# New DoperPET (yes, pictures; no, not a kitteh) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289 "2018-02-21T19:19:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/1 "2018-02-21T19:19:36Z")
Wanna help me name him? 🙂 He’s such a little bitty thing (hatched Oct. last year) and so far, quite friendly about being handled. As with most corn snakes there’s an intricate “head stamp” and his coloring is primarily red and orange. I’ll add pics in the next post, but wanted to leave them off the OP in a (perhaps misguided) attempt to protect the delicate sensibilities of those who might be squeamish or fearful of reptiles. YES IT’S A SNAKE and I’m so excited. 🙂 I’ve wanted a baby corn snake for evah! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/2 "2018-02-21T19:22:08Z")
ACHTUNG! Snake pictures ahead. Here’s my new lil guy. Kids these days are calling them “nope ropes” or “danger noodles” and yes, that’s my thumb for scale. Ha! Scale. I see what I did there. Seriously, he makes me happy. But I do need a damn name. [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180221/e2600eb6c1f59b692249e68d33dd9c29.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180221/e2600eb6c1f59b692249e68d33dd9c29.jpg) [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180221/44ffb4a3fec730846db357f863220c58.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180221/44ffb4a3fec730846db357f863220c58.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/3 "2018-02-21T19:27:48Z")
Cob Pudding Bread Likker ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/4 "2018-02-21T19:31:16Z")
Pretty little fella. 🙂 I took some pictures of a black snake in my yard the other day thinking it was a corn snake, but maybe it was a rat snake. He wasn’t all flashy like your guy. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/5 "2018-02-21T19:49:48Z")
I wish we had corn snakes here. Not that I don’t like our garter snakes. I do. But that is all you see around here. It would be nice to have some pretty corn snakes, too. I welcome your serpentine overlord. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/6 "2018-02-21T20:01:25Z")
Omg adorable sneklet! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/7 "2018-02-21T20:01:38Z")
Ouroboros Kaa Smaug ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/8 "2018-02-21T20:08:28Z")
+1 to Kaa Smedley Peaches (Peaches and Cream corn snake…) Bourbon ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/9 "2018-02-21T20:11:52Z")
Karo Hi, Fructose (last name in both cases has to be Corn Serpent) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/10 "2018-02-21T20:24:01Z")
My niece’s imaginary friend is named “Orange” thus "Orange is a perfectly valid name for a person or a snake. Especially if they are orange! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/11 "2018-02-21T20:26:09Z")
How about: Maizey Rat-a-patooie Hey, what’s a snake’s favorite supermarket? Whole Foods! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/12 "2018-02-21T20:26:17Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Pretty little fella. 🙂 > I took some pictures of a black snake in my yard the other day thinking it was a corn snake, but maybe it was a rat snake. He wasn’t all flashy like your guy. Compare pictures of “red rat snake” “black rat snake” “corn snake”. They are all the same genus, _Pantherophis_. My daughter had a corn snake when she was preschool age. The snake’s name was “Rosie”. She helped my daughter learn about the birds and bees. She knew babies came from female animals. We bred mice and fed the newborns to the snake. One day I realized there hadn’t been any new litters for a bit. We looked at the mouse tank; lo and behold, they were all females (an occasional adult would die). My daughter said, “Cool!! Lots of babies” and I had to explain why that wasn’t the case. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/13 "2018-02-21T20:29:20Z")
Spot ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/14 "2018-02-21T20:33:40Z")
I like “Smaug”. It’s ambitious, sure, but he’ll grow. He’s very cute. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/15 "2018-02-21T20:50:39Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Compare pictures of “red rat snake” “black rat snake” “corn snake”. They are all the same genus, _Pantherophis_. Well, that got me started. Now I’m thinking Southern black racer. Anyway, I like “Karo” for **purplehorseshoe** ’s snek. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/16 "2018-02-21T20:53:12Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Cob > Pudding > Bread > Likker Smut ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/17 "2018-02-21T20:56:28Z")
I think Apophis would be fitting! That was the name of our snake. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/18 "2018-02-21T20:58:26Z")
Since he’s got an orange arrow on the top of his head, how about Aang? (Avatar, the Last Airbender) ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/19 "2018-02-21T21:57:32Z")
So cute! How about Ormen Lange? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/20 "2018-02-21T22:14:38Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I like “Smaug”. It’s ambitious, sure, but he’ll grow. > > He’s very cute. 🙂 +1 to both statements. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289.md?page=2)