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Caught this beaut in Apple Valley, CA.

here's another

here's another

yes, yet another

Looks real good, I wish you all the best with your new buddy.

One of my favorites! Hahahha But hey I think all of them are my favorites.

Keep the pics coming, we love them
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PHEve / Eve

Its legs seems very thin compared to the size of the body.

Is it a normal thing on a wc since they run much more than a captive one ?
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Sara - Female Eastern Collared (Orange phase!)
30 X 16 X 12 enclosure
Full carpet
UVB 8.0

Good question, I'm not sure, as this is my first collared.

-Luke

Yo Luke!

I see you went out and snagged one. Is it from Bell mountain? Looks like its about to shed. Nice lizard. How did you catch it? Man tell me when you mugs go out again. I've got a whole lot of nothing to do these days. heh. Talk to you soon, man.

regards,
-Phil

Dude, Phil,
Next week I'm gonna go out a couple of times, this week I gotta work so I can pay for my Sacramento/Tahoe trip (snowboarding). But, yeah, I caught it at Bell Mountain, 3/4 of the way up sitting on a rock, chased under rocks, lifted about five before catching him. That far up there's a lot of small rocks, one of the rocks had some desert rat pinkies, in a nest, under it. Fed them to my rattler and rosy. The rattler won't eat cb mice but it took down the wc pinkies in no time, kinda weird. The collared seems to be having a hard time adjusting to his new home, ate like crazy at first but I think he over did it cause he hasn't eaten much since. My rosy ate two small mice in row, it usually only eats one. And the last bit of news, we're thinking of breeding our own mice again so we can control their diet. It's healthier for the snakes if the mice are healthier. Feed them high nutrition chicken feed pellets. Anyway, I'll try to give you a call some time next week.
-Luke

Hey Luke,

sounds good man. Of course with the way things are looking today, I don't suppose anything would be out. lol. ah yes. It just started to rain. How big is the set-up you have the Collared in? It looks really tall. Both Collareds I saw up there, were right along the edge of the top. Also conspicuous was the absence of basking Side-Blotched Lizards. yum yum. I kept a nice male from there for almost 8 years, until his escape. They like the heat, and don't often eat so well unless they get a lot of it. I had a young one inside for a couple weeks because I thought it might become food for my old male, and it ate crickets and other bugs ok, but really pigged out when it was in the outdoor pen. The other lizards liked her too. heh.
As to the Rattler, that IS kinda weird, maybe it needs scented mice or something like that. Heck I've even heard of some guys using roadkill Kangaroo Rats etc to feed their snakes in time of need. I don't know if anyone SHOULD go there....but there it is. heh. Anyway, seriously give me a call soon, and we can go check out some stuff. Later, bro

-Phil