meet my newbie!

[Rook]

thanks guys!

I'm sure we would all like to hear more about Rook. Must have been a special snake for you to choose its name as your screen name.

you would have joined right when I lost Rook so you wouled not have heard too much about her, the folks that have been around longer would know, I adored her and went on about her endlessly lol

this was my beautiful Rookie, Miami has a lot to live up too


Rook LOVED attention, I could take her out places with me and rather then get nervous, she insisted on watching, she would wrap herself around my hand like this and she would just hang out for hours, she would turn around and look at me cocking her head when I spoke to her. she was so calm and gental that I actually hand fed her, she ate her food right from my fingers, and sometimes insisted on eating her food while in the palm of my hand.

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks for sharing that info. She's beautiful. I can tell by the photo she's a special and sometimes a once-in-a-lifetime snake. I've got one(Lucky) here at the Ranch that's just like that.

[mustang]

HEY i got a checkered too!!! im robert!

[Rook]

more Miami!

[Charis]

She is very pretty! I would certainly say, though, that she is an adult & not a sub-adult. Like the name too!

[ConcinusMan]

My.... is 25 in. is 1 yr. old, hard to tell with snakes but i would guess going on 2 yr.

Jeez, how big are checkered's when they are born? I read somewhere 9-10 inches. Holy moley! and 25 inches at 2 years old? Sounds like they start big, stay big.

My concinnus are only about 3-4 inches long at birth, and take about 2 years to reach 18 inches. After that, they grow about 2 inches a year, sometimes a little more, then slow down as they age. So, at 25 inches they are around 6 yrs old. I rarely see one bigger than that in the wild though. At death (from old age I imagine), mine(a pair) were 21 years old and about 46(?) inches long. By contrast, T. ordinoides (Northwestern) in my area are much larger at birth,(5-7inches) but get nowhere near 30 inches long in their entire lives. Interesting.

[Rook]

lol Rook was 24" long when she died at 1 year

[drache]

Miami is lovely, Shayna - congrats

[ConcinusMan]

lol Rook was 24" long when she died at 1 year

She died at 1 year? How tragic! Why?

[Rook]

no idea, she was totally fine, everything was normal, she was quite healthy, then just days past the 1 year mark, we got up and found her dead, it was really sad. Rook was my baby, before I got her I was terrified of snakes, she was the first I ever touched, nevermind owned, and she is the reason I am hooked on Checkereds.