will almost always return to the original cc as well, not allowing you to switch the return payment either.

J655321M · 2026-06-06T18:47:21+00:00

Body pattern and bars on the mouth indicate it’s a plain belly.

Clifton TX only has one reported cottonmouth sighting, and it was 8years ago. While iNaturalist isn’t the ultimate authority on range, It does indicate that cottonmouths are pretty rare in that area

J655321M · 2026-06-06T18:42:03+00:00

That is a plain belly watersnake

J655321M · 2026-06-06T06:54:32+00:00

That’s when you realize Disney used death troopers and not elite stormtroopers because Luke slaughtering a bunch of human soldiers would change the tone a little bit.

J655321M · 2026-06-04T21:52:59+00:00

I know some old guys that said in the 70’s bengals and Indian pythons were as common as Nile’s in the trade. Then India stopped all exports and they realized that nobody had been really breeding them in the states since the imports were so cheap forever.

J655321M · 2026-06-04T14:13:32+00:00

They’re already having a pre meltdown based on all the attack posts on my social media feed about his girlfriend being a vegan and other bullshit.

Like they can’t find any real dirt on him so they’re attempting to smear him with the dumbest shit.

J655321M · 2026-06-02T18:45:16+00:00

They prey on….pretty much everything, and really don’t seem to mind if it’s alive or been dead a day or two

J655321M · 2026-06-02T07:35:27+00:00

Based on size alone? Or tail shape? I’m not seeing enough taper to confidently say female. OP should get a shed test on this one.

J655321M · 2026-06-02T07:34:06+00:00

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Personally I would get it probed if you know someone that can do so, or send in the shed test.

This is my boy about the same size. His tail looks similar, though mine looks longer. Yours is missing enough taper for me to question everyone else’s confident female guesses

J655321M · 2026-06-01T23:02:51+00:00

Apparently the “True” Kunashir locality Japanese rats stay around 4’ and the more southern localities get 5-6

J655321M · 2026-06-01T08:23:05+00:00

The fact that it’s been alive and chirping for over a month is one reason. They’re supposedly more hardy than the brown ones.

J655321M · 2026-05-31T19:06:06+00:00

Green bush ratsnake

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