Christmas Snake

I gave Sam Indie, the adventurous anery kenyan sand boa today for Christmas and he absolutely loved it. And the best part is that my parents are actually fine with it. My brother-in-law, Spencer, might be a little upset by it because that was his favorite of the bunch. I'm sure he'll be fine.
They have to be the lowest maintenance pet ever, they don't smell, they can go months without food, they drink very little, and they have no hair to be allergic to. What's not to like?

The Perfect Pet

For Christmas each year, our family draws one name from a hat for secret santa. When I drew my 11 year old brother Sam this year, I immediately wanted to give him a snake. Sam would absolutely love a pet snake. However, due to my family's disposition towards snakes, this proved to be difficult.

My Mother is the person most scared of snakes that I know. In fact, our neighbor (5 houses down from us mind you) had a 6 ft. long Boa Constrictor, and she actually had nightmares that it would escape and she'd find it under her bedsheets.

So the question is, under these conditions, how would you go about getting Sam a pet snake for Christmas?

Destiny's Child

Great news everybody, Destiny's Child is eating like a champ. I was worried about him for awhile. After nearly freezing on his traumatizing trip from Vermont, he has been quite stand-off-ish. He was striking an awful lot at any movement, so I decided to give him a smaller cage, a dark hide box, and to put him up high where he wouldn't be disturbed. I think this has really helped him feel secure. After shedding, he ate two fuzzy rats this week with no problem. Huzzah!

What I wouldn't do to get my hands on...

a Mojave and a Lesser Ball Python. From what I've seen, these patterns are the most striking of all ball python patterns. I got this picture off of an Ad from VPI.See the top snake whose pattern fades rapidly down the sides? That is the Lesser. The Mojave is the bottom left snake. I love the dark dark browns and the key hole patterns on the side. There is also a slight fade that happens down the sides.
This other snake here on the right is actually a product of the two snakes- a blue-eyed luecistic. Isn't that interesting that two totally unrelated patterns would produce an all white snake with strange blue eyes?
I have a 5 year goal of producing a Mojave Lavender Albino. Would that be the sweetest thing? To my knowledge, I don't think any exist currently.