Eastern Fox Snakes

[Loren]

Cool, so they are captive born?

I doubt it will harm them. I think she died cause she was 2 headed. If the babies have 1 hea each, then I would think they should be ok, but who knows.

[Topaz]

Cool, thanks!

Yeah, they're captive born. She said they're coloring is really starting to come through now...waiting this 2 weeks is gonna kill me!

[sschind]

I wouldn't say they are better than corns, probably about the same and it does seem the WCs are a little more feisty than CBs. All three that I had were still very young so I didn't really experience much difference.

Topaz, where in Wisconsin are you located? I'm down by the border between Kenosha and Lake Geneva.

On a side note. Does anyone else find it a bit funny that baby fox snake are better than corn snakes and it just so happens that the lady telling her this has a bunch of fox snakes to get rid of. I wonder what she would be saying if she had a litter of timber rattlers on her hands?

[Topaz]

On a side note. Does anyone else find it a bit funny that baby fox snake are better than corn snakes and it just so happens that the lady telling her this has a bunch of fox snakes to get rid of. I wonder what she would be saying if she had a litter of timber rattlers on her hands?

LOL. I've thought of that as well. But if she did have rattlers, there'd be no way of getting around it, the b/f would want one

We're about 2 hours from Lake Geneva, near Janesville, WI. We'd pass through Lake Geneva on our way to the Bristol Ren. Faire when we went years ago.

[sschind]

LOL. I've thought of that as well. But if she did have rattlers, there'd be no way of getting around it, the b/f would want one

We're about 2 hours from Lake Geneva, near Janesville, WI. We'd pass through Lake Geneva on our way to the Bristol Ren. Faire when we went years ago.

Janesville is about an hour from me. Well, pretty much exactly an hour from me coming in on the North end off HWY A.

[Topaz]

Janesville is about an hour from me. Well, pretty much exactly an hour from me coming in on the North end off HWY A.

I guess my parents just drive really slow

[arzerkle]

Being C.B it should do well, most W/C don't aclimate well since there preferred diet tends to be frogs & fish and a heavy parasite load, however don't waste your time trying any of these on your C.B. I've found they don't like being excessivly hot (watch for them to endlessly crawl and snout rub, thats your clue), and so be careful of feeding overly large meals, they need to be able to break them do and digest fast. They're active cycle seems short as well. W/C's have to do everything, eat , breed, lay and fatten up for brumation all in about a 4 month window. When I worked with these, it was'nt uncommon for them , including Captive raised ones to quit feeding by the first of October. I've found them to be quite a low keyed snake, even when we collected them in the 80's, I don't think I was ever biten by one we grabbed and collected.
Hope this helps
Rob

[Topaz]

That does help a lot! Thanks! I'm really excited about the new snake.