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    T. radix Ranch guidofatherof5's Avatar
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    Not as bad as it looks.

    I had a few worms left over tonight so I decided to feed them off to my T.s.parietalis(Red Sided Garter) group.
    My albino female is a worm vacuum so she was first up. After giving her the worm, Silver(het albino) shot out of the hide and grabbed the worm and her cage mate. I quickly separated them and found the blood flowing on the albino female. I grabbed my camera and took the first photo then grabbed a paper towel. It only took a few seconds to stop the bleeding, that's when I took photo #2.
    It would have been the perfect time to get a blood sample for my microscope but I wasn't thinking about that at the time.




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    "Preparing For Fourth shed" snake man's Avatar
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    Re: Not as bad as it looks.

    Glad everything turned out ok.
    0.1 Red axanthic x red radix

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    Thamnophis cymru -MARWOLAETH-'s Avatar
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    Re: Not as bad as it looks.

    Steve to the rescue! Glad it ended with out too much trouble.
    Will

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    Thamnophis houstonius ProXimuS's Avatar
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    Re: Not as bad as it looks.

    Wow that first picture does look pretty bad! Glad it's all ok
    ~* Emily *~
    Canis lupus familiaris- Tippy, Thamnophis proximus orarius- Proximus, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis- Tallie

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    Re: Not as bad as it looks.

    I hate it when they do that!!!!! I haven't had it happen in over a year or two though.
    Mother of many snakes and a beautiful baby girl! I am also a polymer clay artist!


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    Re: Not as bad as it looks.

    That's why I feed all mine separately. I've seen corn snakes king snakes swallow each other trying to get the pinkie in the other's mouth. Only with king snakes, they would take both as a meal.
    -Greg
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    Re: Not as bad as it looks.

    I would have been very upset:O

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    "Fourth shed, A Success" thamneil's Avatar
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    Re: Not as bad as it looks.

    I've had this happen on occasion! Makes a bloody mess out of feeding time. The snakes usually resume feeding right after though! Mustn't bother them too much.
    Neil
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