my new snakes,,,,what kind are they?

[brandon0133]

thanks for everyones help,,sense im new here i did not know if there were many people to talk to on here about this stuff or not,,anyone know about turtles?

[KITKAT]

thanks for everyones help,,sense im new here i did not know if there were many people to talk to on here about this stuff or not,,anyone know about turtles?

Just thought I would mention that your one snake looks like it might have a problem on the ventral side (belly) of its tail. The scales look rough and discolored? If so, you may want to treat that for scale rot.

[brandon0133]

scale rot? where can i get something to help that? and by the way whoever that was that suggested i use a minnow to rub on the pinkies....that worked,,tonight the biggest gater ate his first pinkie and he took the big one to,,can a snake eat itself to death? cause he ate the minnow first then he ate the big pinkie,,,now hes acting like hes going to eat the other pinkie to...is that ok?

[Stefan-A]

Probably not scale rot, that's just a fairly typical T. s parietalis. They tend to have that kind of subcaudal (underneath the tail) coloring.

[brandon0133]

anyone know if a snake can eat to much and kill it? the biggest snake i have has eaten 1 minnow 1 goldfish feeder and two small pinkies in the last 3 hrs,,,should i allow him to eat more?

[drache]

anyone know if a snake can eat to much and kill it? the biggest snake i have has eaten 1 minnow 1 goldfish feeder and two small pinkies in the last 3 hrs,,,should i allow him to eat more?

that doesn't seem too much - your snakes are a good size
better to stay away from the goldfish though and stick to minnows
a snake the size of yours I'd offer a couple of large pinks and as many minnows as they want once per week
and yes they can overeat and become obese

[brandon0133]

but i mean will they like choke on to much food? and it kill them? or ure saying they will just get fat,,lol

[brandon0133]

what about goldfish makes them bad?

[drache]

they contain an enzyme that depletes your snakes vitamin B1 levels
here - read all about it:
http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets...?title=Thiamin,

I've never seen a snake choke on too much food - I think that's pretty rare
mine just spit out any piece they can't manage

[brandon0133]

There is currently no text in this page, you can search for this page title in other pages or edit this page. is what it says on that link u sent me,