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Hey,

Today the scarlet snake arrived. I was surprised, as it measures only about 5 inches in length, but I examined it, and it looks flawless. Banded on top like a SK, and nice cream white sides. It has some really nice and smooth scales, and those tiny, bright and hopeful eyes. It is certainly on the top 5 list of the calmest and gentlest snakes that I have ever worked with.
The little neon necklace drank fine, and I will feed the thick, healthy little scarlet in about 2 weeks or so. However, I may have to move it from the 10-gallon that I have it in, to a smaller enclosure in which it can "hunt" easier. Is this a good idea?
Great little snake!

I am still expecting the female SK to be at my door any day now, after the check finally clears. Thanks for any advice!
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DAVE

All specimens marked with an asterisk indicate a species being bred. Single specimens are rare species that are kept for behavioral and natural history studies.

1.0 Western green toad
1.1 green treefrogs *
1.0 Florida blue garter snake
1.1 Oriental fire-bellied toads *
1.0 American bullfrog
0.1 Spanish ribbed newt
0.0.1 Eastern ribbon snake
1.1 red-cheeked mud turtles *
0.1 Dubia day gecko
1.0 Sonoran gopher snake
1.1 rough green snakes *
1.1 giant African black millipedes *
1.0 Okeetee corn snake
0.1 Albino African clawed frog
1.0 Kenyan sand boa
0.0.1 Argentine flame-bellied toadlet
0.0.1 African bullfrog
1.0 yellow * Everglades rat snake intergrade
1.1 Western hognose snakes *
1.2 fire salamanders*
1.1 scarlet kingsnakes*
0.0.1 scarlet snake
0.0.1 Argentine horned frog
1.1 Southern ringneck snakes *
0.0.1 night snake
0.0.1 Florida brown snake
0.1 Pine woods snake
1.0 rough earth snake
2 (all of them are female!) Brahminy blind snakes *
0.1 Northern brown snake (GRAVID!)

I guess I don't need to say getting a scarlet snake was a bad idea? I'm sure you've heard that enough times already...

I emailed you about you asking about Scarlet Kingsnake breeding, never got a reply. Like I said in the email, you breeding SK and hatching the eggs is not a smart idea. Just because of the facts that you are not willing to feed a herp to a herp, and baby SK either need skinks, lizards, snakes or they need to be force fed mouse tails, all of which I am sure you are very unwilling to do.

Mike
Michael's Place

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Try bull-ant eggs. Scarlet snakes suck em up like candy.

And the fun is not watching the snake eat the eggs. The fun is trying to gather the ant eggs before the ants eat you.

Hey,

Thanks. That is interesting. I never knew that such a "large small snake" would eat things that tiny, but it sounds as if they really like them. It's too bad they only eat the eggs. If they ate the adults, I could get it about 8 meals with just one sweep of the broom across my kitchen floor!
I may follow an ant to where I think the nest might be. Last year, it was under the garbage bins out back. Do only tiny scarlets like this one eat the ant eggs? I can imagine that adults would not even give such a small prey item a second glance.

PS The female SK is being shipped either today or tomorrow. I can't wait until they breed! I have heard that breeding them is relatively easy.
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DAVE

All specimens marked with an asterisk indicate a species being bred. Single specimens are rare species that are kept for behavioral and natural history studies.

1.0 Western green toad
1.1 green treefrogs *
1.0 Florida blue garter snake
1.1 Oriental fire-bellied toads *
1.0 American bullfrog
0.1 Spanish ribbed newt
0.0.1 Eastern ribbon snake
1.1 red-cheeked mud turtles *
0.1 Dubia day gecko
1.0 Sonoran gopher snake
1.1 rough green snakes *
1.1 giant African black millipedes *
1.0 Okeetee corn snake
0.1 Albino African clawed frog
1.0 Kenyan sand boa
0.0.1 Argentine flame-bellied toadlet
0.0.1 African bullfrog
1.0 yellow * Everglades rat snake intergrade
1.1 Western hognose snakes *
1.2 fire salamanders*
1.1 scarlet kingsnakes*
0.0.1 scarlet snake
0.0.1 Argentine horned frog
1.1 Southern ringneck snakes *
0.0.1 night snake
0.0.1 Florida brown snake
0.1 Pine woods snake
1.0 rough earth snake
2 (all of them are female!) Brahminy blind snakes *
0.1 Northern brown snake (GRAVID!)

Perhaps I should clarify. I meant to say Carpenter Ant eggs that are big, not little house ants. I mean these eggs are as big as your snakes head. If Carpenters are in your house, you better call ORKIN.

Dave, breeding the SK is easy, it's YOU supplying food for neonates that is going to be hard, and you know that, because I have told you DOZENS of times. I understand you do not need my help, or atleast you think you don't. Good luck with the SK and all...but when you can't get the clutch of SK to eat, and they die one by one, remember I warned you ahead of time.

Mike
Michael's Place

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Michael's Place has updated, better caresheets
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
Helmz777@aol.com
www.freewebs.com/mikesnake