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terryp
at Mon Aug 4 09:06:22 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by terryp ]
slower eaters in general if compared to other ratsnakes and pituophis. The cape gophers that Del and I have are slower eaters in general. They aren't on a Thursday feeding. They get a meal on Mondays. If one doesn't eat on Monday, he/she doesn't get the next meal until the following Monday. I don't try and have it eat on Thursday. It will only frustrate you more if you try to pick a day that you think it should eat. You're right about trans pecos being beautiful snakes. I was over a friends house last Friday and picked up a few snakes from him. He showed me 5 w/c trans pecos adults he has. Three were the beige color and 2 were the silver. I have to get a pair or trio sometime to work with. One of the negative aspects with obtaining a snake from a pet store is they don't usually have any history on the snake you are purchasing. You have to start from scratch with regards to husbandy and care. They don't have feeding records, lineage, health records, etc. For example, where was the trans pecos that you got from the pet store collected at? If you planned to breed later, it would be best to have a mate from the same location. Wild caughts are nice from a stand point of having a bloodline unrelated to others. Offspring from those are called F1's. I picked up 1.3 intermontanas (Great Plains ratsnakes) E.g.emoryi that are wild caught from DeBeque County, Colorado at the friends house I visited on Friday. Good luck and don't hesitate to post any questions or updates on your snakes.
>>Thanks for all the help.
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>>As far as getting a male for my emoryi, well that IS in the plans
>>I wanted a snake to work with and my husband and I really researched
>>on what we wanted, then had her delivered to a local herp show. I
>>will start looking for a male as soon as we have our herp rooms completed.
>>That seems like it is going to take forever! We have a large
>>farm house and I had four children. Two of their four bedrooms are what we are converting for
>>our herps. I am not being mean, three of them have grown and moved
>>out. ROFL
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>>Now, on the trans pecos. It was a spur of the moment purchase, I know, I know
>>you aren't supposed to do it that way, but when I went to pick
>>up my emoryi I saw it and thought it was one of the most beautiful
>>snakes I had ever seen. It is a WC, small, about 18 inches or so...
>>very tame and nice. She is not eating like I would like. I have had
>>her for a month and she has only eaten one fuzzy and one hamster
>>pinkie. I offer food twice a week to her but to no avail. I am
>>in the process of doing some husbandry changes that might help. IF
>>I would have thought this out, I would have definately gotten a CB. My next
>>one will be.
>>
>>Anyway....thanks for all your time and help.
>>Nina
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I've heard and read trans pecos can be . . .> - terryp, Mon Aug 4 09:06:22 2003