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Hey, New Englanders...
Anyone wish to adopt an adult corn snake? I'd consider it, but Charlie seems like enough pet for now.
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Wow, breakfast...
Came up with something new to do with my supply of bulk pork sausage from roosterhillfrm, making fresh sausage gravy to serve over homemade biscuits for breakfast before Anne left after the hockey weekend. Age and Eva came over, too. I also made one of the packages of Mo's excellent thick-cut bacon, and scrambled eggs ( Read more... ) -
Of course...
Charlie had seemed quite hungry for a few weeks, so it surprised me when she only wanted to eat one of two rats I'd defrosted on Saturday, when the Mogils came to visit her after the wedding. Her skin also seemed a bit faded. And, the last couple of days, I'd noticed she didn't seem to be coming out of her hide. Well, duh! Every time she's about to ( Read more... ) -
Rattled
It's funny that Michelle mentioned last night that king snakes can occasionally vibrate their tails, in what I guess is a vestigial remnant of the same talent that rattlesnakes still use to such great effect -- because Charlie did it this morning!
Having gleaned last night that Charlie might need to eat twice a week during the summer, I took out ( Read more... ) -
Thanks for asking!
In a matter of minutes after my Twitter posts landed in LiveJournal, three people asked if Charlie's sick. Thanks for everyone's concern ( Read more... ) -
If you're into this sort of thing...
You can now watch my snake, Charlie, eat her dinner as shot in HD. Available in small or medium web versions. Do note that this video involves an actual snake eating actual mice. (The mice do not die on camera. I'm not into snuff films! Or into dispatching the mice myself. I get them frozen.) charlie
