Ribbon Snakes

[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]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

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

all mine ever brings home is diy stuff to fix the house up

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

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....

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Originally Posted by 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

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.

[presspirate]

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

[Grimleo]

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

[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]

Originally Posted by Freebody

. 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.

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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.