Well, I stopped by the St. Louis Reptile Expo today with the intention of getting a male sunglow motley cornsnake or another rainbow boa...and I walked out with a baby female jungle carpet! She's a fiesty little one with a neat pattern towards her tail. I'll upload some pictures when I can find the USB cable for my digital camera. I had some "male" names picked out cause I wanted a male snake, but now I am not sure! A little help is appreciated!


-Raksha: means "the demon" (feminine) from India
-Minerva: Roman version of the Greek goddess Athena (patron goddess of defensive war, wisdom, weaving)
-Freya: Norse goddess of fertility and war
-Makara: the women in Australian Aboriginal myth who were nearly raped by the man in the moon. They eventually turned into the constellation Pleiades


Of course, I had *really* wanted to get a male snake so I could call him Severus (yeah, I'm a big Harry Potter geek). But I wonder if would be too faux pas to do that now to the poor girl...

__________________
0.1 jungle/coastal carpet python: Sheila
1.0 anerythristic boa constrictor imperator: Severus Snake
1.1 rats: Eowyn, Gandalf
1.0 ferret: Walker Texas Ranger
0.0.1 gold fish: Tiger
3.0 dogs: Strider (Aussie/husky), Zoso (Belgian Malinois), Buck (husky/Rottweiler)

Congrats on your new addition. I think I like Freya and Makara. Cant wait to see pics.

__________________
MARSHA

:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

i like Raksha and Freya. good luck with your decision. haha Severus would've been a fun name for a male snake. he'd fit in well with Slytherin.

__________________
Professional Pet Sitting/Dog Walking
http://niksscalesandtails.com/



yes i am a she ^_^

~My Babies~

1 Rosy Boa (male) Chaos
1 Snow Corn (male) Blizzard
1 Anertherystic Corn (male) Bullet
1 Senegal Parrot (male) Shadow
2 dogs (male) Spot (RIP) and Bear

I would just crack up every time I thought about calling one Severus Snake. I am so easily amused! I might have to give her a week during her acclimation time so I can see her temperament a bit better, but Raksha and Makara are what I'm leaning towards. I've named most of my animals after either Tolkien or Norse mythology characters, but I'm running out of good feminine names in Tolkien and a Norse name for an Australian snake seems a bit weird...

__________________
0.1 jungle/coastal carpet python: Sheila
1.0 anerythristic boa constrictor imperator: Severus Snake
1.1 rats: Eowyn, Gandalf
1.0 ferret: Walker Texas Ranger
0.0.1 gold fish: Tiger
3.0 dogs: Strider (Aussie/husky), Zoso (Belgian Malinois), Buck (husky/Rottweiler)

yea I like to wait to name my pets until I see how they act or what they're like when I handle them.


hehe...Severus Snake...

__________________
Professional Pet Sitting/Dog Walking
http://niksscalesandtails.com/



yes i am a she ^_^

~My Babies~

1 Rosy Boa (male) Chaos
1 Snow Corn (male) Blizzard
1 Anertherystic Corn (male) Bullet
1 Senegal Parrot (male) Shadow
2 dogs (male) Spot (RIP) and Bear

Photos!!

Here's the little girl already assuming her classic pose:



I have found my bed sheets make pretty good photography backgrounds for snakes.



My friend who went with me got his first snake. She's a ball python he named Akasha (from Anne Rice):

__________________
0.1 jungle/coastal carpet python: Sheila
1.0 anerythristic boa constrictor imperator: Severus Snake
1.1 rats: Eowyn, Gandalf
1.0 ferret: Walker Texas Ranger
0.0.1 gold fish: Tiger
3.0 dogs: Strider (Aussie/husky), Zoso (Belgian Malinois), Buck (husky/Rottweiler)

They're both very pretty lookin Looks like the carpet shed recently huh.

__________________
+5 bonus points to whoever finds me a job!

"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." - John Benfield

Woohoo Anne Rice! I have a few snakes named after her charactors!


Wow, I like her pattern, the ball python is cute too!

What a cutie, congratulations! The royal is a real sweetie too - we have a female royal named Acacia (which is a tree), sounds like it might be pronounced similarly.

Good luck with your little jungle, they're sweet snakes,. keep posting pics as she grows!

__________________
"If you know everything you may as well blow your brains out because the reason for existence is to learn more everyday." - Mark O'Shea, 2004

pretty, thanks for sharing

__________________

MY PALS
0.1.0 BALL PYTHON-JERRI
0.1.0 AMEL. CORN-BAYBE
1.0.0 GHOST CORN-BOSS
0.0.1 BLUE TONGUED SKINK-DOUGLAS
2.1.0 CATS-POJO, CHEDDAR, SAMMIE