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guttersnacks
at Tue Apr 19 21:19:57 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by guttersnacks ]
I'll keep the specifics out of this because it really cant be helped by the person I bought them from......
I saw some pix of a male rat snake (type undisclosed to you, the reader of this narrative to prevent speculation or any tarnishing of the person I purchased from, they really have nothing to do with this). REALLY liked what I saw, and was told by said breeder that the female wasnt quite as colorful, but still a good match.
So I hemmed and hawed, and then got an email stating "hey Tom, Im down to my last pair, I'll cut you a deal on them" so I went for it. This was last fall.
Now, one of the snakes is basically maintaining it's pattern, and just getting some size on it, whereas the other snake is really starting to muddy up the more and more it sheds. Colors are coming out that I really didnt even expect. This is a bad thing. The pattern is washing out.
Im pretty bummed about it. Prolly gonna get rid of the snakes.
Is this a typical thing when you get the last of the litter?
The newborns both looked GREAT when they arrived back in the fall.
How often does this happen? I realize it's hard to accurately answer my question without knowing the kind of snake, but I feel that keeping the other party out of this is only the respectable thing to do. If I mention the kind of snake, that only gives you a handful of folks who are dealing with that type.
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Tom
TCJ Herps
"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"
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 Disappointed in how snakes turned out - guttersnacks, Tue Apr 19 21:19:57 2005
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