red-sided girls

[garterchick]

i'm about to recieve my red-sided females. they're both adults and both had babies this year (rather large litters, from what i understand), so they're really skinny. i'm guessing with my tendency to overfeed they'll be up to normal weight in no time. i will post pics but it won't be immediately, i'm going out of town for a bicycle ride so i won't be back 'till sunday.

[crzy_kevo]

congrats tina can't wait for pics

[jitami]

Will be looking for pics! Enjoy your ride :)

[infernalis]

Congrats:D

How are the Het red sideds doing??

[garterchick]

they're doing great, eating rosies 2x week.

[Snake lover 3-25]

congrats can't wait for pics!!!!!:D

[infernalis]

The rest keep getting prettier with every little shed.

One of them has nearly no red at all....

Amazing the variable color of the dorsal stripes, some are bright yellow, some greenish, and some almost turquoise:cool:

[garterchick]

well, they're here and i'm not so sure that they're healthy. i'm still at work so i can't look them over very closely, but it seems that they have a few little "bumps" and some discoloration on some scales. i'll have to wait 'till i get them home and really check them out.

[anji1971]

I hope they're okay, Tina. Congrats on their arrival, and keep us posted!

[garterchick]

i'm not sure, now they're both twitching

[jitami]

That's too bad Tina... thinking good thoughts for the girls...

[infernalis]

Fingers crossed Tina.....

[GartersRock]

I hope the will be ok!! Good luck with them Tina...

[garterchick]

still haven't had a chance to examine them more closely, but the twitching seems to have stopped. maybe just stress from transportation? i'm hoping!
they are painfully thin, hope they are good eaters.

[Tori]

Just from my own experience, could I suggest that (just for a while) you change their diet and cut out fish completely? It could be, and I stress the word could, be the first signs of thiamin deficiency. It might be nothing or something else completely, but why take the chance?

[garterchick]

supposedly they've been eating minnows and the occasional pinky, so i'll probably just stick with the pinky diet anyway, maybe a nightcrawler or two to get them started.

[garterchick]

well, i still don't have any pictures, but both girls are doing allright. they're eating like crazy and 1 has already shed, a surprisingly good shed, and the other one's eyes got cloudy, so she'll shed soon. the twitching has completely stopped and both look much more filled out than they did when i got them. there is still some scale rot present and i guess that'll take a while to clear up, but other than that they seem healthy.

[infernalis]

Tina, That's great:D Like that good news.....

They must like you:D

[jitami]

Nice to hear they're doing better! Nice job :)

[Garter_Gertie]

GOOD YOB, TINA!!!!!!!!!!! Glad to read things are working out!

[anji1971]

Sounds good! Happy news.....:)

[garterchick]

thanks, since they both improved so dramatically within such a short time and just a few feedings i wonder if they were litterally on the verge of starvation.

[reptileparadise]

Awesome! Red sideds!
Please feed us pictures! I need to see red sideds again...Been to long...