Gopher Snakes and Bullsnakes for Beginners: All about Pituophis with Jason Nelson 

Thanks for watching. Jason is a great breeder!

Thanks for watching!!

His table was really nice!

That’s a killer combo too by the way. I bet he looks awesome. Pet or breeder?

Whitesideds are among my favorites. I didn’t attend the show but I bet it was awesome!

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Thanks for watching. We’re temps not discussed? I had Jason on another episode as well in a panel with another breeder and a herper all about Pituophis. One of my earlier videos.

@@LetsTalkHerps Yes, I have seen it. Was not discussed there either? No belly heat just ambient temp and in Utah? You would have thought that information alone would be extremely valuable? The "other" breeder you speak of is Glen from Glens Reptiles living legless...

Awesome! Thanks for watching

First off, great job. Safety is relative in the wild. If you release it in a safe spot very near where it was found… likely it’ll live a natural life. But at this point, if you want it, keep it. Follow some of the breeders in this video, feed it, treat it well! If you have your own snakes releasing it could potentially spread disease without you being aware. So don’t do that. They also have a generally low survival rate.

@@LetsTalkHerps my wife isn't keen on snakes.

I hear that. What part of the country are you in? I may be able to help find a rehabber for you.

@@LetsTalkHerps utah

Let me ask Jason if he knows. He’s in Utah I believe.

Hey thanks for sharing. How long did this snake live? I worry about the metabolic strain that places on an animal.

Good question. They are not venomous. It would take a large gopher snake to even pierce your skin with a bite, but if it did, rinse with soap and water and you’ll be fine.

That’s great pest control!

@@LetsTalkHerps Aint it though hahaha! Will bulls and garters each other though? I don't want them to wipe each other out and I lose my free pest control lol

A bull snake would probably eat a garter now and then. And a big garter will eat a baby bull. Garter snakes are social snakes and live in groups but bull snakes do not. They may gather in a certain space over winter while they enter a reduced state of activity or hibernation. So you may have found multiple bull snakes around that time, or a number of babies after a clutch hatched down there, but they aren’t typically found in groups. If you have a group of them living together, you should definitely document it.

@@LetsTalkHerps Ok, we found 1 intact shed that's like 5' long, found a much smaller shed that's only a few inches long, exact same pattern as the adult bull. those were found in my front yard, The garter with red markings was found in my backyard in all of it's noodle glory slithering around. We live in SW OKlahoma, in a small rural town about 2 hours se of Amarillo Texas. Soo we have something like 50 different species here, around 7 are danger noodles.

@@LetsTalkHerps Another question, we have cottonmouth's, rattlesnakes. copperheads and 4 other danger noodles, will either the bull and or garter eat the danger noodles? Also I saw that if you have a den of specific snakes on your property you will smell a scent of cut grass, ripe cantaloupe, or certain veggies, any truth to that? If any iota of truth, what snake dens give off what scents? My husband said that summertime is why he really puts off going under the house as much as possible and waits till winter, A Mr fix it guy cut a hole in the master bedroom closet floor for access to pipes when need be and it's covered in carpet.