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anyone into Louisiana Milks?
any CBB?
any photos?
Thanks

Hi,
Heres an anery baby from 2003. Produced by chris at southern reptiles in LA., enjoy the pic.
Jeff Teel

Captive bred Tri-colors

Hi,
Heres another 2003 baby. This one is a het-anery. Personally, I like the normals better than the anerys. The bright red is nicer looking I think. But the anerys are cool cause they remind me of a mini ghost hondo.
jeff teel

Captive Bred Tri-colors

very very nice!
I am very partial to small milks...
any problems feeding the babies...can you start with pinks? Thanks

This snake was found in Grimes county TX (~100 miles NE of Houston). A reasonably common snake in this area, particularly in the spring.

I have bred them once, then I saw how small the hatchlings were and wondered why I bothered. They were much too small to take even a newborn pinkie (and they were more interested in ground skinks anyway).

The first LA Milk I ever found was a baby. I found it in March so it must have been last year's hatch. Even at 8 months old, it was too small to eat a pinkie, and it never showed any interest in them anyway. It ate f/t ground skinks very readily.

I have kept a few adults for a while and they all ate fuzzies with no problem.

I agree about the anerythristic snakes. Why would you want a milksnakes without any red? I don't get it.
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Chris Harrison

Re anerys: Can you imagine if the normal coloration was the anery coloration, and then someone found a red one? Imagine the $$ signs on that. I think about that whenever I'm tempted by a pricey anery color morph of anything. Saves me money. (Doesn't work for hypo or amel unfortunately.)