PUGET BABIES #2 _ Stubby Tail

[mikm]

Hey Roy ... The blue baby you entered in the pic contest sure looks sweet, so sorry for your loss ... So that baby was suppoesed to be several months old ??? Approx how long was he ??? I have to say the little guy in that pic does not look like any of the babies I have.

marian

[GarterGuy]

Hey Roy ... The blue baby you entered in the pic contest sure looks sweet, so sorry for your loss ... So that baby was suppoesed to be several months old ??? Approx how long was he ??? I have to say the little guy in that pic does not look like any of the babies I have.

marian

He was only about 4-5in. long. He actually did very well for the first week, even shed, but then went downhill VERY quickly...the other one soon followed. Yeh, it was a real shame.....he was going to be a gorgeous snake.
Roy

[mikm]

My personal opinion, based upon my observations is that the 0.2 I treated earlier this year (which are doing well, btw) are ordiniodes . The male acquired with that group looks very different then those two girls and always has ... way before I was aware of the 2 different sub-species. He is a bright lime green, with a narrow snout which was more noticeable when he was housed with the ordiniodes girls, he is not blue at all. Back when I got them I asked "bob" about it and his reply was a lot of them were like (green) that but all babies turned blue ... for what that's worth. 'Someone' else (not 'bob', but a very reliable source) told me the green ones were rare, so I don't really know ?? I know I have been promising a photo shoot so I will just leave that alone for now as I have no excuse, the weather has been great !! That said ...

Rick, thanks for the info on the "r-select, k-select species" ... that's interesting to me. Not sure I agree with your color (or lack thereof) statement in regards to being bred to a wild type male. All of the adult WC animals of both sub species that I have seen (pics or in person) have very nice color. Green, blue, or blue/green, they all certainly catch your eye ... There is no mistaking it. Perhaps it has been my somewhat limited view of these animals but none that I have seen lacked color. Very much looking forward to seeing more litters 'on the ground'.

You all are always so helpful & thought provoking, THANK YOU !!

best wishes,
marian

[mikm]

STUBBS _ * update * This is 'my girl' ... She claimed the narrow log as her 'birthing log' and stayed inside there until she had dropped all of them. I could not actually see them being born as that end of her was pointed away from me, however I watched her contractions. When she ventured out of that log I knew she was done and removed the FOUR fat, babies. She rested that afternoon ... Early that same evening she soaked in her water dish, tightly wound, for about an hour then calmly slithered around peeling off her old skin in one complete shed. As soon as she completed that task, she stared at me, seemingly pressing her face up against the glass at the front of her tank looking at me as if to say 'Okay, I've done my part, so now where's dinner ??' ... She's got that, 'been there, done that' calm attitude ... How cool is that, lol ??
Not wanting to take anything away from Proud MaMa,she feasted on four large f/t pinks & good size minnow the day after her delivery as well. She looks great though she's still understandabley, a little thin. Based upon her actions I am assuming this was her first litter. She moved around quite a bit between deliveries and appeared 'jumpy'. She is quite the 'looker' so it will be nice to see how her youngun's progress color wise ...

what a great start to spring ...
marian