This is Vulpes, our fox snake. When threatened they emit a fox like odor hence their name.
Barn day today. Everything just went fine, finished it quickly due to no more aviary and finches to attend to, but the weather was just a bummer, I couldn't hold the metal handle of the long-handle brush it was so cold. Even the mutes(bird poop technical term)were frozen cold and were like stone with smelly minerals on them. The great horned owl was very grumpy still, hissing and clucking his beak at us but never the less he is so adorable.
During the herp room time, I get the chance to to take out our hog nosed snake. His name was Wilbur and he's quite mellow at the moment, it's because his kind usually go into torpor during winter and they don't really eat much, therefore less energy so they move slower. And also we had a bull snake and a fox snake, namely Arnold and Vulpes aka Foxxie. LOL Today was the first time i ever saw a snake drinking water, I thought that they would be lapping on their water with their forked tongue but then they drink like ungulates sipping their water. Got to handle the two smaller ones, Arnold the bull snake is not much so appealing to me, he's quite a giant.
Arnold, the bull snake drinking. Bull snakes resemble rattle snakes so when there is danger they'd hiss and rub their body into grasses to make a rattling sound while flattening their heads like rattlers.
Later in the afternoon, we did taxidermy. The Kestrel lady and I "taxidermized" (was that even a word?) the hind legs of a porcupine aka porc-u-spines, or the spiny pig. It was fun but prickly, not all of the quills on it (which we use in our Quillwork class) were removed so we worked our way into peeling the skin off like a pair of socks, getting the meat off the bones, stuffing cotton in replacement of the muscles we removed and stitching it up. took us about two hours i guess to finish just those legs.
Me stitching up the cut, a wee bit prickly task I'd say.
Fir and me showing off "our" muscles. No worries, it was safe when the skin is inside out.
A porcupine covered with hair and quills. Of course the one we had was dead probably hit by a car. A power to reckon too, dogs who are very curious of this small and docile animal are usually victimized by their quills and will usually need veterinary attention.
At home, i get to dog sit a black Lab. She is very well trained and behaves well too. Played some fetch and fed her and now she is lying down on her rag next to us while I'm writing this down. Planning to get to watch some Pokemon tonight or something amusing.
Thank God It's Friday!
(I thought it's Thursday today)
Over and out. . .
Line for the day
"Lib, sit." <>
During the herp room time, I get the chance to to take out our hog nosed snake. His name was Wilbur and he's quite mellow at the moment, it's because his kind usually go into torpor during winter and they don't really eat much, therefore less energy so they move slower. And also we had a bull snake and a fox snake, namely Arnold and Vulpes aka Foxxie. LOL Today was the first time i ever saw a snake drinking water, I thought that they would be lapping on their water with their forked tongue but then they drink like ungulates sipping their water. Got to handle the two smaller ones, Arnold the bull snake is not much so appealing to me, he's quite a giant.
Arnold, the bull snake drinking. Bull snakes resemble rattle snakes so when there is danger they'd hiss and rub their body into grasses to make a rattling sound while flattening their heads like rattlers.
Later in the afternoon, we did taxidermy. The Kestrel lady and I "taxidermized" (was that even a word?) the hind legs of a porcupine aka porc-u-spines, or the spiny pig. It was fun but prickly, not all of the quills on it (which we use in our Quillwork class) were removed so we worked our way into peeling the skin off like a pair of socks, getting the meat off the bones, stuffing cotton in replacement of the muscles we removed and stitching it up. took us about two hours i guess to finish just those legs.
Me stitching up the cut, a wee bit prickly task I'd say.
Fir and me showing off "our" muscles. No worries, it was safe when the skin is inside out.
A porcupine covered with hair and quills. Of course the one we had was dead probably hit by a car. A power to reckon too, dogs who are very curious of this small and docile animal are usually victimized by their quills and will usually need veterinary attention.
At home, i get to dog sit a black Lab. She is very well trained and behaves well too. Played some fetch and fed her and now she is lying down on her rag next to us while I'm writing this down. Planning to get to watch some Pokemon tonight or something amusing.
Thank God It's Friday!
(I thought it's Thursday today)
Over and out. . .
Line for the day
"Lib, sit." <>
Omi, thanks for the update. I got a great chuckle out of the 'wee bit prickly.' I wonder if you heard it upstairs.
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