Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject: My new hobby.
As some of you may know, I'm severely decreasing the size of my tarantula collection to pursue a new hobby - snakes. I'm primarily interested in native species as exotics don't really appease me.
As with any hobby I pursue, I tend to jump in head first rather than getting my feet wet. I've been debating which species with which to start, going back and forth between alterna and suboc and I've decided to get a pair of alterna. It'll be a challenge, but I'm up to it.
Here's the first pair I'm getting. They'll be here next week . River Road locality. I loooove the reduced pattern and speckled look of these.
Hehe, these *are* babies so they won't be making babies for a few more years. If I find a good deal on adults, I may pick some up (have to be locality specific though and preferably alterna phase). Females are realllly hard to come by though because everyone holds them back.
I have an acquaintance that gave me a 50/50 Cal King yesterday and claimed he was going to be getting some mexicana mexicana soon... I'll hit him up _________________ God does not play at dice AE
If you start breeding albino subocs, let me know...! _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
Yeah -- I used to have a Vine Snake and I got it feeding on rat pinkies by rubbing them on a dead anole I kept in the freezer... :-/ _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
Here's the setup in which I'm keeping them. Its pretty simple - UTH heater, hide on the warm side, hide on the cool side, Helix thermostat. I hope they're happy. The guy on top of his hide looks like he is.
Hey Kyle, those set-ups sure look like they'll make the snakeys happy.
The container is also pretty darn nice, where did you get it? _________________ God does not play at dice AE
RE: feeding.
I've also heard from people that in order to get certain snakes to feed on pinkies they poke a hole on the cranium and expose a bit of brain matter. Is this viable? _________________ God does not play at dice AE
RE: feeding.
I've also heard from people that in order to get certain snakes to feed on pinkies they poke a hole on the cranium and expose a bit of brain matter. Is this viable?
Yeah, I have done this successfully. It does work/
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. River Road locality. I loooove the reduced pattern and speckled look of these.
