Baiting snakes

stonyloam · 03-15-2007, 12:05 PM

If you have been reading my posts here over the last few days you probably read that Cazador thought it was funny that I was baiting snakes with a heat lamp. Well that got me to thinking (always trouble) and since I apparently have no life, I thought why not? This morning was fairly cold and nothing was around. So I changed the bulb to 100w and set the light about 14 inches above the “snake hole” and waited to see what would happen. Came back about two hours later and this happened….. Pretty slick huh?

mikm · 03-15-2007, 12:08 PM

AWESOME !!! I luv it

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adamanteus · 03-15-2007, 12:56 PM

I want to live in your sunroom. That "bait" is working on me too!

drache · 03-15-2007, 02:32 PM

jealous doesn't even cover it

CrazyHedgehog · 03-15-2007, 03:49 PM

That is just too cool..
(I am too a little green with envy!)

Cazador · 03-15-2007, 03:57 PM

Next thing you know, you'll be laying out newspaper and adding a little water bowl... maybe putting out half a can of tuna or something crazy like that. (Send us more pictures, ya nut. It's really awesome

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Snaky · 03-15-2007, 04:01 PM

Very fun, just great how they react on it!

stonyloam · 03-15-2007, 05:19 PM

By popular demand. I thought this was a pretty good group photo. By the way, after the discussions with persons far more knowledgeable than me, and doing some internet research these may indeed be T.s.pallidulus. Admittedly I had never even heard of a maritime garter before. Oh well live and learn. If I get any more interesting photos, I’ll post them in the gallery.

GarterGuy · 03-15-2007, 11:13 PM

All I have to say is.....very cool. I am very jealous!

Stefan-A · 03-15-2007, 11:41 PM

Jealous? You bet.

Also reminds me of this crazy idea I once had. Anybody ever consider making an artificial hibernation den?

03-15-2007, 12:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
stonyloam "Third shed, A Success" Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western NY Posts: 570 Country:	Baiting snakes If you have been reading my posts here over the last few days you probably read that Cazador thought it was funny that I was baiting snakes with a heat lamp. Well that got me to thinking (always trouble) and since I apparently have no life, I thought why not? This morning was fairly cold and nothing was around. So I changed the bulb to 100w and set the light about 14 inches above the “snake hole” and waited to see what would happen. Came back about two hours later and this happened….. Pretty slick huh?

03-15-2007, 12:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
mikm Subadult snake Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 354 Country:	Re: Baiting snakes AWESOME !!! I luv it ...

03-15-2007, 12:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 10,595 Country:	Re: Baiting snakes I want to live in your sunroom. That "bait" is working on me too! __________________ James. http://www.thamnophis-uk.webs.com

03-15-2007, 02:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 7,490 Country:	Re: Baiting snakes jealous doesn't even cover it __________________ rhea "you cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus" Mark Twain

03-15-2007, 03:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
CrazyHedgehog "Fourth shed, A Success" Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 812 Country:	Re: Baiting snakes That is just too cool.. (I am too a little green with envy!)

03-15-2007, 03:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cazador Former Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,607 Country:	Re: Baiting snakes Next thing you know, you'll be laying out newspaper and adding a little water bowl... maybe putting out half a can of tuna or something crazy like that. (Send us more pictures, ya nut. It's really awesome )

03-15-2007, 04:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Snaky Truieneer, e ras apoat Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,236 Country:	Re: Baiting snakes Very fun, just great how they react on it!

03-15-2007, 05:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
stonyloam "Third shed, A Success" Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western NY Posts: 570 Country:	Re: Baiting snakes By popular demand. I thought this was a pretty good group photo. By the way, after the discussions with persons far more knowledgeable than me, and doing some internet research these may indeed be T.s.pallidulus. Admittedly I had never even heard of a maritime garter before. Oh well live and learn. If I get any more interesting photos, I’ll post them in the gallery.

03-15-2007, 11:13 PM	#9 (permalink)
GarterGuy Brother Snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lancaster,PA Posts: 1,351 Country:	Re: Baiting snakes All I have to say is.....very cool. I am very jealous! __________________ *Roy* 1.1 T.s.pickeringi 0.1 T.s.concinnus 0.0.2 T.s.pallidulus

03-15-2007, 11:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
Stefan-A Forum Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southern Finland Posts: 8,849 Country:	Re: Baiting snakes Jealous? You bet. Also reminds me of this crazy idea I once had. Anybody ever consider making an artificial hibernation den? __________________ "I see the ghosts of moderators but they are lost As they sail into the sunset they'll count the cost As their skeletons accusing emerge from the sea The sirens of the rocks, they beckon me"

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