Baby snake

[moonwise]

This is my new pet snake!

(WARNING: viewing this picture may make you explode from cute.)

It's a hatchling ringneck snake, and one of husband's coworkers found it caught in a spiderweb. We thought we'd take care of it at least until it gets a little bigger. They eat worms and bugs, so I won't have to cut up mouse parts.

I'm naming it Midgard. Always wanted to name a snake that.

Comments

[maeveth.livejournal.com]

OMG CUTE SNAKE IS CUTE!!!!

[arafel.livejournal.com]

HE IIIIIIIIIIIISSSS. Especially his little snakey tongue.

[keelieinblack.livejournal.com]

Awwww, it's adorable!

And what a perfect name--though it does seem a bit weighty for such a tiny snake. *g* Oh well, it can worry about encircling the world when it grows up.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Hee. You're right in that "Midgard" ought to be the name for a ginormous ball python, but it's kinda ironic for our little hatchling and that's cute too. :D

[dreamsmith.livejournal.com]

Cool! That penny must be, like, a foot across!!!
(^_^)

Seriously, though: 'The Midgard Serpent'.
(smirk)
Just don't let any longhaired vikings into the house until it's big enough to take care of itself.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Hee. Our little fella is only supposed to get to be 18 inches max, so I think the only thing he can squish will be a worm.

[scathachdhu.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's adorable.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

It just proves the theorem that "the miniature version of almost anything is cute."

[jaina.livejournal.com]

ZOMG CUUUUUTE. Wow, I can barely comprehend how small it is even with the penny for perspective.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

He's actually longer than I thought! Still bitty, but he's about 4 inches long.

[irenak.livejournal.com]

Aw, she's a bitty little thing!

And, hey, no hair to clean up.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

But, snake poo. We do have to get Midgard to eat something soon.

[lumen.livejournal.com]

Oh my, it's absolutely gorgeous! Incredible how a being so small can be so beautiful. :o

[arafel.livejournal.com]

The picture really shows how delicate his little head and scales are. He has a lovely yellow belly, too.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so cute! I've never seen such a small snake :-)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

I don't think he was shelled all that long ago, because the websites I've read indicate that ringneck eggs hatch in August/September.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

He's quite shy, although that could partly be the results of OSHIT HAND OF GOD COMING FOR ME AIEEEEEEE. We bought him a terrarium and put bark litter from the pet store on the bottom, and he burrowed right in.

[emiweebee.livejournal.com]

OMG IT'S SO BITTY IT GOT STUCK IN A WEB???

OMG CAN I PETS IT???

...PLEAZE???

[arafel.livejournal.com]

You can certainly hold him, though he's quite wiggly! I dropped him in the kitchen sink, but luckily there wasn't anything in the sink and I'd put the stopper in.

[emiweebee.livejournal.com]

We found a toad in the yard the other day - my dad is remaking our patio, and he was living under some stones.

He didn't appreciate being held. He peed on me.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

I APPROVE OF THE SNAKE AND HIS NAME. though he's a bit tiny for his job yet.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

But he's going to try very hard to get big!