This thread would be incomplete without first talking about our girl Lucky.
I remember picking her up on the go as I cut the neighbors yard. She was a couple week old little scrub (T. radix). My daughter Gabby and her hit it off right away, Gabby was around 6 years old. They spent a lot of time together and were buddies. Lucky grew to be a strong female and gave me a number of great litters. She lived up to her name also. I was asked to watch her while she was outside on the hammock. For a split second I took my eyes off her and she was gone. We all searched for at least 2 hours then my kids headed off to church. I promised Gabby I would continue looking for her and I did. A thunder storm move in and I finally found her in a driving rain storm. She was curled up in the neighbor's yard along his privacy fence. When I shinned my light on her she looked up and moved toward me. I picked her up and broke into tears. Gabby was one happy girl when she arrived home.
Lucky loved to be out and hanging around us. She taught me so much about these misunderstood snakes. She also deepened my love for the species and genus as a whole. Lucky has since passed at the age of 12 but lives on in her daughter LG (Lucky's Girl) and her father Scar.