I usually don't like to take herps from the wild, but it's legal to catch 5 reptiles without a license here, and this guy was hanging around the boat ramp very boldly, not even scared, where he was probably going to get shot or run over eventually (people around here aren't real nice to snakes, especially poisonous, and can't tell a garter from a cottonmouth half the time, so all snakes are essentially poisonous 
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Here's Edwin. He's about 2 ft long I'd guess.:
(pic doesn't really show his pretty red belly color)
His "palace", a 29g (yeah yeah I know, hot rock, taboo, whatever. Never had an issue with them over 20 years though, I just make sure to stick with low wattage ones *shrug*). The black stuff is just liner so it's easier to change his coconut bedding. The grassy stuff, for anyone interested, is like 3 bucks at walmart. Listed as non-toxic and safe for kids - he loves it. Also loves the blue basket since he can wrap around the holes Forgive the dirty look on back of tank - was an old fish tank and I couldn't get all the hard algae off with vinegar, and I didn't wanna use something harsh or toxic:
Edwin doesn't eat anything but fish. This explains why he was hanging around the boat ramp. But he's a terrible hunter, so I'm guessing he was probably feeding on dead discarded fish. He's not even good at catching fish out of his bowl, but he won't eat anything else, and won't even eat fish off the ground, just in water. Either way he's fat and healthy on his current diet. I'm still trying to see if he'll eat some amphibians or something.
He's very docile (like most king snakes) and has never bitten me. He's even gotten more used to being handled, and he now recognizes me as the magical food bringer and comes to the glass when I walk over, then goes and looks in his bowl. I've had him since about mid June.
).Here's Edwin. He's about 2 ft long I'd guess.:
(pic doesn't really show his pretty red belly color)
His "palace", a 29g (yeah yeah I know, hot rock, taboo, whatever. Never had an issue with them over 20 years though, I just make sure to stick with low wattage ones *shrug*). The black stuff is just liner so it's easier to change his coconut bedding. The grassy stuff, for anyone interested, is like 3 bucks at walmart. Listed as non-toxic and safe for kids - he loves it. Also loves the blue basket since he can wrap around the holes Forgive the dirty look on back of tank - was an old fish tank and I couldn't get all the hard algae off with vinegar, and I didn't wanna use something harsh or toxic:
Edwin doesn't eat anything but fish. This explains why he was hanging around the boat ramp. But he's a terrible hunter, so I'm guessing he was probably feeding on dead discarded fish. He's not even good at catching fish out of his bowl, but he won't eat anything else, and won't even eat fish off the ground, just in water. Either way he's fat and healthy on his current diet. I'm still trying to see if he'll eat some amphibians or something.
He's very docile (like most king snakes) and has never bitten me. He's even gotten more used to being handled, and he now recognizes me as the magical food bringer and comes to the glass when I walk over, then goes and looks in his bowl. I've had him since about mid June.
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