Blade Pics

[kibakiba]

They're pretty polymorphic. My babies, aside from pumpkin, look nothing like either parent. It's kind of fun having a little grab bag of babies

They can get pregnant/gravid when they feel like it, though, it makes it kind of complicated. That said, she could have multiple litters from breeding just once or twice, I'm sure. Northwesterns are such fun little snakes.

[RedSidedSPR]

Blades awesome. Great lookin' snake

[flickerfriend]

Lovely snake you have there!

[katach]

Thanks!!

[katach]

Has anyone every had a snake with a depth perception problem? Blade is have trouble eating and it seems like she can't see exactly where the food is. We have tried with a little success at tapping her nose with the food. Just curious if a vision problem is something that she could have.

[kibakiba]

Runt does that all the time. She's done it since she was a baby, even with the dish she used to eat from. She'd dive at a piece, but go and bite the end of the dish. I've come to the conclusion that she might just be partially blind.

[katach]

Ok. That is sort of a relief. She had a live fish about 10 days ago, Bill had to put it on a spoon and follow her head around to get her to eat it. We fed the other 4 some salmon chunks today, but Blade didn't take any. Maybe she just isn't hungry yet...

[kibakiba]

What kind of fish? Try not to feed too much salmon, theres a lot of mercury and pcbs in it. IMO, it should never be fed as something more than a treat.

[katach]

I have some pinkies on order, it was just a snack. A local pet store is bulk ordering for us at 99cents a pinkie... is that a good deal? The pre-packages one are 3 for $5.99 around here.

[kibakiba]

It's a better deal than 3 for 6, that's what ours are also. You can buy them bulk online for 13-16 cents per pinky, the shipping is pretty high sometimes, it's 30 dollars (or more), and it usually costs more than the mice.