meet my newbie!

[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]

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!

[Rook]

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

[ConcinusMan]

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

She died at 1 year? How tragic! Why?

[mustang]

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

iv had mine since about may hes wild caught and hasnt grown much....maybe a few growth horomones hahahaha kidding thats really stupid. what/howofter did u feed rook

[Rook]

there probably was a reason Rook died, I just dont know what it was! she sure seemed perfectly healthy, she did regurgitate her food the night she night she died, but that was the only sign she showed of anything at all. that pic I posted was taken only a few days or a week before I lost her.

Rook ate fish, pinkies and earth worms, how often depends on what age, farley often at first, every 4 days I think, every 6 days when she got older. but she grew like crazy, always an inch or 2 at a time, weekly at first, then bi weekly, then monthly. Rook was a VERY healthy eater! it was actually something I was concerned about at first, always hearing about snakes that WONT eat, and how to get a snake to eat..this was not an issue of Rooks!

I am not hooked soley on Checkerds to the point of forsaking all others! there is actually a few other species are really want someday. I dont think the personality thing has anything to do with Checkerds, thats why I asked for a female..I bought a checkerd because my choices were Checkered, Plains or Blackneck..I didnt want another Plains or a Blackneck..so I got a Checkered lol. should propably mention that its not as easy to get reptiles here because most snakes are illegal to keep in Sask. because of this, most breeders refuse to come here for expos or anything.

Miami is calming down and doing quite well, she ate for the first time since she arrived on Thurs. she is starting to come out of her shell..she was pretty chicken at first..open the cage and she would curl in a ball with her head hiding under her body! but she doesnt do that anymore, and I am able to take her out for longer and longer periods without her getting freaked out, she seems to enjoy it now, which is the aim.