Showing posts with label corn snake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corn snake. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

New corn snake

I guess the jury is in. I'll never grow up. At 48 I still take more than my share of pleasure out of settling this four year old male corn snake (Elaphe guttata) into his new home. He's a little cramped in the ten gallon aquarium, but he's been there since birth so I'm sure he can last a bit longer. I do so prefer to play than work. It almost never wins me brownie points with the adults, but the kids love me. heh

He's 66% possible heterozygous for the "snow" morph, but what genetics are involved for snow is still a mystery. :P I bought a female last week that was the most expensive of my expenditures so far in hopes of making baaaaayyyyybies! :D As a bonus the breeder will kick in one of her progeny as a hatch ling. Heaven only knows what that will involve, but I'm guessing new born mice at the very least.

Mice... the bain of the herpetoculturist's existence. I cleaned up the roach enclosure today too and that's a nasty bit of business. I much prefer rats to mice and crickets to roaches, but there are upsides to the roaches, and none that I can think of for the mice. Do you think PU would mind if I had some mice breeding bins in the barn? ehhehh

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Thursday, January 19, 2006

corn snake





Boo found herself a buddy tonight. How long before she brings it home? I should start a pool.


Bonnie with a neck wrap.


Papa with some colour issues.


Manon enjoying it all.