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I'm mainly a kingsnake guy, but I thought I'd share this little picture. My son found this hatchling yesterday at a construction site in North Carolina! Even my wife said he/she was pretty (a rare comment from her after living with snakes that she doesn't care for, for 22 years, lol). . .
Hoping to get some better pics from the wife soon (I'm currently overseas myself, so I'll have to wait!)

Zee

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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

Wow! Stunning animal. Your son found a treasure! I would love to see pics of it as it is getting older.
Nick

Thanks. Not sure yet exactly what we'll be doing wit him. My wife will see if she can convert him to eat pinkies, so she can keep him fed ALL YEAR! (Toads are hard to find in the winter here)

Zee
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

....have you considered keeping him on toads,and brumating him?that keeps you from having to find toads in the winter.i also know of easterns eating f/t toads-in fact not uncommon at all-so you can feed him year round.i know of guys that have kept platyrhinos in captivity for well over ten years with this technique.as you know those are really succeptible to premature death due to fatty liver disease from eating rodents.are you definitely keeping him/her?you could also relocate it...
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"with head raised regally,and gazing at me with lidless eyes,he seemed to question with flicks of his long forked tongue my right to trespass on his territory" Carl Kauffeld

Hey Zee!, THat's a beautiful baby hog your son has there!Here's a recent pic of the one you caught almost a year ago.Take Care! jeff

Thanks.
Wow! That guy is looking really good! Has it fathered any offspring yet?

Zee
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

Thats a super nice eastern hog!!! That animal is going to be a screamer when he gets bigger!!! You don't find many that look like that anymore it seems like. I've got a c.b. 06 red eastern hog thats already eating f/t rat pinks once a week. I would keep that snake! Kevin Fisher

Thanks - think I may just have to get me some toads (for scenting),lol!

Zee
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

Wow! Beautiful. As it grows is it going to turn more like the one cochran pictured?

reako45