Ranch Concinnus'

[guidofatherof5]

Snap and Ember eat whole pinkies now with no problem. They seem to prefer that over worms or salmon. I love seeing them after they eat their pinkies, they seem so content and happy.

Maybe pinkies are like turkey. Tryptophan

[kibakiba]

Maybe. Snap is still a spitfire even after eating it It's part of what makes her adorable, because I know deep down in her heart... She's a happy, loving snake.

[ConcinusMan]

I warned you guys those concinnus' are ruthless and vicious at feeding time.

They do tend to calm down and get better about it, once they are large adults. I can feed my big ones together no problem.

[EasternGirl]

Those are some pretty little snakies you have there, Steve.

[guidofatherof5]

Whole, extra small pinkies were on the menu as a first for some of these little beauties.
Fighting is still a huge problem but all-in-all they did pretty good tonight.
Great Thamnophis. I highly recommend them.

[ConcinusMan]

Thanks for the pics! Nice Steve.

I don't know if you remember or not, but I did mention that 3 out of the last shipment were different enough that I could pick them out of a crowd. Bottom left picture, snake at the top is one of them.

I still have one from that litter. They were only 7 babies but born very big. I just think it's interesting to note that in spite of their large size at birth, they are now no bigger (in fact, might even be little smaller) than babies from other litters in which the babies were born much smaller size. Hope that makes sense.

That litter of 7 flat refused anything but pinky parts for several months after they were born. The one I still have did eventually come around and now eats anything.

Here's the one I still have (but has been sold) from that litter.



Those are NOT from the 3 stripe dimorphic gene pool. Some adults found in the area where their parents were found (lots of variation in that population) sometimes look like the following pics, and suggests to me what they will look like as adults. One might even call them sort of "pastel" looking.




Anyway, didn't mean to hijack the thread. Just thought you'd like to know a few of those are not like the others.

[zooplan]

Impressing to see the differences.
What size has the snake in the last picture?
Those close ups are allways confusing to me!

[Mommy2many]

Richard, those are some beautiful snakes! Love the colours!

[ConcinusMan]

Impressing to see the differences.
What size has the snake in the last picture?
Those close ups are allways confusing to me!

I can't say how big the snake was in the last picture, but I can say that the snake is a female and, after quite a while in captivity, it was thought to be unique. By the time I found a male of the same morph, (the day that picture above it was taken) from the same place, they were both young adults around 20-22 inches.

They are both adults now and about the same size. Young adult size. I'm guessing around 30 inches, but that's just an educated estimate. They both have that washed out "pastel" bright orange look and out of respect for the greater good, and effort to breed this morph, I gave the WC male I found (The one being held by me) to the owner of the other one (a female in the last pic close-up) so an effort can be made to breed them.

Nate (user name "Redspot") has them both. He knows his stuff. At the time I caught that male and gave it to Nate, he had just hatched out a large clutch of cribos. I held his biggest cribo and he (the snake ) was a sweetheart. Like a really big garter snake. Like, ummm... a 6 foot garter snake. In fact. Nate calls them his "garters on steroids" LoL. So true. If I had more room I would definitely go for a cribbo.

This little derailment doesn't get you off the hook Steve. Keep the updates of your ranch concinnus' coming! Lovin' it.

[guidofatherof5]

These snake continue to grow and thrive. They are really putting on the weight.
Glad they are part of the Ranch.