Ribbon Snakes

[presspirate]

Does anyone have experience with these little guys? My Wife brought me home a couple from petco today. They are cuties, and we had a good time watching them fishing!!!!:crazy:

[infernalis]

I keep a ribbon.

They are a riot to have around. If you look at that long slender build, they are master climbers, swimmers and burrowers, so they put on a heck of a show in a nice viv.

Branches, vines or limbs are put to good use if you provide them.

Mine eats fish and pinkie mice.

[presspirate]

She brought home half a dozen feeder minnows. I didn't figure they'd eat right away, but after a half hour or so, they started nom noming. It was really fun to watch:)

[infernalis]

what I do is put a couple thawed out pinks in the water with a minnow or 2.

The minnows will attract the snake, and then the snake will wind up with a pinkie in it's mouth, they keep on swallowing and then go back to fishing.

I have had mine a couple years, and he still will only eat pinks if I put them in with fish.

[presspirate]

Seems minnows are cheaper than pinks, but the snakes are still relatively small, do you recommend night crawlers as well? I want to make sure they get a nice variety.

[infernalis]

Ribbons will ignore worms. They are a semi aquatic snake that prefers amphibians and fish over all else.

[presspirate]

Ribbons will ignore worms. They are a semi aquatic snake that prefers amphibians and fish over all else.

Thanks Wayne! We'll get some pinkies with the next fish purchase. Do you recommend 3 times a week?

[infernalis]

2-3 times a week, and will sometimes skip a week while in shed.

[DeesBalls]

could either of you put on some pics of enclosures... these are very cool lil snakes, i thought about getting one...

[percey39]

You both have me very interested in seeing some pic's of these guy's. I have never seem them before.

[presspirate]

You both have me very interested in seeing some pic's of these guy's. I have never seem them before.

I'll try to get a pic today, but they are really fast!:eek:

[percey39]

Cheers i look forward to it!!!

[shaunyboy]

You both have me very interested in seeing some pic's of these guy's. I have never seem them before.


that exactley what i was thinking mate

i'd love to see pic's or better still a video of them guys fishing

great wife you have mate:Wow:

all mine ever brings home is diy stuff to fix the house up:no:

cheers shaun

[infernalis]

http://www.thamfriends.com/MPFG/images/ribbon.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/PG1/images/greeny.jpg

[presspirate]

Nice pics Wayne. Our little buggers are the florescent greenish color. They seem to have settled down a bit. They each are in their own enclosure and after thoroughly searching for a way out they seem to have decided that they are home now.

[presspirate]

Not the best pictures, (Really need a better camera than my phone) And as I said before, they are really fast. Cute little guys that seem to like to watch you. And they are almost all tail.

[presspirate]

that exactley what i was thinking mate

i'd love to see pic's or better still a video of them guys fishing

great wife you have mate:Wow:

all mine ever brings home is diy stuff to fix the house up:no:

cheers shaun

Thanks Shaun she's a keeper. I'll feed them tomorrow and try to get some video and try to figure out how to post it.

Wayne, I bought them some pinks today, but I think they are too big. Do you think they'd eat your Garter Goulash?

Thanks

[infernalis]

Worth a try, mine has ate it before.

Chop up the pinkies while they are still frozen, it's a lot less messy.

[percey39]

Cheers for the photo's. Great looking little guy's. I can imagine just how fast though guy's would be.

[presspirate]

Quicker than greased pigs.

[shaunyboy]

cool pic's mate,hope you work out how to post a video.if swearing at it dont do it then thats about the size of my expertease re computers:wacky:

cheers shaun

[infernalis]

I can get the video up no problem.....

[presspirate]

I managed to get a feeding video today. Not the best, but it shows what good fishers they are. The minnows they are eating are gold fish minnows, but recently I found out that goldfish (carp) and catfish are not good for them due to thiaminase. So I will be getting guppies next time out. The problem with switching them to f/t fish, or pinkies seems to be the feeding response. they do like to go after the live food. So I'm in a conundrum here. If anyone has any ideas, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Wayne, if you could help me post the video, that would be great!

In the meantime here are a couple pics....

[presspirate]

cool pic's mate,hope you work out how to post a video.if swearing at it dont do it then thats about the size of my expertease re computers:wacky:

cheers shaun

I did try the swearing bit, (It's usually the first thing I try) But it didn't work. Maybe I need to learn more swear words. :yes:

[presspirate]

wait, I figured out how to hook it up I think

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[Grimleo]

I don't think I've ever seen a snake eat anything that fast before. That was awesome thanks for sharing the vid :D

[Freebody]

SOLD!! that was SO SWEET!!, ya like you said grimleo i never seen a snake eat anything that fast. is the ribbon snake a morph of garter snake or is it a ribbon snake as in corn,king garter.... kind dumb i can look it up now but posting right after i seen that sweet video so i have not checked yet, but i will before i get an aswere here, Very sweet video i love how fast her grabbed that super fast fish, i would not have believed he would have gotten it if i didnt see it, thx for that :)

[presspirate]

Thanks guys for the great comments! I didn't think the video quality was that great, I shot it with my phone, but yeah they are amazing fast as Wayne can probably tell you. I believe that ribbons are the closest relative to the garter snake, and are often confused with garter snakes.

[infernalis]

. is the ribbon snake a morph of garter snake :)


Ribbon snakes are a sub-species of Garter snake.

They all belong to the Thamnophis group.

Garter snakes slam food just as quick.

I have a few that can pound multiple mice in a minute.

[presspirate]

Well, I took the kids fishing yesterday, and consequently had a few night crawlers left over. Soooooo I put a feeding dish in each of the tubs, in the middle of their big water dishes and gave each a worm. This morning, one of the worms was gone. I looked everywhere making sure it just didn't escape. The other had escaped and was hiding under a rock. So, at least one is eating crawlers.:yes:

[infernalis]

That's odd, not impossible, just odd.

Mine will eat only fish and pinkie mice.

[presspirate]

I can't get these dudes to eat a pink to save my life.... I started feeding them Rosy reds, and I am feeding the rosy reds reptimin sticks. Both have successfully eaten night crawlers. As long as it's moving, they'll eat it. LOL