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    shoot...

    well, i messed up!

    some time ago i allowed my red-sided male access to my flame female, not expecting anything to come of it because of the time of year. it was a "marriage of convenience", neither of them had a mate (red-sided female died) and i re-arranged tanks to make some space. so, to make a long story short: i went out of town last weekend and when i returned i found 16 "flame-sided" babies. they are the cutest little buggers, some of them look like regular red-sided's and some are much redder. i know it's not the right thing to do and i really didn't think it would come to this, but here they are. i don't know yet what i'll do with them but i'm quite sure they won't become "freezer pets". i'll post a picture as soon as i can.
    tina, aka garterchick

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    Re: shoot...

    Stuff happens, Tina. As long as you home them with people who know what they are, and who you can trust not to breed them on, no harm done I guess.
    Rather too many to keep them all yourself!
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    Re: shoot...

    I would otherwise agree with James' recommendation, but there's always a risk that they will be passed on to people who don't understand that they shouldn't be bred to anything else. Even in your case it happened by accident, who's to say it won't happen again?

    As harsh as it sounds, the second safest alternative to freezing, is to pass them on to someone who owns a kingsnake or a pacman frog.

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    Re: shoot...

    no way, i can't do that. i made the mistake, the snakes should't have to pay for it.
    tina, aka garterchick

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    Re: shoot...

    Awww Tina, congrats on your unexpected clutch. i know you were'nt expecting them and its a shock to find you have a mixed breed clutch, your safest bet is to find them loving homes where there is no intention of using them for breeding. if you were in the uk i would gladly offer to take 2 same sex snakes from you and home them for their entire lives. good luck finding them homes
    (and if you were here to hand me a couple of cute babies, i promise i wouldnt feed them to my pacman or pyxie frog )

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    In truth, I'm with Stefan on this... but I know very few of us have the heart to do it. Better to sacrifice a few than a whole gene pool. I would feed or freeze.
    James.

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    Re: shoot...

    Well, let's see them already! :P
    Besides, they're just intergrades.
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    Re: shoot...

    Quote Originally Posted by garterchick View Post
    no way, i can't do that. i made the mistake, the snakes should't have to pay for it.
    It's not a punishment. But if you absolutely want to look at it that way, then consider it a punishment that will prevent problems in the future.

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    Re: shoot...

    Freezer I think because If one of thoses ankes get away from your house it can really mess stuff up.
    Josh

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    i think that if you gave them all to people who promised not to feed, freeze or breed they would be ok esp if you got it in writing!!! congrats on the unexpected litter!!!!
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