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annulataarethebest
08-05-2011, 02:29 AM
http://www.kingpinreptiles.com/augustblackbellygarters.JPG

Here's a lousy shot of 2 of my 3 Central American blackbelly garter snakes in their water bowl. Both of them ate 2 rosy reds each before this pic.

http://www.kingpinreptiles.com/augustsantacruzgarter.JPG

Here's another not-so-great pic, this is a Santa Cruz baby eating a rosy red, difficult to take pics through the side of a kritter keeper cage.

And here are a couple more pics of the white water snake, it looks like the last bit of her tail was bit off a while ago, I'm surprised this snake made it to adulthood in the wild without being picked off by something else.

http://www.kingpinreptiles.com/whitewatersnake.JPG
http://www.kingpinreptiles.com/wwsnake2.JPG
http://www.kingpinreptiles.com/wwsnake3.JPG
http://www.kingpinreptiles.com/whitewatersnake4.jpg
BLUESIRTALIS
08-05-2011, 05:08 AM
Awesome snakes mike! Try not to use the rosy reds too much i don't think they are on the safe list.
Chondro788
08-05-2011, 05:16 AM
Nice Mike, can't wait to see if the white sided is recessive or co-dom/dom. Cool project to say the least, keep us informed!!! :cool:
RedSidedSPR
08-05-2011, 07:43 AM
Awesome! That water snake is sweet!

And yeah, rosies carry thiamnaise, only a little better than goldfish (really bad). Dont go heavy on them.
jitami
08-05-2011, 07:46 AM
Very nice! Ditto on the rosy reds. I know they were on the 'safe lists' a few years ago, but they were found to contain thiaminaise. It shouldn't be too tough to add strips of fish fillet or even pinkies to their water with the rosy reds and switch them over to something else.
d_virginiana
08-05-2011, 07:51 AM
That water snake is amazing looking. I'd love to see the results of that breeding project.
aSnakeLovinBabe
08-05-2011, 11:23 AM
Your pictures of her are much nicer... She actually is very beautiful. She looks healthy and relaxed too! Enclosure is looking good! Love reptibark!!
aSnakeLovinBabe
08-05-2011, 11:24 AM
Nice Mike, can't wait to see if the white sided is recessive or co-dom/dom. Cool project to say the least, keep us informed!!! :cool:

I will lay money on the fact that it's recessive.
Starling96
08-05-2011, 12:36 PM
The water snake us awesome!
annulataarethebest
08-05-2011, 08:36 PM
I'm not a fan of using fish at all for feeders, I usually go to pet co every 2 weeks and buy 4 dozen of the rosy reds... By the time I get home at least half of them are dead. Within 24 hours after that usually all of them are dead, then in the freezer in seperate bags of 12 for easier feeding.
I feed the snakes often to get them off of fish and onto mice as quick as possible, getting small worms is too much of a hassle for feeding them daily... My CA Red Sided babies are going to be offered adult mouse tails for their next meal and hopefully they never need fish again.

I'm sure the white water snake morph is recessive as well, but it will probably be at least 2 years before I'll know for sure. It'd be nice if she was gravid now. lol.