Last year we caught a gravid jet black female Eastern Hog in Hernando Co Fl, and since we knew nothing about the hatching of snakes, a friend(even though he can never remember my name LOL)agreed to hatch them for us. Out of six hatchlings I got four and have been able to convert three over to mice, although I still have one holdout. I hope they can retain some of the yellow, what do you think? And how do you post more that one photo at a time? Thanks. Kevin
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Hernando Co Hog
kevine
Sep 03, 2006 07:05 AM
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Lindsay
Sep 05, 2006 05:27 PM
>>Last year we caught a gravid jet black female Eastern Hog in Hernando Co Fl, and since we knew nothing about the hatching of snakes, a friend (even though he can never remember my name LOL)agreed to hatch them for us. ... And how do you post more that one photo at a time? Thanks. Kevin
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Wow Marvin, those are huge! looks like their getting plenty to eat. it will be interesting to see if any turn black. Sorry about the name thing. My last remaining brain cell is almost full. Ya know, there's already a couple "Kevin E"s in Florida keeping hogs so we'll just have to call you Kenny or something else anyway.
kevine
Sep 06, 2006 04:20 PM
You know the old saying, just don't call me late for dinner! Hey, Do you think these hogs would be ready to breed next year? Two of them are as big as the one in the picture. I want to try and photograph them in natural light as their yellow is so brilliant. And the marks on their tails look like they were painted on. This pick does not do it justice. Thanks. Marvin
Lindsay
Sep 06, 2006 04:58 PM
>> Hey, Do you think these hogs would be ready to breed next year? Two of them are as big as the one in the picture.
I usually avoid breeding females at that age but it's done often, and exceptionally fast-growing individuals really are big enough. I don't have as much experience breeding Easterns as I do Southerns and Westerns. You should probably start a new thread with the question and include actual weight and length. I suppose the decision times are at the beginning of brumation and at the point of putting the male and female together in the spring. Maybe someone else has guidelines or data at those times.
LP
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