A few cool pictures / stories attached.

[anji1971]

Great pictures, Wayne!
Love the swimming pool -- very cool!!
And Carmella's tail looks good, must have been a pretty nasty wound for a while. Good job with her.
I've been having some success getting my nervous little Sweetpea to eat from my hand. She totally freaks out in the feeding bin, so it's the only thing that works. But she still won't eat very much each time, and she'll stop completely if she gets startled, so it's a constant battle.

[Aundrea]

very nice pics!!! Love that ribbon eatting outta your hand. Too cute. What happend to your milksnakes tail?

[infernalis]

What happend to your milksnakes tail?

On the night I found her, she was frozen solid, it was early spring the frost was heavy that night. If I remember correctly it was like 27 out.

I have been treating the tail with antibiotics to prevent infections.

She is a sweetheart, wild Milksnakes are usually biters, Not Carmella!! never even tried to bite

I thought it was a HE, but about a month after I brought her in, she laid 7 eggs!

The eggs are incubating now, fingers crossed for heathy baby milks.

[Aundrea]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww she is so pretty!!! That is so coool that shes sweet. She is thanking you for saving her life and her babies So you got some eggs also eh? Wow I hope they hatch. What other babies do you have that will soon hatch or give birth to? lol You sure do have your hands full with all the new babies comming.

[crzy_kevo]

carmella's tail looks like georges tail it all healed up so she must of had something happen to it b4 i found her (frost bite, incomplete shed?)
never know right
oh and love that light way cool

[infernalis]

Thanks kevin..

Hey last night Carmella took a mouse from my hand

Frostbite, bad sheds, and predator attacks can all nip off tails.

[crzy_kevo]

well those were the 3 i narrowed it down too because also my GF's brothers cat tiger(huge effing cat like 15 lbs) anyways i figured could have been attacked by that cat or the other 2 could have happened you can see that as well on her the bone did used to be showing but she healed up good

[Steven@HumboldtHerps]

All I know, is that bullfrog tadpoles are huge.

Yes they are, and y'all are welcome to all of the bullfrog tadpoles we have out here in the wild! The American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) is an invasive species here in California! It is threatening to wipe out our local baby garters, our smaller frogs, and our baby Western Pond Turtles! Lefty, my one-eyed garter is drooling just feeling the vibtrations of me talking about it.... okay not really, but I had a few beers at a work potluck, and uh, well you know... my fingers are slurring....

Steve

[Loren]

Nice pics Wayne. Whats your fish of choice for baby ribbons?

[infernalis]

Well I have used rosies in a pinch, guppies and minnows work well too.

A local fishing supplier carries these small shiner minnows that are the same exact creek minnows garters eat in the wild, the ribbon babies like them as well.