T. ordinoides on the Ranch

[guidofatherof5]

Just unpacked 5 baby Northwestern scrubs. Thanks Zephyr.
Better photos to come once they get settled in.

Make that 5 new EATING Northwestern scrubs on the Ranch. They are enjoying some night crawler chunks as I type.

[Foxrun402]

Awesome! Cant wait to watch them grow up!

[KephrenJorgensen]

I do believe I am expecting some squiggles this summer from my newest ordie female. Let's have a race to see who can grow the biggest scrubs some year

[guidofatherof5]

I do believe I am expecting some squiggles this summer from my newest ordie female. Let's have a race to see who can grow the biggest scrubs some year

I'm afraid I won't do very well in that contest. I grow mine like oak trees, slow and solid.

[ConcinusMan]

Make that 5 new EATING Northwestern scrubs on the Ranch. They are enjoying some night crawler chunks as I type.

Don't hesitate to get them on pinkies/fish early or they might not ever eat them

[ConcinusMan]

I do believe I am expecting some squiggles this summer from my newest ordie female. Let's have a race to see who can grow the biggest scrubs some year

You're going to use ordies for that contest? you're gonna lose dude! lol

[guidofatherof5]

Here is one of the new Northwesterns. Her name is Rusty. She is a beautiful snake and should only get more beautiful as she grows.
Thanks again Kyle.

[BUSHSNAKE]

What an awesome belly on that snake!!

[ConcinusMan]

I guess I have just been neglecting to post belly shots but when orange/red is in the stripes, the same color is on the belly in a mottled pattern and I bet that snake was born the same color as the babies.

[KephrenJorgensen]

I guess I should have specified the scrub contest to be ordies only :P And it is true. After their third or fourth shed, ordies kinda peeter out until their next growth spurt. Mine have shed maybe 6 times in total since birth, going on 1 year old August 1st (no clue for my other one that isn't melanistic.)

In recent news. A friend of mine's stepmom asked me to rid her garden of all snakes. It wasn't that she didnt like snakes, it was that her dog didn't. She'd rather have the snakes eating slugs from her garden, but she didn't want her to dog to get to them, so she asked me to relocate them. I found 7 adult ordies all underneath a collapsed staircase beside the garden. One of them was a big gravid melanistic female. I decided to hold on the her to see what chance I can give to her babies. I am so excited to see these scrubs, and even more to see my yearlings grow large. At one point Richard mentioned that it was probable my babes would grow to look just like their mother. This other girl looks just like my babes. The spots above the lateral lines are clearly visible, aswell as a mottling pattern between the lateral and dorsal stripes. But she is still that matte black-grey that my other girl is. the new ones dorsal stripe is a bold smoky grey, and her face looks just like tghe other ones. I now have a feeing that my babes are going to grow up to look like this mum, not theirs :P