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Tonight I noticed while scenting some pinkies with my fence lizards (grab lizard, rub pinky on its tummy, how humiliating for the lizard!), that one of them was shedding.

So I peeled off some of the loose skin, and stuck pieces of it on the pinkies snouts.

Bam! Two of my non-feeder alternas nailed them! A couple of others that have been showing a preference for anoles grabbed them too.

Now I only have one non-feeder from my first alterna clutch of 10. Of my second clutch of 8, only one has eaten (two meals of fence lizard scented pinkies.)

What is interesting is that some of the hatchlings still prefer anoles. So they get a f/t anole followed by a pinky. Scenting is not working for most of them. They want the anole first.

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Kent

1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) corn snakes, 2010
1.2 Gray-banded king snakes, blairs phase, 2008
0.0.18 Gray-banded king snakes, 2011
1.1 Oregon rubber boas, w/c 2000 and something

Colossians 3:17

LOL....at first I thought you had a Fence Lizard that owned a Rock......But you meant Rock as in an Adjective instead of a noun and Lizards as plural instead of ownership........LMAO!

BTW....congrats on getting those alterna to feed MrKent.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Its a new song!

No wait, I'm re-doing my bathroom!

Thanks MrJohn!
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Kent

1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) corn snakes, 2010
1.2 Gray-banded king snakes, blairs phase, 2008
0.0.18 Gray-banded king snakes, 2011
1.1 Oregon rubber boas, w/c 2000 and something

Colossians 3:17

Glad to hear it, Kent!

Yesterday I was doing a trash run, and had this dismantled old wooden office desk in the yard to take to the dump. As I picked up the pieces of it I saw two big adult lizards scuttle under the pile. I caught a male and a female; really beautiful specimens. I would have left them there but their desk habitat was disappearing and one of my cats hunts in that area. So they are now in a big tub like my other groups. Next spring I should have many gravid females.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Do you brumate your fence lizards to get them to breed?
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Kent

1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) corn snakes, 2010
1.2 Gray-banded king snakes, blairs phase, 2008
0.0.18 Gray-banded king snakes, 2011
1.1 Oregon rubber boas, w/c 2000 and something

Colossians 3:17

I have gotten them to breed successfully without brumating them, but I think they do better with a winter rest. Also, in order to keep them awake all winter I would have to go to the expense of providing UV lamps (which frankly I do not have much faith in). If I had a UV light reader...but then that is a rather expensive item, too. So I will just rely on the natural seasons and bring them out in the spring, when their wild cousins are awake.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

was a little hesitant to post this because Im a fan of Pyromaniac and I do too like the fencies but...
1st try with scented pinks had 1 of 10 eat...
2nd try 6 days later with scented, had 3 of 10 eat...in between feeding attempts, went back to lizard spot and where there were many adults before, I've stumbled onto a lizard rookery and brought 4,5 babies home. When removing pinks from non-eaters, I dropped small lizard in with baby greyband. BAM, no sooner did lizard hit aspen when snake pounced...Went back for more lizards...to make long story short, I now have 3 scented pink eaters and 7 lizard eaters. Been going back regularly, and now have about 20 little lizards... want any? pic here is from temp tank, the set up now is nicer and I have close pet store that sells 2 week old crickets...Most sorry Bob... Dave.

I sent you a PM.
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Kent

1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) corn snakes, 2010
1.2 Gray-banded king snakes, blairs phase, 2008
0.0.18 Gray-banded king snakes, 2011
1.1 Oregon rubber boas, w/c 2000 and something

Colossians 3:17

prob me, but couldn't find it. Sent one to you...

Oh, that is okay. I forgive you. LOL! Lets see, a free lizard or a $50 or more baby snake...

Be sure to put the two or so inches of clean topsoil for your lizards, as they really like to bury themselves at night. Also that prevents the crickets from pestering the lizards while they sleep.

I fed one of my male hatchling fencies to one of my baby pyros, Number 3, who had not eaten in over a month. Also offering the babies a fence lizard is a good way to know whether or not they want to eat at all.

Number 3 is one of my holdbacks, too!

So if it take a lizard meal to get the baby snakes to eat enough, so be it. All my baby pyros have had a second shed and have eaten enough to do that, but I would be pleased to have them eat more.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Thanks bob. I appreciate the tip on the topsoil. Getting the babys to eat is a big relief. Dave.