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I hate that one of my female scarlet kings escaped. They truely are excape artists. I put a clip on wrong and that was all it took. Very irresponsible keeping.

Well...since my reptile shed is escape proof. All I needed to do is track it down in the room. I looked through everything in the room. Looking inside an empty monitor lizard cage, I saw a streak of red. Hope. Took everything out of the cage and found three nice holes in the dirt.

The scarlet had burrowed about 4-5 inches down into the soil and had already had a series of tunnels established. I forget how 'subterranean' milksnakes are. Good reminder for field herping this year, I will definately be noting 'holes' under stuff when flipping.

On a similar note.....In the upcoming weeks, I plan to start making some trips up to North Louisiana in search of Louisiana Milks for that very reason. When farmers start plowing up fields for crops, I have heard that Louisiana Milks start popping up all over the place in the area. I am really interested in observing and getting some pictures. Anyone know of any related occurances?

Just thought I would share.

Oh and here is my male scarlet since I finally got a decent picture of him

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-Daniel Hill

Glad to hear you found your Scarlet, Daniel! That male of yours sure is a looker, too. Breeding them this year?

In my experience, it's not uncommon to find milks partially or totally buried in soil under surface objects. Rodent tunnels with an opening under a rock or log are choice, too. Keep us posted on what you find. We don't see enough amaura on here!

-Cole

L. t. multistrata - Bighorn Co., Montana

The male is still a little small at around 12" or so. Just over half the size of my two females. I might throw them together just to see if anything happens though.
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-Daniel Hill

That is great that you found the little dude!. I will certainly keep that in mind while flipping A/C too. Bet I've missed alot of stuff over the years that way.

Good luck with finding some nice specimens after the plowing. Hope not too many get hurt or killed during that process, I can only imagine though...

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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I was wondering how much damage a plow disc could do. I would think that unless the snake was hit directly with the disc it should be ok. I guess injuries are quite common though.

Once we get out of weather with freezing temperatures. They will be getting to work planting the fields.

La. Milks are my field herping goal this year Especially, very young La. milks. I have seen adults though the years but never anything under 15".

I see young snakes of all species alot less than adults when I am herping....could just be that I am not looking in the right places
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-Daniel Hill

Glad to hear you found your scarlet. Louisiana milks (neonates) can be a big challenge to get going. For me lizard tails really seemed to do the job of getting them to grow.

Scott
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How many nuns could a nunchuck chuck if a nunchuck could chuck a nun?

congrats on the find. I was lucky to find my escaped male red milk from eastern KS yesterday in a sink near the snake room.I have found maybe 3 or 4 in that sink over the years drinking from the dripping faucet.This guy had been gone about 4 mths and looks a bit thin but still healthy.Great finding your snakes two times. lol
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wake me when its april

Doug L