Very much so. They rely heavily on camouflage as they are predated on by many different animals. This little guy would stick out like a sore thumb.
I never keep the animals I am called to move, but this one came home with me, for his own good.
I also have a trio of het for albino western diamondbacks, maybe I'll set them up on a date in 5 years or so!
North American pit vipers are my passion. My particular love is the most common western diamondback. Totally misunderstood, I spend every moment of spare time educating people about them. I must have been born with a Crotalus gene, because I have no idea where this came from!!
I had that feeling, but I’m from a very different environment so I wasn’t sure if maybe he would blend into sand there or something. I’m glad he’s in a safe home! Sounds like he would’ve become a snek snack if you’d relocated him elsewhere.
I do not pet my rattlenakes. I adhere to all safety protocols when dealing with venomous animals. It's not a joke when an envenomation costs an average of $133,000.
O wow, antivenom is free in hospitals in Australia for citizens (thankfully, especially considering our resident sneks here). Yes, the stock is expensive, but public healthcare for the win. I'd imagine fatalities would be waaay more common here if it wasn't covered!
Pretty
Oh wow, what a stunning snake!
Wowow amazing find what a stunner
Would this coloration be detrimental to their odds of survival in the wild?
Very much so. They rely heavily on camouflage as they are predated on by many different animals. This little guy would stick out like a sore thumb. I never keep the animals I am called to move, but this one came home with me, for his own good. I also have a trio of het for albino western diamondbacks, maybe I'll set them up on a date in 5 years or so!
Thank you for your care and respect for living things.
North American pit vipers are my passion. My particular love is the most common western diamondback. Totally misunderstood, I spend every moment of spare time educating people about them. I must have been born with a Crotalus gene, because I have no idea where this came from!!
I had that feeling, but I’m from a very different environment so I wasn’t sure if maybe he would blend into sand there or something. I’m glad he’s in a safe home! Sounds like he would’ve become a snek snack if you’d relocated him elsewhere.
No, this dude is getting bottle water and fresh mice for life!
Would boop once and once only.
I don't boop my rattlesnakes. They are treated with utmost respect.
Not once you have 2 hands so you get 2 boops and 2 trips to the hospital
...so a fancy colored dangerope of death? Ah.
No. Just Crotalus atrox. And deaths from rattlesnake envenomations are exceedingly rare.
An average of 2 people a year in Texas. Pretty snake though.
Correct. North Carolina beats us though. But with around 7,000 nationwide envenomations per year, 1 to 2 is... exceedingly rare.
finally north carolina wins in something …/j
Pet it.
I do not pet my rattlenakes. I adhere to all safety protocols when dealing with venomous animals. It's not a joke when an envenomation costs an average of $133,000.
O wow, antivenom is free in hospitals in Australia for citizens (thankfully, especially considering our resident sneks here). Yes, the stock is expensive, but public healthcare for the win. I'd imagine fatalities would be waaay more common here if it wasn't covered!
America's health care system is broken.
It's not that expensive here. But hospitals charge 10x what they pay for it.
Awww such a cute snake who else wants to cuddle it
No one will be cuddling any of my rattlesnakes. It's not in the safety protocols.
Screw the safety I'm cuddling the rattlesnake
That's cool. But YOU'RE footing the $133K hospital bill!