Hey Folks,
Remember a month back when I posted a message regarding my Christmas Mtn Alterna possibly having a possible parasite? He indeed had one and I went to the vet and got some metronidazole or flagyl and the vet told me pretty much the exact same dosing as Dmong recommended! After a few doses for this guy he is back and healthy and very active. 2 weeks later from the final dose I gave him a small pink and gradually increased the size of the meal.
To correct a misunderstanding from the earlier replies, this alterna is about 20 inches and feeding on 1-2 large pinks a week, sometimes 3 small pinks. He just moved a size up with peach fuzzies! He is the best feeding snake in my whole collection. This is his hatchling picture. He is now a year and 3 months and getting darker. He will in fact become jet black with reddish orange by the time he is 2 years old!
I remember posting pictures of some of my locality alternas a while back and received 0 replies. I just wanted to let you guys know that I love locale and non-locale alternas as I have both in my collection. They are all gray banded kingsnakes in the end. I just hope I didn't receive any replies to my pictures because they were locale so I just wanted to clarify it and not try to spark any problems. I love this forum and the people that keep it afloat and alive! I've learned quite a lot from these kingsnake forums! Thanks for the advice that some gave to help this little guy out!
Tony
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You can never have only one snake!
