Oh boy, he's finally home! I'm a huge fan of the Wetar Island pit vipers (C. insularis) and I've been looking for one for a while now. I've been back and forth with several friends who breed them, but things always seemed to not work out...stillbirths, or I couldn't get the money, etc. Last weekend at Hamburg, I ran into Al Coritz, who you guys probably know as Viper Keeper. He lives less than an hour from me and had a few yearling C. insularis, so I was able to get one. I spent most of the day there on Saturday, and I got to clean some cages, help feed, and I saw all the amazing animals. I've been watching these snakes on You Tube for years, so to see them in the flesh was just...unreal. It was really neat how they all seemed to know him and were quite relaxed, but they were wary of me and very curious. A few were downright angry as soon as I walked in, but settled down once I was there for a few hours. It was far better than a trip to the zoo- I saw some animals I will probably never see anywhere else.
And, I got to bring my little Wetar home. He's just amazing...absolutely as beautiful as I imagined. They are such yellow snakes, with angular, large heat pits and red-orange eyes. Little Parallax settled right in, explored every inch of his cage and dropped down to look for food. He chowed down on two pinks last night. I need to get him some slightly larger prey at the Oaks show this Saturday. It's really neat how alert and curious he is- he comes to the front of the cage, tongue flicking like mad, when I walk in and come to his cage. He's just awesome, and I can't wait to see him grown up. I feel so honored to have been able to see Al's amazing snakes, and to have one of them in my own house now.
So here is my little yellow gem:
Parallax (Cryptelytrops insularis) is finally here!! :-D
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