gopher fun!

[vegabond]

I found this guy out in colorado today, no biting, but just hissed the whole time. Beautiful gopher!

got these guys last weekend, couple of western terrestrial garters

 

[SkyChimp]

Sweet snakes!

 

[ArpeggioAngel]

Nice looking gopher and great shots!

 

[Nanci]

How cool! I wish we had Gopher Snakes in Florida.

Nanci

 

[Plissken]

Very nice! Gophers do hiss, don't they? A gopher is the only snake that's ever hissed at me. They're gorgeous, though.

 

[Pruddock]

Gorgeous gopher!! Congrats on the find! :cheers:

 

[jmksnakes]

I couldn't help but notice what looks like a 'bulge' in the 2nd pic. Could that big dude actually be a big dame? Is it possibly gravid or is it just the camera angle? Anyway, it's a beautiful find, congrats!

 

[vegabond]

I was actually thinking the same thing after I posted the pic, I was so excited when I caught him/her that I didn't even pay attention I guess! but it could be the camera angle as well.... I guess I will try to look at some of the other pics.

 

[texastailfeathers]

I love gophers. Beautiful!

:-offtopic Would a WC gravid girl go ahead and lay in captivity, or would the transition be too stressful?

 

[vegabond]

not too sure, if they would lay, perhaps it is time to go back and find her/him!

 

[Eriathiel]

Awesome pics!

 

[tom e]

You're a better man than me for letting him go! I don't think I could've resisted that big hissing gopher! What a beauty!

 

[vegabond]

next time he wont get so lucky! Sometimes you have to appease the snake gods! I had also just brought home some garters recently as well!

 

[SnakeAround]

Gorgeous gopher and pictures! Do you happen to know which (sub)species it is? It does not look like the bull (sayi) or San Diego (annectans)...

 

[Nanci]

I love gophers. Beautiful!

:-offtopic Would a WC gravid girl go ahead and lay in captivity, or would the transition be too stressful?

I caught a gravid Red-Bellied snake, which laid, which I hatched on top of a gas stove (pilot light) which I immediately released because they were the size of toothpicks!

Nanci

 

[texastailfeathers]

I caught a gravid Red-Bellied snake, which laid, which I hatched on top of a gas stove (pilot light) which I immediately released because they were the size of toothpicks!

COOL! That would be so much fun.

 

[vegabond]

my best guess at the sub species is a great basin gopher; P.m. deserticola the only other close one is the sonora, but he would be darker at the tail than at the head.