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After fasting one entire shed cycle my Pueblan finally eats 2 sub adult hopper mice. He attacked very quickly, just as before.

The N.E. is a real sweetie, handles like a dream, never any indication of wanting to bite or musk. I got him a big dog bowl with lots of empty space under the rim, and holes on the side so he can go up inside the dish and hide.

The funky stuck sheds on his tail are softening up, and some of it has flaked off for me. His poo looks healthy, nothing squirmy in it.

there are six sheets of plywood lying flat out by the meadow, I check them every day, under varying weather conditions and so far have seen about a dozen nice snakes. Mostly garters and a dekay, so far this is the only milk.

With the extra mouths to feed, I started anther mouse colony...
thats 3 harums now.

Regards,
Wayne
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1.0.0 Ball Python - Python regius "Cane" Rescue
1.2.3 Storeria dekayi Casper, Xena, Athena, & Kids (30 plus released!)
0.0.2 Thamnophis marcianus - Checkered Garters "spot" & "Zig"
2.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis - eastern Garters
1.0.0 Thamnophis pickeringi - Puget Sound Garter "Sky" (adult, Sky blue)
0.0.1 Nerodia sipedon - Water Snake - "Aqua" adult WC
0.1.0 Storeria occipitomaculata - Red Belly snake (Her children were raised & released)
0.0.1 Amelanistic Corn Snake "CY" Juvinile CB
1.0.0. Pueblan Milk snake "Oreo" adult CB
1.0.0. ASIAN GREEN SNAKE 3' WC Cyclophiops major"Limon"
0.0.1. Savannah Monitor "CHOMPER" Growing fast!
0.1.0. Green Anole "Crystal" WC
1.0.0. K9 "ACE" Black Cockapoo
0.2.0. Feline"Felix"(R.I.P. 4/27/08) "Kaja" & "Silver"
2.1.0. calico RATS
2.4.?? Mice - Feeder farm - Crickets / fish
More herps than I could ever list out back on the land.

See!,........we told ya that male Pueblan would snap out of his sexual trance, and come around soon!

Also sounds like that Eastern has a great little captive attitude.

godd luck with them!

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

I have picked up more of these than I can count, and every one of them has been a hostile bad arse. Musking and biting.

This one, well I cheated. it was a cold evening and we had a thick frost. When I picked him up and put him in the pillow case he was not mobile.

When he thawed he was in a fish tank. the first couple hours he was all over, but calmed right down.

I fed him the next day and he ate. That night he pushed the cover off the tank and got out, so I had to pick him up. he crawled up my arm and remained very calm. so I kept him out for about a half hour before I put him back. (secured the cover this time)

He is also very tolerant of the kids playing with him.

Regards,
Wayne
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1.0.0 Ball Python - Python regius "Cane" Rescue
0.0.1 N.E. MilkSnake WC "Carmello" adult
1.2.3 Storeria dekayi Casper, Xena, Athena, & Kids (30 plus released!)
0.0.2 Thamnophis marcianus - Checkered Garters "spot" & "Zig"
2.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis - eastern Garters
0.0.1 Thamnophis sirtalis - Orange stripes
1.0.0 Thamnophis pickeringi - Puget Sound Garter "Sky" (adult, Sky blue)
0.0.1 Nerodia sipedon - Water Snake - "Aqua" adult WC
0.1.0 Storeria occipitomaculata - Red Belly snake (Her children were raised & released)
0.0.1 Amelanistic Corn Snake "CY" Juvinile CB
1.0.0. Pueblan Milk snake "Oreo" adult CB
1.0.0. ASIAN GREEN SNAKE 3' WC Cyclophiops major"Limon"
0.0.1. Savannah Monitor "CHOMPER" Growing fast!
0.1.0. Green Anole "Crystal" WC
1.0.0. K9 "ACE" Black Cockapoo
0.2.0. Feline"Felix"(R.I.P. 4/27/08) "Kaja" & "Silver"
2.1.0. calico RATS
2.4.?? Mice - Feeder farm - Crickets / fish
More herps than I could ever list out back on the land.

>>>"(secured the cover this time)"

GOOD IDEA!..LOL!!

Hopefully, the kids are very gentle with it while under your supervision, or his nice placid attitude could change somewhat..haha!....sound like a real "sweetheart" of an Eastern, and yes, quite the rarity I might add.

Also, glad that Pueblan is getting back on it's feeding schedule for ya!

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