Cute and Cuddly

Burrow (that's what my son named his snake) is now six months old. He has a few more feet to grow before he's fully grown. He'll stay skinny and won't ever be as thick as a ball python but he'll get to about 5ft long. I must admit that corn snakes make very great pets! We only have to feed him once a week, he hardly ever poops and he is very, very tame.

Show and Tell

My oldest got to show off his new pet today at school. It made his day! Oh ya... and he named his corn snake Burrow, because he likes to burrow of course.

Pet Snake!

My oldest has been saving all his money to buy a pet corn snake. He was so excited the day we set out to purchase his long anticipated pet. The entire morning he sat outside playing with a toy snake to pass the time faster.

$25 handed over and the snake was his!!!

We had the terrarium waiting in the truck of our car for the 45 min. drive home. C* was bubbling over with excitement! I'm proud of him! All his hard work has paid off. Great job buddy!

Scales and Tails Show

Here... my kids got to pet a bunny. You can't see it because it's INSIDE the SNAKE!!!

This is a 16ft long Python from Southeast Asia.

Of course, my oldest boy was in absolute HEAVEN! To say he loves snakes is an understatement. He's obsessed with them!!

Even my daughter joined in on the fun!

Next thing on my list to do is buy a snake. At least that's what my son keeps telling me.

YeeowZah!

My oldest boy really, really, really, really likes snakes. He could tell you anything and everything there is to know about snakes, REALLY! I have no idea what got him so interested in them? He checks out 6 different books about snakes every week from the library and reads them all cover to cover.

His favorite snake is the green anaconda (the largest of the boa constrictors.) He saved his own money to buy this 72 inch stuffed anaconda... His dream is that someday he will own a real anaconda for a pet. HA! Over my dead body!... or over his. Maybe I'm speaking literally... ever seen that show, "Fatal Attractions" on Animal Planet?..... moving along....

One day he set up this tennis ball to be attacked and eaten by a slithering rubber snake and caught it all on camera! Amazing footage!

He likes to include his "pets" in everything. He makes sure to bring them out each morning and carefully prop them up at the edge of the hallway. He wants to make sure they have a good seat so they can "watch" us having our family prayer and scripture study each day.

We went to a reptile show for a family night and he got to hold the skin of a snake. Anxiously he shouted out to the instructor, "This looks like a python of some sort... is it a python, maybe a Burmese Python?" The instructor said he was close... it was an African Rock Python.

The best part of the reptile show was touching a real live snake! Yippeee!

I don't remember what kind this was but he could tell ya I'm sure.

... well I was right... I asked him if he remembered the name of this snake

and he said, "it's a rosy boa".