Aubrey Hepburn
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I was feeding my reptiles and amphibians a batch of over 100 crickets tonight, and I decided to take some photos. Some of them came out really nicely, which is pretty amazing considering my photography skills and the difficulty involved in photographing uncooperative reptiles. 
I hope you guys like them!
Flash the Yellow Ratsnake
*I love this photo, I took it on the first try right before he tried to bite the camera. He is approx. 5 feet long and rather aggressive. He was shedding his skin at the the time of the photo.
VERY chubby American Toad
*I've seen a lot of toads, but never one quite this fat. You can pick him up and he doesn't even care to move.
Too funny.
Pearl the Baby Ornate Box Turtle
*My Mom found this little guy newly hatched in my backyard flipped over on his back. He just hatched in the wild this summer, and he was apparrently born with a neurologic condition where he doesn't use his back legs well, and sometimes doesn't use them at all. He will never be able to survive in the wild because of this. He has improved in my care, though, and eats a LOT for such a little guy! Extremely cute.
Queenie the survivor
*I found this adult female Ornate Box Turtle(Kansas State Reptile!) on a gravel road this past spring. You can't see it well in the photo, but she has a 3 inch long gash in the top of her shell that almost went through into her body cavity...within a fraction of an inch. She was very sick, but over the months here she has improved so much. She has the biggest, brightest personality(yes, turtles have personality) I've ever seen in her species. She even comes to her name! I really enjoy having her here, and she seems to enjoy it too.
Rescued Garter Snake
*I watched him being run over by a 4-wheeler, and by the time I got to him in the road, he was unresponsive and bleeding from the mouth. I carried him all the way home, though I thought he was dead, so I could identify his subspecies. After 25 minutes, he started twitching and coming back to life! I kept him in a "snake ICU" for months, and he threw up blood for a very long time. Finally, he started getting better, eating small meals, and now he is as healthy as any snake could be!
Smokey Jungle Frog
*This is the largest species of frog in South America, second only to the Goliath Frog of Cameroon, Africa(which I also have) in size. This is a very rare species to keep in captivity, not many zoos have them either. I have searched for one for years and I REALLY enjoy keeping this frog. It's big, going to get huge, and it is quite beautiful for a frog.
Sophie the Bullsnake
*My Bullsnake Sophie. She is about 4 1/2 feet long now and a little thin. She is eating lots of mice now and is gaining weight quickly. She will likely grow to be 8-9 feet long. *-* The reason I am wearing gloves in the picture is because she likes to bite sometimes.
Tom the Trans-Pecos Ratsnake
*This is a very special snake. He is so gentle, he has never threatened to bite me in 3 years. I've had him since he was little, and I've taken him all sorts of places for class presentations and educational talks. Trans-Pecos Ratsnakes come from a very small area in Texas, and they are extremely sought-after as pets and breeding animals. He was given to me as a surprise birthday gift by some friends/vendors at a reptile show, because I wanted him at every show I attended over several months but could never afford him. He is one very few snakes I've ever known who genuinely enjoys attention.
Mister the California Kingsnake
*I've had this guy for over 3 years as well. Some days he is really well-behaved, some days he likes to bite...hence the gloves again. He was not behaving well during this photo session, apparrently thinking it was funny to crawl up toward my face and out of focus of the lens. I think this picture is cute.
I hope you guys like them! Flash the Yellow Ratsnake
*I love this photo, I took it on the first try right before he tried to bite the camera. He is approx. 5 feet long and rather aggressive. He was shedding his skin at the the time of the photo.
VERY chubby American Toad
*I've seen a lot of toads, but never one quite this fat. You can pick him up and he doesn't even care to move.
Too funny.Pearl the Baby Ornate Box Turtle
*My Mom found this little guy newly hatched in my backyard flipped over on his back. He just hatched in the wild this summer, and he was apparrently born with a neurologic condition where he doesn't use his back legs well, and sometimes doesn't use them at all. He will never be able to survive in the wild because of this. He has improved in my care, though, and eats a LOT for such a little guy! Extremely cute.
Queenie the survivor
*I found this adult female Ornate Box Turtle(Kansas State Reptile!) on a gravel road this past spring. You can't see it well in the photo, but she has a 3 inch long gash in the top of her shell that almost went through into her body cavity...within a fraction of an inch.
She was very sick, but over the months here she has improved so much. She has the biggest, brightest personality(yes, turtles have personality) I've ever seen in her species. She even comes to her name! I really enjoy having her here, and she seems to enjoy it too.Rescued Garter Snake
*I watched him being run over by a 4-wheeler, and by the time I got to him in the road, he was unresponsive and bleeding from the mouth. I carried him all the way home, though I thought he was dead, so I could identify his subspecies. After 25 minutes, he started twitching and coming back to life! I kept him in a "snake ICU" for months, and he threw up blood for a very long time. Finally, he started getting better, eating small meals, and now he is as healthy as any snake could be!
Smokey Jungle Frog
*This is the largest species of frog in South America, second only to the Goliath Frog of Cameroon, Africa(which I also have) in size. This is a very rare species to keep in captivity, not many zoos have them either. I have searched for one for years and I REALLY enjoy keeping this frog. It's big, going to get huge, and it is quite beautiful for a frog.
Sophie the Bullsnake
*My Bullsnake Sophie. She is about 4 1/2 feet long now and a little thin. She is eating lots of mice now and is gaining weight quickly. She will likely grow to be 8-9 feet long. *-* The reason I am wearing gloves in the picture is because she likes to bite sometimes.
Tom the Trans-Pecos Ratsnake
*This is a very special snake. He is so gentle, he has never threatened to bite me in 3 years. I've had him since he was little, and I've taken him all sorts of places for class presentations and educational talks. Trans-Pecos Ratsnakes come from a very small area in Texas, and they are extremely sought-after as pets and breeding animals. He was given to me as a surprise birthday gift by some friends/vendors at a reptile show, because I wanted him at every show I attended over several months but could never afford him. He is one very few snakes I've ever known who genuinely enjoys attention.
Mister the California Kingsnake
*I've had this guy for over 3 years as well. Some days he is really well-behaved, some days he likes to bite...hence the gloves again.
He was not behaving well during this photo session, apparrently thinking it was funny to crawl up toward my face and out of focus of the lens. I think this picture is cute.
He does look like he is thinking "Hey, what is that?! Let me see it!...Can I eat it?" :mimitchi:
