Half Pint is a beautiful SINALOAN MILK SNAKE from Mexico.  Milk snakes get their name from an old myth that they used to go into barns to suck milk directly from the udders of cows!  People believed this to be true because milk snakes are often very common around barns which house cows.  The real reason they are attracted to barns is because barns are also home to rodents (mice and rats) which are what milk snakes like Half Pint likes to eat!

I have owned Half Pint since the end of July 2006 when he was only a few days old.  At that time he was tiny as you can see below, only measuring about 20cm in length (hence the name Half Pint as he was a very small milk snake), whereas now he is well over a metre in length and still growing!