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This forum has been EXTREMELY slow lately so I thought I would try and stir things up some. These are all baby pictures from the last couple years. Everyone please join in and post pics of baby ratsnakes you produced or bought in the last few years. This is a little bimaculata to get it started. Randy Whittington

I love this shot. These are Sichuan Province, China mandarins.

Gott'a love those mandarina!....that reminds me,....are you aware that the Sichuan Province was the epicenter of that huge killer earthquake over in China?,.......I believe it was a 7.9, and was EXTREMELY devastating!.....what a disaster!

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

I heard about the earthquake. I know it killed a lot of people and did some severe damage to the area. Very sad. RW

This little beauty was produced by Rex Knight.

These hatched in 07.

Smokin' little dudes!!

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

Nice!!,....those guys really have some vivid coloration,....thanks for sharing the photo, as well as all the other nice photos of the different ratsnakes you posted!

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

Thanks a lot Doug. Here is a older prasina. RW

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sweet stuff.....all of them........I just wish they all didn't defecate twicw a day.......LOL....

good luck

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I love this pose.

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Calico baby pipping

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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Neonate calico Orthirophis taeniurus taeniurus

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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

normal - het for calico.

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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

rw

you have been making me want one of those for quite some time.

eventualy I will get some LOL

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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

Awesome pic of a very pretty baby!

-Toby
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Thanks Toby. Good shot of that calico piping. RW

Randy,....

From the way it's posing, it looks like it has some Emerald Tree Boa, or Green Tree Python in it's lineage!..hahaha!!

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

mocquardi hatchlings

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Those are sweet animals!,....my girlfriend was thinking about buying me a pair for my birthday many years ago, but they were a little too pricey for her to afford back then around 12 years ago at $300-$350 each, and with only a couple people breeding them back then in the U.S..

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

Nice little situla! Is that one from this year? I put my adult pair together this spring, but did not see definate hook-up. The female did not seem to be in the mood, but the male sure was!LOL The female is looking a little chubby, and they were cooled together, so maybe...

-Toby
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plain jane

Lots of personality. Produced by the Bells.

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Great post, Randy! Can I move in with you?

Here's a little spitfire girl I had a while back:

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Diego

Thanks Diego. You might be dissapointed once you see how much snake crap there is to clean. lol

I can only imagine...
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Diego

These are some Croatian Leopard Ratsnakes that hatched out last season, their mother is about ready to drop soon.

Spanish locale Ladder Ratsnakes

This outstanding male fathered the below babies last year, hope to produce several other locales soon.

Scott John Reptiles

Wow!,...now THAT'S something you never see in the hobby!

very cool scalaris!, as well as those Croatian situla!

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

Nice John. I really like the ladder rats. You definatly don't see them often. RW

Here are my two 07's when they were babies.

The blue beauty was produced by Ian Jessup.

The tiger was produced by Donnie and Michelle at primareptilia.

John

>>nothing Old World just a couple of bairdis and emoryis.
bairdi hatchling

another little bairdi

a little emoryi male

a little female emoryi

and another male emoryi hatchling

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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
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Draybars Snakes

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Nice group Jimmy. I especially like that top emery and the light grey background color on the second one from the bottom. RW

Nice little bimac, Randy.

I bred my bimacs this year, but the female is having trouble laying. She has dropped three little slugs since Tuesday, and still has two larger eggs inside. I hope she passes them soon.

-Toby
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I get one or two bad eggs, two or three days before getting some good eggs sometimes. Given time I'm sure your girl will pass them on her own. I had a coxi lay two bad eggs, followed by a good egg about a week later, followed by two more bad and another good one another week later. That was just over a month ago and both good eggs are still good. I always just leave females alone and have not lost a female of any species from egg binding in several years now. RW

Thanks for sharing your experience, Randy. This is the first time I have bred bimaculata, and the female is a first time breeder, which always makes me a little nervous. I was about to assume the worst and get her a shot of oxytocin, but I will wait a little while now. She seems to have settled into her nesting box finally, and does not really seem to be in any distress. She was roaming nervously during the last few days, and just dropped those slugs anywhere. I guess I am too used to corns and emoryi having perfect, easy clutches, and anything else sort of freaks me out. LOL

BTW, I think it is a good possibilty that my female calico taeniurus is gravid, and in the pre-laying shed phase.

-Toby
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I hope you get a nice big healthy clutch from that calico. RW

My baby Taiwan Beauty Snake. He is my favorite snake. Taiwans and black rats are my favorite snakes in the world here is the taiwan black rats on the way