I hate that one of my female scarlet kings escaped. They truely are excape artists. I put a clip on wrong and that was all it took. Very irresponsible keeping.



Well...since my reptile shed is escape proof. All I needed to do is track it down in the room. I looked through everything in the room. Looking inside an empty monitor lizard cage, I saw a streak of red. Hope. Took everything out of the cage and found three nice holes in the dirt.







The scarlet had burrowed about 4-5 inches down into the soil and had already had a series of tunnels established. I forget how 'subterranean' milksnakes are. Good reminder for field herping this year, I will definately be noting 'holes' under stuff when flipping.



On a similar note.....In the upcoming weeks, I plan to start making some trips up to North Louisiana in search of Louisiana Milks for that very reason. When farmers start plowing up fields for crops, I have heard that Louisiana Milks start popping up all over the place in the area. I am really interested in observing and getting some pictures. Anyone know of any related occurances?



Just thought I would share.



Oh and here is my male scarlet since I finally got a decent picture of him












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-Daniel Hill

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