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  • Thread starter hcarlton
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Had Rebel out for some sun, showing off his oranges
Rebel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And only half of Callie fits on my lap any more...not that that much sticks around for long either though.
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
 
  • #23
Pocket bullsnake, anyone? He didn't quite fit...but also was very unahppy about me telling him he couldn't stay there.
Rebel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Dreamer was also having tight-space desires...
Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Irwin by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Spitfire also loves cardobard tubes
Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Got a stairway size reference of Callie a couple days ago...
Callie on stairs by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And a couple weeks ago, found this in her cage. It's tapered on two sides more like a knife than the needle-teeth of smaller snakes. Among the reasons big snakes are for experienced folks only...
Callie's tooth by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
 
  • #24
Coming out of hibernation, Spitfire's been docile enough to sit still for good photos recently
Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Dreamer...not so much
Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also figured out a means to hold Halailah without getting chewed on...latex coated gloves
Halailah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Halailah by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Quail eggs have been a treat for Domhara recently (since she's almost the only snake who's figured out how to eat them)
Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
"When the waiter comes by to ask how the food is"
Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Toobs love toobs...
Mochara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
 
  • #26
I may very well have massive, dark hybrid gopher snakes soon...
Hybrids in the making by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
"Hullo?"
Lux by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
One of the Yard Lizards I've seen recently...we have at least 2 species so far, hoping the many-lined skinks show themselves soon too
Sceloporus consobrinus by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Sceloporus consobrinus by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
I've also been able to let Callie wander the yard rather freely, and she's enjoyed it
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Surveying the neighbors...
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
The window wells and the Sarracenia pool have also been getting filled with these guys...there should be 2 other species out here too but they haven't shown up yet. I did find my first tiger slaamander in years out here though...
Toad party by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
 
  • #27
Dreamer has ridiculous colors...
Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

Also, I haven't posted them in here, but I've been all over the neighboring states in the past couple months and a bunch of documentary vids have gone up on my channel recently... this was the latest:
 
  • #28
I never get pics of Maya because she's skittish...so I cherish these
Maya by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Maya by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And as of today, releasing another video on my channel from the Utah adventure in June
 
  • #29
Latest video on the channel comes from my local plains...
And the animals at home have been doing well
Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Mochara might actually be breeding size next year...
Mochara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Mochara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Mochara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
The yard has been absolutely loaded with hognoses
Heterodon nasicus by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Heterodon nasicus by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And these are what they're probably after (spadefoot toads less common than the Woodhouse's, but still everywhere)
Plains spadefoot toad by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Plains spadefoot toad by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
I've also been rather regularly rescuing tiger salamanders from various places
Western tiger salamander by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Western tiger salamander by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also these are among the perpetrators of the Sarracenia damage in the garden...
Grasshopper by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Grasshopper by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And, no photos to put here yet...but I have new babies in the house! 3 hybrid pine snakes have hatched, 2 eggs still taking their sweet time for reasons unknown...
 
  • #30
Lots of fun creatures here. I enjoyed the video of the blue racers a lot.
 
  • #31
Never been in range of actual blue racers, they're an upper Midwest animal (Michigan, Wisconsin etc.). Other subspecies can have blue tints occasionally, but primarily sport other colors.
 
  • #32
Surveying the yard on one of the last warm days we had before frosts....of course now we have more warm days on the way...
Bindi by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Bindi by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
A rare moment where Domhara was in her very light phase
Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Domhara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Namer is getting better behaved it seems; still likes to chew on hands a bit, but arms are safe
Namer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Namer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And the latest member of the family...Nimona, the hybrid pine snake
Nimona by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
She's got Rebel's brown and red bullsnake coloring, but much thicker, less fragmented blotches...and I expect those blotches will all turn black as she ages
Nimona by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Outside the house, we've had a lot of local herps running around
Box turtle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
This guy was on the driveway inspecting the camper packing a few weeks ago
Adult hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Adult hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Adult hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Adult hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Adult hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And the morning immediately after our first frost, this tiny newborn was under one of the boards in the yard
Baby hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
vBaby hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Baby hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Baby hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Baby hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also, on the YouTube channel, just finished posting up all the New Mexico videos from this year:
 
  • #34
Wow. I have never seen baby geckos and they are quite adorable. Many moons ago when I lived in Tucson, we had a cinder block wall in our backyard. The lizards use to sprawl out in the morning sun and while it was still a little cool they were very easy to catch. Needless to say we did not have all the fancy equipment you kids have access to now so a cardboard box, some grass and occasional crickets or grasshoppers or whatever we could find and they were happy. Ask me how I know their tails always grow back!!!
We once caught a Gila Monster. Called ASDM and asked how much they would give us for it. In 1973 no less, they said they would give us a $5,000.00 fine for capturing or killing them! Click. Fortunately for us, there was no such thing as *69.
 
  • #35
Most of those geckos were subadult or adult. Being small doesn't mean baby, they just don't get big.
Just an FYI: calling an adult a kid, or offering stories of poor behavior way back when, is never going to be endearing to me. I will side with the museum, Gilas should never be messed with and I was damn lucky just to have run across one in the wild a couple months ago. If those fines weren't in place that far back, they wouldn't be around to find now because they would have been collected out of existence.
 
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