erythristic babies on the way

[snakeman]

My florida erythristic eastern is getting HUGE!!.Plus she is a wild caught snake.So I imagine she is going to hit around 30 babies.She is over 3 ft. long.A question to anybody who has bred eyrthristics before.How long does it take for the red color to start showing?I know that they are born looking normal.

[adamanteus]

You can't tell us this, then not post a photo!:D

[ssssnakeluvr]

From what Scott Felzer has noted, the reddish coloring can vary at birht, and they gain more colration as they mature. How about some pics!!!! I'd probably be interested in a pair of the babies!!!! :D

[snakeman]

I am trying to get a hold of a camera.I got a pic in the gallery before she shed.I tried to put it on the forum.I cant figure out how to do it.I talked to scott.He said about half will be erythristic the others will have varying amounts of red.He also said it does'nt start showing till about 8-9 months of age.

[Serpentine99]

Did you put the pic on the clipboard and then paste? You can only put one pic on the clipboard at a time if your going to paste them.

[snakeman]

how do you access the clipboard?When I hit copy to clipboard on my pic it does nothing

[adamanteus]

how do you access the clipboard?When I hit copy to clipboard on my pic it does nothing

When you click "Copy to Clipboard" you should see a pop-up box saying "Allow Access?" click the yes option. Go back to your post and right click where you want the photo to go, click "paste" in the drop-down menu...job done!.:)

[adamanteus]

Try following the steps in this link, it should work for you.
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/site-feedback-suggestions-questions/1008-guide-posting.html

[snakeman]

againhttp://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/DSCF2425.JPG

[snakeman]

I don't know why it did'nt work the first time.For some reason words came up instead of the pic.Anyway thats her when she was getting ready to shed.I have to borrow a camera so I can get pics of the babies I have now and a updated pic of her.

[adamanteus]

She's a very nice looking snake.

[mikm]

Tom ... She sure IS a beauty !!! Kudos on the babies ... would luv to see pics :) .

[drache]

she is a beauty
can't wait for the baby pics

[snakeman]

She did not have babies yet.The babies I have are the flame het albinos.Felzer took half of them.I want to get pics of them before I send them out.

[snakeman]

Here is a pic of my gravid female.I tried to take pics of the flame babies I hahttp://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/HPIM0428.JPGve now.The camera I was using was worthless on macro mode.

[adamanteus]

She is a beautiful girl.

[Snaky]

Marvelous http://forum.dierenparadijs.be/style_emoticons/default/drool.gif

[snakeman]

Got 39 babies today!1 stillborn.Every layer of newspaper I turned over there were 5 more babies.Now I have to buy a camera.I can't keep all of these for too long!Pics should come tonight or tommorrow.

[adamanteus]

I'll look forward to seeing those pictures.

[enigma200316]

do you have any babies left and where in pa do you live?

[snakeman]

I am near philadelphia.They were born today.I will place a classified soon.

[Lulu Bennett]

post some pics :)

[GarterGuy]

Hey congrats on the little ones. Can't wait to see the pics, may have to add some to my growing sirtalis collection.;)

Roy

[snakeman]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/DSC00006.JPGhere are the babies!They start out looking normal and color up at about 8 months according to Felzer.

[snakeman]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/DSC00016.JPG Here is the mom with a het albino florida eastern.

[adamanteus]

Nice, very nice.

[Stefan-A]

I may be bit odd, but I like the coloration those babies have more. :D

But still, very nice.

[Lulu Bennett]

wow looking good

[adamanteus]

I must agree with Stefan...I do prefer the normal colouration of snakes to the "fancy" varieties, but nice snakes anyway. Stefan, you're not odd. At least not for that reason!:rolleyes:

[poissonguppy]

Congrats. They look purty. :)

[snakeman]

Actually the red one is normal.W/C from panama city ,FL.I really don't know what advantage the red coloring is in the wild.But there seems to be a lot of them popping up here and there in the southeast.

[Stefan-A]

Actually the red one is normal.W/C from panama city ,FL.I really don't know what advantage the red coloring is in the wild.But there seems to be a lot of them popping up here and there in the southeast.
In many species it may serve as a warning to animals that have the ability to see colors in that spectrum. I believe birds in particular have that ability. What I wonder is whether it's a legitimate warning in garters or just a bluff, there was the issue with the concinnus, that were found to accumulate the poison from newts and becoming poisonous themselves. I don't know. I've wondered about the same thing with parietalis, which tends to have a lot of red.

Rick would probably be able to answer that question. :)