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I know this is a bit graffic, but very interesting.
I have an Orangeburg, Co. Eastern King that has had a slow start.
I can only get her to eat snakes. I was cleaning her tub and was very surprised to see her defecating her last meal. I guess there isn't much that they can digest from a small snake meal.
I definitely did a double take when I saw this.
-Phil

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Stand for something,
or you'll fall for anything!

Nice Phil.

You are the only one with a non-feeder. Sorry dude!

You should see Mark Hardie's.... eating machines.

See ya!
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Peter Jolles
www.heat-pits.com

Home of TEAM ECC
It's an Inner Circle thing... you wouldn't understand...

No worrys, she'll figure it out eventually.
-Phil
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Stand for something,
or you'll fall for anything!

Phil, pop by my house when you leave work today. ill throw ya a frozen ground sking. sometimes that does the trick. Howie

"when the tides of life turn against you, and the current upsets your boat, don't waste your time on what might have been, just lay on your back and float."-Ed Norton,engineer of subterranean sanitation

and if i dont have a ground sking maybe i can get you a fresh ground skink. lol

Howie,..is that Ed Norton on your quote THE Ed Norton from The Honeymooners?
If so, very cool!! One of the best shows that ever was in existence.
If not, I will eat some wings in your honor.

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Genesis 1:1

of course it was Norton. thats edward lillywhite norton of chauncey street. the mooners was the greatest sitcom of all time. glad theres another fan out there.

But of course!!!
I still love that show immensley to this day!!!
This was back when all they had was one set at a time, maybe two cameras at the most, and then one more thing...Acting!! That's it!!!! And what a show that was!!!!

" Bang........Zoom!!! "
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Genesis 1:1

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Stand for something,
or you'll fall for anything!

One a these days Alice!..........."STRAIT TO THE MOON!"..LOL

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Now a days they'd throw you ass in jail just for saying that. LOL!!!
-Phil
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Stand for something,
or you'll fall for anything!

I hear ya!!
Alice though, to me, ran that marriage. Ralph always got himself in trouble, and she seemed to always be the voice of reason.

" ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....shuuuuuuuuuuuut uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!!! "
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Genesis 1:1

It's funny how art mimics life.
-Phil
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Stand for something,
or you'll fall for anything!

Funny how the "spinoff" from The Honeymooners was a cartoon..
yabba dabba doo
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

crimsonking.piczo.com/

I never thought of it that way. Thanks for the insight.
-Phil
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Stand for something,
or you'll fall for anything!

Remember Ralphs famous ,and incorrect snake analogy? " my mother in law and me get along like a boa constrictor and a mongoose." Homina homina homina

I have them all. Big Gleason fan.
Requiem for a Heavyweight?
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

crimsonking.piczo.com/

"Requiem" was one of rod serlings best works. gleason was phenomenal in it.i gotem all too, including the "lost" episodes."'But can it core a apple?"

Yeah just trying to tie together your "Twilight" and "Homeymooners" theme and it fit perfectly.
Did you ever get that string of poloponies?
:Mark
I brive a dus.
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Surrender Dorothy!

crimsonking.piczo.com/

Hey Mark, when we are in daytona, find the time to have a cold one or two and we'll talk mooners at length. Maybe we can have burt weidermayer make us some short cookies.Look for me at the bar. and i wont be drinking cold grape juice either.

You got it.
[tips head forward ..waves 'coon tail on hat 4 times]
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

crimsonking.piczo.com/

Nawton you ain't boomfin right. ahhh, great to chat with a fellow mooners nut and brother raccoon.shouldnt this be on the mooners forum however?

Holy Crap!!,....literally!..LOL

What species of snake was the unlucky meal?

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

One of my '07 Scarlet Kings that didn't make it.
-Phil
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Stand for something,
or you'll fall for anything!

Wow!,.......that's too bad Phil. As you well know, I also have a fondness for elapsoides and the rest of the milks.

I would probably do the same thing though, as it went to a useful cause.

~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Phil,

That is wierd man. That pooped snake could be way more digested then that.

Is that an amel corn?

Hope you can get her on pinks.

John

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I am so not lesdysxic!

0.1 Creamsicle Cornsake
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake
0.1 Desert Kingsnake
1.1 Eastern Kingsnakes

I had a baby regal ringneck snake that used to do that...
Looks painful.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.kingpinreptiles.com
^ Updated 11/29

I spoke with a guy who keeps and breeds Death Adders. He feeds small lizards to his baby Death Adders and he was having the same problem.

He killed the small lizards and then poked needles into the body cavity of the lizards before feeding them. This results in the digestive fluids of the snake penetrating more into the lizard and more digestion of of the lizard.

He then used this tactic with baby Coastal Plains Milk snakes and the result was that the snakes digested more of their meals and grew faster.
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Peter Jolles
www.heat-pits.com

Home of TEAM ECC
It's an Inner Circle thing... you wouldn't understand...

When problem feeders get too skinny they lose their digestive juices and they are all done. While the feeding response to snakes and other stuff may be normal or better, I would give that snake about 2 weeks to live. I would suggest pinky pumping them, but the stress this causes isnt favorable either. If it were mine I would keep it WELL hydrated(maybe even leaving it in water)and cool it to brumation temps in hopes that the drinking(and not vomitting)will build up the enzymes necessary for digestion. I hope I am wrong, keep us informed,Jeff