Black Racer arrived!!!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

yes they are cool, but it takes a lot of experience to successfully keep racers simply because most of them are still WC (no market for them yet) and they are extremely nervous snakes. I've got quite a few fresh bite marks on my hands today because of her :P

[Loren]

yes they are cool, but it takes a lot of experience to successfully keep racers simply because most of them are still WC (no market for them yet) and they are extremely nervous snakes. I've got quite a few fresh bite marks on my hands today because of her :P

Yes they do like to bite sometimes. I have had my Western Yellowbellied Racer for about 4.5 years now, and he is one of my favorite snakes, but I pretty much just treat him as a display snake, rarely handling him. He's about 3 feet long now.
I brought him, and 20 or so other snakes, to a presentation I did at the local Church last week, and he bit and chewed the daylights out of me in front a of a large crowd, and drew quite a few drops of blood out of the 45-50 holes in my hand(dont worry, I didnt cry). Helped add some excitement to the show!
I would love to get a black racer someday too.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

where did you get your yellow belly?

[Loren]

where did you get your yellow belly?

Caught him myself out in central Ca. Had to crawl and jump back and forth through thistles for about 10-15 minutes to finally get a hold of him.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

thistles?!?! yikes!

[Loren]

thistles?!?! yikes!

No pain, no gain (no snake).
I'll dive into/around/onto about anything for a snake species I havent caught yet.
Other than that I am just a little bit wussy about poison oak yet.