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The first of several NA milk clutches has hatched. I came home to this the other day.

Now that they shed, I took a couple of quick pics to share. These were from a pairing of high red animals so my hopes are for some nice red adults. The babies seem nice and red, some redder than others like this one

and again

and again with one of its clutchmates

Here are some others. there are very few babies with the classic Y or V on the neck.

And the Sire

Dam

DNS Reptiles - Milk Snakes

Congrats Dave. Those are some nice looking hatchlings and I see you got some collar necks in the mix. Gotta love some nice LTT!!

Joe

Beautiful!
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Dave

They look great. I love the red color. My New Hampshire locale eastern eggs are due to hatch in the next 7 to 10 days. I will post them if all goes well.

Pete

Superb job.

Cracking parents and even better hatchlings! I would love to even have a rough idea of where Amherst county is, let alone pinpoint. Any maps, habitat pictures etc.? Really interested!

Scott

Amherst county is near Lynchburg VA, which is in central VA. The animals come from the appalachian mountains directly west of Lynchburg. I don't have any habitat shots sorry. Maybe I will get some next time I go.

Dave

Very nice. Maybe some will turn out even redder than the parents, if that's even possible.

--Dennis

Yeah, I am very curious about that as well. Time will tell I guess!

Dave

Amazing how much they changed from their post hatch shed!!!

Nice sequence of photos Dave, it's a great time of year!

-Rusty

Those are sweet Dave! Congratulations!
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Disclaimer: I do keep several snakes in pairs, and some in groups. However I realize that things can go wrong, and I have to keep a close eye on those groups, to be sure they are not being adversely affected by these living conditions. Also if one happens to eat it's cagemate, it is 100% my fault, and I know the risks in advance!

What's wrong with using CAUTION?!?!?!
King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
~ Jorge Sierra www.SierraSnakes.com

Boy!,.....those were definitely fun to come home to, Dave!

Very nice..

~Doug
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Those are really nice!
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Dave,
Awesome animals there! I definatley see what you were talking about in our temporalis talk previously, some killer animals there Dave, congrats man!

Congrats Dave! I can't wait to see some hatchlings this year, the wait is killing me lol.
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Those things are sweet! Is it any wonder that we develop the milk addiction that we do? Hardly, I say!
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-Cole

Amazing Dave! Love how red they are!!!