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Eastern Diamondback Found (Southern California)
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by RedDiamond on September 6, 2013
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I have a 36" Red Diamond Rattlesnake with 6 rattles and the button that showed up on our back porch Memorial weekend. He was in rough shape and I have been nursing him back to health. He is eating great and growing now.
Fast forward to this afternoon 9/6/13!
I found an 24" Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake with 7 rattles and the button. This snake is beautiful and in great shape! It is heavy for as short as it is, maybe a gravid female?
The big question - What is an Eastern Diamondback doing in the wild in Southern California????
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by RedDiamond on September 7, 2013
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The only other rattlesnake it could be is possibly a Southern Pacific Rattlesnake. The thing is it has a really dark pattern and looks just like the Eastern Diamondback?
I will try to upload pictures of both of the snakes I have now.
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by RedDiamond on September 7, 2013
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One of the other members took a look at her and confirmed she is in fact a Southern Pacific.
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by RedDiamond on September 7, 2013
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Here are some better links to copy and paste.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/aloysius66/IMG_1210_zps9762f1db.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/aloysius66/IMG_1211_zpsd0ff8f03.jpg
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by RedDiamond on September 7, 2013
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Thanks for the confirmation. She really looks to be pregnant, will have to wait and see.
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by RedDiamond on September 12, 2013
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I have decided that "Rattlesnake Jake" (from the Rango movie) the Red Diamond is staying no matter what. I had to nurse him back to health and he really is a great snake. He would not have survived had we not found him on our back porch. He had 2 injuries on his back and a broken off fang. He had a big blood clot in the sack for the fang. I had to force feed him for the first 6 weeks. I was able to work the blood clot out and he has done great since. He has a great personality and completely trusts all of us. He is super active in his tank and is a joy to watch and have as part of the family.
The Southern Pacific is going to be given away. I just don't have the room or desire to have 2 rattlesnakes at the same time. I could release her but she would end up right back at the front of the house in the bushes. She is perfect and is eating pre-killed jumbo mice at this time, I tried small rats and she wouldn't have anything to do with them yet.
Tell me what you think. I realize I can not sell the Southern Pacific. I do believe that I can give her away. If anyone has any info that would great.
Thanks
Joe
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by Peter84Jenkins on September 13, 2013
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Why not release the S. Pac? Why did you take it out of the wild if you didn't have the means to keep it? It will serve a far greater purpose living its life in the wild (especially if it is gravid as you alluded to in another post) than putting it in a glass tank. The fact that it might wind up back in your bushes is irrelevant. You seem to enjoy herps, so what is wrong with a resident snake? Besides, you do not know definitively if it will return. Most gregarious rattlesnake species are seen in yards not because they live there but because they are in transit as part of seasonal migratory behavior.
Also, FYI. While it is good that you helped the ruber get back in good health, it is a completely different thing to anthropomorphize its behavior; it does not trust you, it merely tolerates you as a non-threatening part of its environment. Please do not take this as aggression on my part, but it is extremely silly to bring a venomous snake into your house and treat it as if it were a kitten or a pup, or to label its behavior as somehow endearing. No serious venomous keeper would consider their animals to be pets, that is not what this hobby is about.
Please consider releasing the snake. Far too many snakes are pulled from the wild these days. We can not, in this hobby, ignore the issue of conservation. Be safe.
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by wamartin67 on September 14, 2013
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I'm glad someone else chimed in with some concern with this post. My first thought on reading it was that someone doesn't know an EDB from a Southern Pacific. One of the most common rattlesnakes of the area vs one found only in the very southeastern US. My secong thought was that if it did turn out to be an EDB it was either an escapee from a collector or intentionally released by someone. Either way the absolute last thing someone should do is post on a public forum about it. That's how stuff ends up in the news making the hobby look bad.
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