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Here's some photos of a handful or my various other non-mice critters that ya'll have asked about since I posted my intro.
This is Sarah my tarantula. She actually works for her living and pays for her keep... Once a year she sheds her skin, and I figured out a way to stuff the skin and make it look like a little (Cough, little might not be the right word) preserved tarantula and can sell it, stating no spider was harmed to create this. I usually get enough money from one skin to pay for her food and care for a year... Wish all my critters were that resourceful. :roll:
Frodo my ball python, the owner decided they didn't want him after 6 months, so I got him and he came with the name.
Vincent the leopard tortoise was another unwanted pet, it amazes me how someone will get a baby pet, then get bored with it after a year or so... and this particular pet will probably outlive me, if I'm lucky, and I'm 24.
The next 4 snakes are babies about 1 1/2 to 2 years old.
Nelson is a .... Nelson's milksnake, real original name isn't it.
Bonnie... as in Bonnie and Clyde, and she just as mean too, is an albino Nelson's milksnake.
Bandit is a Texas Rat Snake. I was in a shop and the guys there were about to kill him, all 8 inches of his baby self, and I got him. TX ratsnakes are supposed to be one of the wildest, most aggressive snakes, Bandit has got to be the sweetest snake I own.
Sahara is my desert kingsnake, and from past experience I knew this species was smart. One afternoon I unlocked her cage lid to see if she could figure out how to open it, as it slides one way to open. Took her 5 minutes to get it open and crawl out.
That's it for now, I'll have to get some more pictures of my other critters later.
This is Sarah my tarantula. She actually works for her living and pays for her keep... Once a year she sheds her skin, and I figured out a way to stuff the skin and make it look like a little (Cough, little might not be the right word) preserved tarantula and can sell it, stating no spider was harmed to create this. I usually get enough money from one skin to pay for her food and care for a year... Wish all my critters were that resourceful. :roll:

Frodo my ball python, the owner decided they didn't want him after 6 months, so I got him and he came with the name.

Vincent the leopard tortoise was another unwanted pet, it amazes me how someone will get a baby pet, then get bored with it after a year or so... and this particular pet will probably outlive me, if I'm lucky, and I'm 24.

The next 4 snakes are babies about 1 1/2 to 2 years old.
Nelson is a .... Nelson's milksnake, real original name isn't it.

Bonnie... as in Bonnie and Clyde, and she just as mean too, is an albino Nelson's milksnake.

Bandit is a Texas Rat Snake. I was in a shop and the guys there were about to kill him, all 8 inches of his baby self, and I got him. TX ratsnakes are supposed to be one of the wildest, most aggressive snakes, Bandit has got to be the sweetest snake I own.

Sahara is my desert kingsnake, and from past experience I knew this species was smart. One afternoon I unlocked her cage lid to see if she could figure out how to open it, as it slides one way to open. Took her 5 minutes to get it open and crawl out.

That's it for now, I'll have to get some more pictures of my other critters later.