Terrariffic!
Working outdoors all the time out in the mountains and at parks all over boulder county i’ve become extremely interested in wildlife and habitats of various plants and animals. I might even consider going back to school for a degree in wildlife biology. I took off time from school to find out what I’m interested in and what I would like to do for the rest of my life. I couldn’t stand the idea of going for some pointless degree I didn’t like and would never use just because I had to pick SOMETHING after 4 years. Wildlife biology seems very interesting and like something that could land me a job doing wild life conservation work or something along those lines. Which would be sooo cool!
I set up a terrarium a few weeks ago complete with baby bull snake. It took awhile to start seeing plants growing (i planted seeds) and the snake wasn’t very happy. He seemed to get more and more pissed at me as time went on, trying to bite me every chance he got. Eventually he discovered a way to escape and escaped twice. I caught him once and the second time my mom found him coiled up at the top of our stairs ready to bite! Needless to say, I had to get ride of Mr. Bull Snake. But today I re-arranged the terrarium so it’s cooler looking than ever! I still have little burrows (because I plan on getting another, friendlier snake) but I’ve planted 5 oak tree saplings, thyme, some sort of moss, and a bunch of grass that should be taking off fairly soon. Also there is any number of centipedes, rolly pollies, and earth worms living within the soil and under rocks w/ burrows I have also provided for said creatures. To my delight I also dug up an ant colony when I was putting soil in the terrarium so I have that in there as well! They are doing very well, a little too well however and I may need to put a predator such as a few wolf spiders in there to control the ant population.
Once everything has been set and is thriving and well, I want to get a Rough Green Snake for the terrarium. Unlike the bull snake, green snakes are very friendly and wont bite. They only get to be a maximum of 18 inches (unlike the bull which can get up to 8 feet) and they only eat insects, making it much easier / cheaper to take care of then a bull snake which I would have to feed 2-3 mice on a weekly basis. C and I recently found a Smooth Green Snake on our hike up in the mountains and it was the coolest thing ever! Unfortunately the smooth green snake is an endangered species, and It would be wrong/illegal to capture it. Looking online however I found there is also such thing as a Rough Green Snake, it looks exactly the same as the smooth green, except it’s scales are more ridged and they get a tad longer, by 6 inches or so ( about 24 inches full grown) They are just as friendly and would do great in my terrarium! I’m super stoked to have this thing all set up!! 
Here are pics of everything that’s in there now…
The last two critters are ones I need/want to add, but I feel would do very well in the environment. I’ve made the screen top to my tank more snake proof so there will be no escaping anymore (hopefully). I can’t wait to see how this little experiment turns out. So far there is all the makings of an awesome ecosystem! Enough plant and animal material to feed the smaller bugs (ants, rolly pollys, and centipedes) Enough small bugs to feed the spiders. I’ll have to add crickets to feed the snake, but that’s no biggy. The waste from all the animals and dead plant material will feed the micro-organisms in the soil making it rich for the plants to continue growing and the bugs to keep eating and so on! all i need to do is water it and add crickets from time to time and this thing should support itself pretty well 
i’m super stoked!
