It is dead. It was gravid and the babies would have been born in about 2 weeks. It was thru no fualt of mine because when I caught it I noticed a hard lump in the snake. I thought it might be a snail. It never passed thru. It was a piece of wire round up in a ball. I don't know what to think about my (and the poor snakes) bad luck. I cut it open to see how many babies were in it and there were 3 about 2" long. There hearts were still beating. This has realy been a rough summer with snakes and eggs, well even my turtles too. Oh well, I won't give up. Oh and michael those racer eggs still have fungus on them, but the empreyos are starting to form and I can se blood vessels. The vita shell slows the growth down but it is not stopping it. Luckily though I have (what I think is a gravid racer) in sed right now and has a nest box already in there. This is my first year to have problems with fungus. Actaully this is more of a mold. It is green. It reminds me of algae on the back of a large snapper. Just not fuzzy. The eggs had to have contact with spores or something from outside or on the mothers body when I had to remove them from the mother when she died while laying. This kind of luck is making me nervous about trying to breed burmese pythons next year(not sure if I will or not) I have a breeding sized male but need a female. That won't be a problem though. Sorry for getting off topic agian.
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Justin
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Hey,
If you still have the baby browns, and if they are already dead, you should freeze them, the hatchling ringnecks can eat newborn browns.
Michael
Michael's Place
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http://www.freewebs.com/mikesnake
yea, I thought of that, but the snake(s) started to decompose already. They spelled bad. My racer just shed, and suprisingly it ate earthwomrs. I have never tried that before. It spends a lot of time in the nest box.
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Justin
Hey, that female ringneck that you had, what did it's ventral side look like? Spots?
Michael
Michael's Place
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Helmz614@aol.com
Yea, it had a few rows of almost perfect black squares on its belly.
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Justin
2 rows, going all the way down?
Michael
Michael's Place
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Helmz614@aol.com
I wish i would have paid attention to it, but I think there was 3 rows goig from bottom of chin to the vent.
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Justin
Yep, it looked just like that, except not as many spots and the snake was not that big.It was under a foot long.
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Justin
Man this mystery is killing me, we'll probably have to wait until the eggs hatch to find out the sub-species in question. Unless, you think you could catch another one?
Michael
Michael's Place
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Helmz614@aol.com
lol. well according to my peterson field guide it is the misssisssippiii ssubsspeciesss. It is the only one in my range. But jus because it is in a book don't mena a thing.
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Justin
uep, already got some in the freezer,and I'm keeping some alive. I knwo what your getting at.. I should post a pic of them eating one alive in the skink forum, huh lol. (the king eating the corn). Corny joke.. hahah.
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Justin
Hey Justin,
Where are you located?
Bryan
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roomates:
1.0.0 anery corn "zepplin"
1.0.0 normal corn "little bub"
0.0.1 red milk "ed"
2.0.0 false map turtles "marley & harley"
0.0.1 alabama map turtle "pulchra"
0.1.0 grey rat snake "slytherin"
North west AL.
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Justin
