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Very nice..it looks like you all are a nice group of pine barren explorers.
I noticed the mouse in one of your photo's and normally would not think twice about it, but while in Vermont I read an article on "pocket pet" virus. Four people received an organ transport from a person who had that virus and did not know about it, and three of the four died from it. In this case it was from a hamster bought in a pet store, but it also is carried by mice purchased from one or from the wild. So if you are feeding any snakes with rodents purchased from a pet store, or from the wild, clean up well, and stay away from all children and pregnant woman, or future pregnant woman since it damages the fetus in early development. Also, don't put the rodents near your face or have them around the elderly.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm54d812a1.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/lcmv_rodents.htm
Guy
I noticed the mouse in one of your photo's and normally would not think twice about it, but while in Vermont I read an article on "pocket pet" virus. Four people received an organ transport from a person who had that virus and did not know about it, and three of the four died from it. In this case it was from a hamster bought in a pet store, but it also is carried by mice purchased from one or from the wild. So if you are feeding any snakes with rodents purchased from a pet store, or from the wild, clean up well, and stay away from all children and pregnant woman, or future pregnant woman since it damages the fetus in early development. Also, don't put the rodents near your face or have them around the elderly.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm54d812a1.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/lcmv_rodents.htm
Guy