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One of the sisters from Gerold. This is his photo. I have pics but not as nice!
Yesterday I received the Chiricahua sisters and decided to feed all five of my baby pyros. The pair I had picked up from my friend October 2 had yet to eat for me, and it was time to feed the male again I had gotten from Gerold in September. The male from September always eats two big unscented pinks every five days like clockwork. The other four needed lizard scent but once I dipped the pinks in lizard tea, three ate right away. The fourth one, the tiniest sister, needed her pink's head lanced so she could smell blood, then she also ate right away.

I will post pics of this awesome little lot next feeding day.
(Lizard tea: steep a ground up piece of dried fence lizard in a bit of water.)
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

Glad all those nice neonate's are doing so well for you!

Yes, the lizard "tea" has worked very well in the past for a few finicky corn hatchlings of mine in the past. I have definitely noticed a few clutches that had wild-corn lineage from here in central/south florida had VERY strong preference towards anole's ONLY, and some really had to to have their meals smeared heavily before being accepted, even up to their yearling stages of life!!.

Most are easily switched over, and will accept totally un-scented rodents WELL before that time. Just goes to show that all snake's are indeed individual's that can have entirely different scent cue's to trigger their feeding responses.

BTW, excellent pyro photo there!!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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BTW, excellent pyro photo there!!
Thanks! Credit goes to Gerold Merker for both the beautiful snake and the excellent photo.
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

Doug, I didn't really need to know that about it possibly taking a year to get my lizard-lover off scented mice.

Of my clutch of corns this year (two months old), I have one that won't eat unless I scent with an anole. I have a few in the freezer, so I just thaw, scent, and re-freeze.
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Kent

0.1 Hypomelanistic striped cornsnake
1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) cornsnake hatchlings
2.2 Normal (het hypo, lavender, striped) cornsnake hatchlings
1.2 Gray-banded kingsnakes, blairs phase
1.1 Oregon rubber boas

Very cool snake! Just curious, how do you dry up a lizard?

Very cool snake! Just curious, how do you dry up a lizard?
Thanks!
How I dry lizards is I get the lizards the cats kill, and put the lizard on a rack in the oven, and gently bake it at about 300 degrees for an hour or so, or until it is brittle. But you have to watch you don't burn it up. Once it is brittle, you can grind or chop it up in pieces to steep in a small amount of water. Like, a piece of lizard the size of a cashew would need about a tablespoon or two of water to steep in. Baking it also kills any pathogens the lizard may have had. After it is dry you can store it in a jar.

I use fence lizards. One could use any sort of reptile, like dead snakes, other lizards, but I seem always to have a few dead fence lizards from the cats. I never use my pet fence lizards for this, just already dead but fresh kills.
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire