Steve's Snake Observations

[guidofatherof5]

That's because Steve probably watches mostly Nick Jr.

You got a problem with Nick Jr.

[ConcinusMan]

Not at all. I'd rather watch that than most of the other garbage on TV these days

[guidofatherof5]

Forgetaboutit!

[ConcinusMan]

[guidofatherof5]

Tonight, I was giving my young concinnus' a few guppies. One of the smallest snakes wasn't interested in taking a full fish from me but seemed interested in hanging around while I fed some of the others.
It then occurred to me that the guppy may be too big for the snake. Not that it is but the small snake may not want to deal with a whole fish.
Thinking quickly I cut part of a tail off and offered it. The little scrub smelled it then grabbed it and ate it. This success gave me an idea so I chopped up a few guppies.
All the non-whole guppy eaters took pieces and had a good meal.
Now, it's one of two things or a combination of the two that helped these snakes.
1- Smaller pieces of food.
2- Intense smell(blood, guts, etc.)
I'm just glad to find yet another avenue to help these slow eaters.
Any thoughts about this observation?

[jamromhem]

just a few thoughts that came to mind on the observations.

The Shedding : I have noticed many times that my checkered has a rancid smelling oily smeeling substance in her shed.. It really is a little grose :P She had them expecially on parts of the shed near injuries. So it might be the natural chemical they use to shed.. She often sheds without soaking first.

This is really good information and alot of it makes me just want to get more garters and set up a breeding program of my own :P But I am going to be the good pet and wait till I can afford them a larger amount of room and more controled temps. Though I am thinking about getting a pair of redix soon :P I really want a 1.1 pair of red-phase.

[guidofatherof5]

Though I am thinking about getting a pair of redix soon :P I really want a 1.1 pair of red-phase.

So do a lot of other people. Get in line.

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, I was going to say, good luck with that. There's plenty of people that would pay quite a bit of money for just one red radix and they still can't get one. Not enough to go around and they sure aren't being produced in any quantities to speak of. I sure hope Steve is working on this and not just hoarding his.

I have two young females that are nice green and gold normal looking but one of their parents was a het iowa albino, the other parent was a red radix so there's some good gene potential to use them for breeding when they grow up, which they are doing quite fast.

[guidofatherof5]

Yes, I'm hoarding mine and working on it

[ConcinusMan]

Just make darn sure you're pairing them up correctly to get the desired outcome, and that is, more red radixes and hurry up about it. Give the boys some viagra and put on romantic music if you have to, I'm running out of patience.