ratsnakehaven
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I've posted more in the last two weeks than the previous three years, but I've been here before, I've had corns before, but I got out of corns for awhile, and now I'm back.
I tend to be long-winded and could easily spend an hour talking about myself, my collection, my occupations for the last ten years, etc. But I don't think y'all want to hear my life's story, so I'll try to keep it to the most important stuff.
1. I now live in AZ. I used to live in MI a few years ago.
2. I don't want to say how old I am. Let's just say there's a lot of folks younger than me on these forums.
3. I've been mostly interested in ratsnakes since the late 70's and got into the Asian ratsnakes and breeding in the 80's and 90's.
4. I got my first computer and first digital camera around the same year, 2003.
5. I love nature photography and have over 6,000 photos in my collection.
6. I do field work and keep several native species in my collection including green ratsnakes and desert kings.
7. I've kept corn snakes before, but never done any breeding. I gave the adults away to make room for other projects. I haven't had anymore until I got a Miami/Keys cross from Carol several years ago. I crossed them with a thornscrub rat, emoryi, a few years ago to make a rootbeer form.
8. Last spring I picked up 2.2 Boot Key ratsnakes. They were two yr. olds and will be ready to breed next spring.
9. I have a trio of Slowinski's corns from OK which I'll be breeding next yr.
10. I mostly work with locality forms of Emory's ratsnakes.
Corn snakes may not be the most important part of my collection, but I'm very much interested in them and how they are related to the Emory's ratsnakes. Corns make great pet snakes.
I participate in several other sites/forums. I'm a forum moderator in the AZ Chapter/NAFHA. I have many years experience with snakes in general, especially ratsnakes, and prefer to participate in strands dealing with important matters of husbandry. I hope I don't offend anyone by offering my experience on such matters, when I know many keepers have their own preferences that work well for them.
I don't have many photos of my current corn snakes, but will try to post some with time. Meanwhile, I may post some of my older pics.
Happy to meet everyone and hope to see you's on the forums. I love talking snakes and want to learn all I can about the specifics of corns. I'm leaning towards a pet snake collection in my later years, rather than research, and downsizing, so I'm learning to think differently about my animals.
Best, and Happy Holidays...
Terry Cox/TC/ratsnakehaven
I tend to be long-winded and could easily spend an hour talking about myself, my collection, my occupations for the last ten years, etc. But I don't think y'all want to hear my life's story, so I'll try to keep it to the most important stuff.
1. I now live in AZ. I used to live in MI a few years ago.
2. I don't want to say how old I am. Let's just say there's a lot of folks younger than me on these forums.
3. I've been mostly interested in ratsnakes since the late 70's and got into the Asian ratsnakes and breeding in the 80's and 90's.
4. I got my first computer and first digital camera around the same year, 2003.
5. I love nature photography and have over 6,000 photos in my collection.
6. I do field work and keep several native species in my collection including green ratsnakes and desert kings.
7. I've kept corn snakes before, but never done any breeding. I gave the adults away to make room for other projects. I haven't had anymore until I got a Miami/Keys cross from Carol several years ago. I crossed them with a thornscrub rat, emoryi, a few years ago to make a rootbeer form.
8. Last spring I picked up 2.2 Boot Key ratsnakes. They were two yr. olds and will be ready to breed next spring.
9. I have a trio of Slowinski's corns from OK which I'll be breeding next yr.
10. I mostly work with locality forms of Emory's ratsnakes.
Corn snakes may not be the most important part of my collection, but I'm very much interested in them and how they are related to the Emory's ratsnakes. Corns make great pet snakes.
I participate in several other sites/forums. I'm a forum moderator in the AZ Chapter/NAFHA. I have many years experience with snakes in general, especially ratsnakes, and prefer to participate in strands dealing with important matters of husbandry. I hope I don't offend anyone by offering my experience on such matters, when I know many keepers have their own preferences that work well for them.
I don't have many photos of my current corn snakes, but will try to post some with time. Meanwhile, I may post some of my older pics.
Happy to meet everyone and hope to see you's on the forums. I love talking snakes and want to learn all I can about the specifics of corns. I'm leaning towards a pet snake collection in my later years, rather than research, and downsizing, so I'm learning to think differently about my animals.
Best, and Happy Holidays...
Terry Cox/TC/ratsnakehaven
