Roxy was super chill, so much so that she helped me out with my Halloween costume one year ("Whatever I Can Throw Together"). She was a cool snake that really seemed to enjoy any time spent out of her tank.
After Roxy, I think my next purchase was Rowan, a motley sunburst corn snake. I ordered him from a breeder, and he was so tiny when he arrived:
He was always very vibrant, but in the time I owned him, he seemed to grow even prettier with each passing day.
One I had two, it was like potato chips. While at a reptile show, I picked up a baby snow corn snake, who slowly became this beauty:
Though Rosalie wasn't super friendly when I first got her, over time she turned into a very sweet snake.
I couldn't believe the yellow she developed:
The only snake I regretted buying was Ysmay, an impulse purchase I picked up at another reptile show. The guy was selling her for cheap, so I took advantage of it.
Though she was cute with her big eyes, she turned out meaner than my other three snakes. She struck at me so many times that I lost count, and to this day, I don't believe she was full corn snake. Unfortunately she died not too long after I got her, leading me to believe that she was probably so cheap because the guy knew something was wrong with her. She was a pretty girl, though.
This post was inspired by me finding photos of my snakes tonight, which I thought were lost forever. I'm so excited to see them again. When I moved to my small country house back in 2011, I rehomed my remaining three snakes (Roxy, Rowan and Rosalie) since in addition to them I also owned two dogs, a cat, a horse, two guinea pigs and a bearded dragon, and I thought that was probably enough for my new roommate to handle without kicking me out. While I do not know what happened to Roxy, the people I gave Rowan and Rosalie to still own them, and I'm hoping to get updated photos soon. I can't believe it has been five years, and I'm excited to see what they look like all grown up!
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