Basil
My only pet is a domestic reptile. Basil is a Colombian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria maurus). Like most adult Colombian Rainbow Boas, Basil is medium in size (about 6 feet), and brown in color with circles and spots. His smooth scales are iridescent and refract light into beautiful colors like a fish lure. As snakes go, this boa is even tempered and easy to care for. They like humidity and are good climbers. Basil spends a lot of time either coiled up in his water bowl or scaling the bamboo branches inside his hutch. I also let him swim in the bathtub once in a while, much to the alarm of unsuspecting house guests.
Colombian Rainbow Boas are oviviparous, so the eggs hatch inside the female. I witnessed his first feeding at the breeder’s store shortly after he was born in 1994, and took him home about two weeks later. He’s a permanent guest of honor in our Tiki Lounge.
And he’s only “tasted” you once! How he could confuse you for a mouse escapes me…