Rohrback Reptile Removal and Rescue

01/10/2022

Water boy says good morning, where are my fish?!
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22/09/2022

This is the second little Prarie king that was found at work in 2 years. A third one popped up in the front office last week. This guy is really skinny so I took him in to fatten him up a bit before releasing him back out. King snakes eat other snakes, rodents, frogs and about anything they can. Did you know king snakes can also eat venomous snakes and are immune to the venom?

08/09/2022

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02/09/2022

02/09/2022

Came home yesterday and found 16 perfectly good dragon eggs laid in the water bowl. Got them transferred over to the hatch out box. They are all fertile. Now we wait 55-75 days.

18/08/2022

This ol girl has more spirit and will to live than most people I know. Found her in my backyard over 2 years ago barely hanging to life. Her spine was severed and she had a gash on her back. After months of giving her special care, giving water thru a syringe and feeding her small pinkies she came thru and healed up. She still has feeling in her back half and can get around just fine in captivity. You can still see the area where the gash was. Eats like a champ.

18/08/2022

Baby season is coming up for rattlesnakes! Have you heard that a bite from a juvenile venomous snakes is more dangerous or toxic than adults, because they can't control how much venom they inject? We have heard this myth many times and it has been passed down through the generations. But, for every myth, there is sometimes a sliver of truth.

Venom is extremely biologically expensive for snakes and consumes energy every time they use it for a prey item, which is why biting a human or pet is usually a last line of defense when the snake feels it has no other option. Even if a younger snake injected the entire amount of venom they have stored, the volume of venom injected compared to an adult is significantly less.

However, often younger snakes have different venom than adults. Juveniles do not necessarily have more toxic venom than adults, but they have different venom and undergo a shift in venom around sexual maturity. The differences in venom between adults and juveniles may not result in higher toxicity to humans, but may be more toxic to the prey items they eat. The changes are likely due to the prey differences of snakes at that age and venom components may be more efficient in incapacitating prey items at that size. In most cases, these venom components do not pose more risk to humans, even if may be more toxic, due to the volume injected, as mentioned above.

The Rattlesnake Conservancy always recommends seeking medical treatment for a venomous snake bite, regardless of whether or not you think it was a juvenile, or may have been a "dry bite", where no venom is injected.

Mojave rattlesnake image by Travis W. Reeder on iNaturalist

13/08/2022

Doh! 😆

05/08/2022

Trying to do what I can to help change this misconception that snakes are evil through educational programs and content on social media. If we want things to change we as reptile keepers need to do a better job getting out there and educating others that these creatures aren’t something to be feared.

Usually when I tell people I like snakes they usually either say ”gross” or end up showing me a few pictures of their most recent copperhead or water moccasin slaughters, most time they are non venomous water snakes or rat snakes. Imagine how horrified people would be if I showed them a pic of a dog that was killed for no reason other than just existing like that same snake was. People need to wake up and be better. You don’t even have to like snakes, just respect their space and realize that everything in nature has a place.

02/08/2022

Tough times. 😆

30/07/2022

I found this rat snake in the back yard of the house I bought little over 2 years ago. My son and I thought she was dead as I barely seen her skinny and severely injured body laying in the grass. Her spine had been severed and she was cut at an angle almost all the way thru. Some how she held onto my hand after I picked her up so I gave her a chance. Had to give her water thru a syring by slowly dripping it over the nose and over the mouth so she could drink. I did that for 3 weeks. Kept her in a small comfy tote to limit her movement for about 6 months. Took a lot of cleaning of the wound, several baths and assisted with shedding for the first year. Here she is 2 years later. Eats like a champ, drinks on her own and gives me full sheds without assistance and deficates like normal. Her spine never healed back together but the skin did and the gash is gone. I feed her smaller meals like these plump rat pups because she can't constrict like normal due to the back injury. Her fighting spirit keeps her going.

28/07/2022

Leave them alone and they will leave you alone.

25/07/2022

Little whoodhouse toads I find all over my yard. Did you know that hognose snakes specialize in hunting toads? Toads are one of their favorite meals.

24/07/2022

Little Prarie king makes for a nice hat.

22/07/2022

Rodents are vectors for diseases like the plague, Hantavirus, tularemia, tick-borne encephalitis, Lyme disease, and many others. But snakes help keep rat populations in control, thereby reducing exposure of disease to humans.

Meme: The Orianne Society

22/07/2022

After about 2 months of rehab it was time for this one to go back out into the wild. Nice sized pond with creeks not too far away and another larger body of water with no roads very close. Went out to look for a snake and ended up finding a nice place for the turtle. She was fiesty and ready to go.

20/07/2022

Did you know that by engaging a venomous snake by attempting to kill it, you increase your odds of being bitten by about 40%? This is one reason why people should call a professional to remove the venomous snake in their yard.

The other reasons? 1. It's illegal kill a snake in most places. 2. it's unethical to kill a snake. 3. Snakes have an important job to do and we need to leave them alone and let them do it.

16/07/2022

Today's funny! 😆 🤣

12/07/2022

Don't kill sneks. They are beneficial to our ecosystem and eat rodents that spread diseases.

04/07/2022

Bandit is such a sweet boy.

02/07/2022

This turtle friend is doing great. Eats like a champ and likes to do turtle stuff. Few more weeks and she'll be healed up enough to release back into the wild. She or her seems to enjoy Greens and tilapia.

02/07/2022

I love reptiles but ya gotta love the hounds too! Ol grandma Molly is my 15 year old Bassett hound and Maxwell is just over a year and a half old and is great pyrenees, weimaraner and golden retriever. Great dogs and Maxwell is so smart and a ton of fun. Grandma loves treats and naps. 😆
Have a safe weekend and I hope nobody's pets get to worked up over the fireworks.
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02/07/2022

Eastern hognose that animal control needed help with. Snake was removed from a home in Derby.

30/06/2022

She likes to go where I go. Even when riding the lawn mower. 😆