3 new friends for now.

[Foxrun402]

Well I was at a friends and she told me about these snakes she had been seeing and didn't want around anymore. We recovered them today and I brought them home, I took a few pictures and they are VERY friendly... After they musked and pooped all over me and I was still just trying to say "Hello!" lol

I will most likely re-locate them to a place where wildlife is safe from people for the most part. They where found practically in the middle of town!

See if we can get some determination of sex on these...

#1 Cutey.. I think she's a girl and has a broken tail (missing the tip) and the only one to hide while being held.



#2

[Foxrun402]

And last but not least #3, and I had to post on a reply because of the amount of pictures allowed per post. Anywho!



and Boom... thats all I have for now.... They are staying the night and they will get a chance to eat some night-crawlers tomorrow after I get home at noon, then they will probably get re-located out to a nice big open space to roam and claim as home. I was wondering about keeping one as a companion for Suzi but I have no idea how well they would get along, being she is a red-sided and they are not.

Edit: They all also appear to have shed recently, not 1 of them has a sign of retained shed and then ventral scales are not connected as they would be in a retained shed... I have noticed in snakes with a retained shed if moved backwards over the hand slightly and slowly it feels smooth as if its 1 piece, with these this is not the case, they are rough when moving backwards and appear in good shape!

[ChareiHeals]

I love #1. She's so pretty! And I have a soft spot for quirks.

[Foxrun402]

Well unless I have no idea what Im doing they all 3 look female to me.... I only 1 of them has a pretty quick taper but they all seem female from appearance. Just need more opinions..... Steve!!!!!

[guidofatherof5]

#1 and #2 look male but better photos are needed to nail it down.
#3 is female.

[Steveo]

#1 and #2 look male but better photos are needed to nail it down.
#3 is female.

My thoughts exactly.

[Foxrun402]

Well then.... Back to the camera... mean time... they all did accept night-crawlers and I believe they have been devouring slugs, poop is literally slug color and watery.

They where looking like this when I arrived home.

[guidofatherof5]

Sweet radixes.

I just found an opaque adult female T.radix in my back yard. She's having a little vent trouble but nothing too serious. I want to get a look at her after the shed so she'll be staying for awhile.

[Foxrun402]

Thanks again for suggesting taking photos outside Steve! Here are some better pictures to scope out!

Radix #1


Radix #2


Radix #3


#3 Also is showing signs of a mouth infection or retained shed around the mouth, upper jaw on the left side is a little swollen or not completely shut

[guidofatherof5]

I think I will stay with male, male, female. I will say that the first photo is a tough one.