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My wild caught female glossy crayfish snake had eight healthy babies yesterday. Three have shed already. It's going to be hard to get them to eat, but I will try. The female ate live crawfish all through her pregnancy. I have a ditch that runs along my property here is SW La. There are plenty of crawfish of all sizes year-round. It will be neat if I can raise couple, if not I will release in my ditch. Thanks for looking.

Matt Kauffman

nifty snakes.

have you tried giving them grass shrimp? look for any drainage ditches near rice fields.

Where in SWLA are you?
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I'm glad to report that five of the eight have already taken small crawfish. It's pretty cool that the birth of the glossy's seems to coincide with that of crawfish. I have caught enough crawfish of different sizes to last a couple babies through the winter. I will release the rest in my ditch where the crawfish came from. I live in Moss Bluff,La(Lake Charles area). The large female that gave birth to them also eats ft crawfish. They are really cool snakes to work with if you have the resources. Trolligans if you are near by give me an email mattwen@yahoo.com.

Matt Kauffman

Thats mattwend@yahoo.com

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