I have to say steve you always provide some funny reading material!!!

and I also must say... I get a huge kick out of the female radix I raised from a baby... she acts like she is starving every day, to the point that she jumps into the air and gently nips at my fingers the entire time she's in my hands. She's the only garter snake I have that I can truly say would prefer to be in my hands than anywhere else cause she knows I tend to spoil her... I like to take her out into the garage and turn her loose in the worm box