It was very very difficult to get them all together for this pic, but here it is, all 5 -
More of the albino -
Mike
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New *PICS* Albino and Normal Rough Earth Snakes
HerperHelmz
Feb 18, 2005 06:59 PM
Replies (9)
Jeanin
Feb 18, 2005 07:58 PM
The albino is real nice. What do you feed them earthworms? Do you house them in a group?
thanks
HerperHelmz
Feb 18, 2005 08:46 PM
They'll eat worms, I'm pretty sure the normals ate a few. I just threw a bunch of worms in with the normals. I tried feeding the albino and he wasn't hungry I guess. I'm just going to set up the albino in a new enclosure, with leaves, and soil as the substrate, and let worms live in there and he can eat them at his own pace.
Right now all 4 normals are together, I'm putting them together to let them breed, I'm pretty sure they will/have. 2 of them look pretty thick, gravid?
Mike
Michael's Place
Jeanin
Feb 20, 2005 07:17 PM
Why not keep that rare albino with the others in the hopes that he/she breeds?
HerperHelmz
Feb 21, 2005 06:07 AM
Because, 1) he's not sexually mature yet. 2) I don't want to waste time raising up snakes that might not be het for albino. If I put all of the snakes together, there's a good chance that I'll get babies out of the females, but how would I know that the albino fathered those clutches, if he did? .... So I could end up raising normal earth snakes, which would be a waste of time in this project. So I'm going to wait until the snake is sexually mature, which could possibly be this spring if I get him eating, most likely not until next spring though. And I'll put him in with the females that I have, so that way I'll know. 
Mike
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Jeanin
Feb 21, 2005 05:52 PM
Lol oh yea you wouldnt know who the father,mother was didnt think of that.
Erik - NM
Feb 21, 2005 01:01 AM
They look dark in the close up picture, but it's real blurry so it's hard to tell.
I've found hundreds of rough earth snakes and some are very light colored, some are dark, and a few were a very nice maroon red color. I have a photo of a very light colored one next to a dark one...since they eyes were pigmented, it could only be considered hypo or just a variation.
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HerperHelmz
Feb 21, 2005 06:15 AM
The snake's eyes are red. It is hard to tell from the shots, the pics become blurry when I upload them. The light colored one on your site, looks to just be in shed.
Mike
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Erik - NM
Feb 21, 2005 11:48 AM
I assure you the light colored one is not in shed. The eyes are not opaque. Here's a better photo with a side by side comparison.
HerperHelmz
Feb 21, 2005 01:40 PM
I wouldn't say the one on the right is anything other than a normal specimen, a few of the adults I have are that color.
Mike
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