New red female

[guidofatherof5]

Very bad news. This wonder snake passed away. I have no idea why. I found her dead in her inclosure. She looked healthy and was behaving just like a radix. She hadn't eaten for me yet but that wasn't the issue. I'm keeping her in the freezer and will open her out someday soon to see what I can see. I also lost one of my babies to the same unexplained death. With the numbers on the Ranch this year I should feel fortunate to have only lost the few that I have. Failure to thrive hasn't been an issue with any of the hundreds of babies born this Summer.
I feel much of that success was do to the aggressive feeding schedules I've adapted to my babies and the fact I've bought 10 times the amount of guppies. I will forever sing the praises of guppies. Those little flopping, make baby garters go crazy,fish.
I've made the decision to raise my own. That should save me a couple hundred dollars over the course of baby time. I only have about 10 snakes that on a guppy diet. Crazy little scrubs turn their noses up at evey other food offered.

[count dewclaw]

Oh no! That's terrible news. I'm so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my prayers.

Hope the guppy raising goes well for you. I have considered raising them, but I don't have a large need for them right now. Keep us posted on how they are doing.

[gregmonsta]

Sorry for the losses. It's always bad when you don't know what caused the mortality.

[GarterGeek]

I'm sorry, that's terrible! She was such a beautiful snake.