our discussion from "head shots"

[infernalis]

That one was here almost the whole two months, it had already been putting on some size.

I had them all housed in poly tote boxes each one with the business card taped to the lid so the bloodlines would not get mixed up. (hets all look alike, so if you mix them it's over)

That snake was trying to escape the tote, got its head wedged in the seam and then twisted it's own neck trying to free itself.

the escapee in the top picture (illustrated by the arrow) squeezed through one of the air holes in the cup.

It all started when I answered an ad for "non feeding snakes" sent me 17 ("junk" hets to him) for nothing more than the shipping fee. The day they arrived, I called him on the phone and said "I thought you told me they would not eat", he replied with "what do you mean" and I said they all just ate for me. I was then immediately asked if I would take on a couple thousand dollars worth of snakes, get them eating and return them.

In exchange for my efforts, I got to cherry pick a few snakes for myself.. Suddenly I found myself in the "snake whispering" business.

The following breeding season was when the huge numbers started.