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05-11-11, 12:53 PM
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domi adsum
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
hmmm, one could do the same with a cooler... Getting ideas! 
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05-11-11, 12:56 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
Just remember, slugs are invertebrate and can squish right through the smallest gap, and they do...
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05-11-11, 12:59 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
How big do those little threads of a snake get? They seem so miniscule.
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05-11-11, 02:58 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
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How big do those little threads of a snake get? They seem so miniscule.
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aroun a foot long tops, and rather thin.
they are the same size as a dekayi, since they are both storeria.
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05-11-11, 03:02 PM
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The Scorpion Whisperer
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
And they only eat worms/slugs their entire life? We got some light brown ones and green ones here in Texas.
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05-11-11, 03:08 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
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And they only eat worms/slugs their entire life? We got some light brown ones and green ones here in Texas.
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No such thing as green ones.
What they are is Rough Green Snake ( Opheodrys aestivus) an insectivore that eats spiders and crickets.
Storeria also eats snails
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05-11-11, 03:12 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
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No such thing as green ones.
What they are is Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) an insectivore that eats spiders and crickets.
Storeria also eats snails
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LOL I call all small snakes I find zipping in the grass "Grass Snake". Thanks for the info and clarification.
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05-11-11, 03:17 PM
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domi adsum
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
I would have kept the little fella, I worry about pesticides and lawnmowers. But I was unsure of care for them.
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05-11-11, 10:20 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
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I used a big old chest freezer, I filled it half way up with compost and soil.
The top sealed well enough to keep them in. Slugs would go right up the side.
By the way, the freezer was broken, so it was not plugged in.
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do you ever replace the soil?
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05-11-11, 10:25 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
I use soil all the time with a ton of herps, it's perfectly natural and a great substrate =x
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05-11-11, 10:42 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
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do you ever replace the soil?
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NO eventually the freezer rotted apart, so it's gone now.
All I have now is one adult Dekayi girl, and she takes worms just fine, so there's no need for a slug farm anymore.
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05-11-11, 10:43 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
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I use soil all the time with a ton of herps, it's perfectly natural and a great substrate =x
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The only thing I worry about soil is the "additives" that might come with it. Ya know not sterilized and all. For a wild caught herp it wouldn't matter so much but for one that has been in a "perfect" environment the entire time its a bit different.
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05-11-11, 10:45 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
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The only thing I worry about soil is the "additives" that might come with it. Ya know not sterilized and all. For a wild caught herp it wouldn't matter so much but for one that has been in a "perfect" environment the entire time its a bit different.
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I'm spoiled here, probably one of the very few places left in America that's not polluted.
I dig up all the soil I need back at the creek banks where it's primo.
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05-11-11, 10:47 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
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I'm spoiled here, probably one of the very few places left in America that's not polluted.
I dig up all the soil I need back at the creek banks where it's primo.
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Lucky lucky. I live in the middle of suburbia Fort Worth...everything is polluted in one way or the other. We got trucks that come by two times a day spraying bug killing chemicals on our lawns and streets. We got car cleaning drain off as well as car repair drain off...do I even need to go on?
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05-11-11, 10:55 PM
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Re: Isn't it cute? What is it?
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Lucky lucky. I live in the middle of suburbia Fort Worth...everything is polluted in one way or the other. We got trucks that come by two times a day spraying bug killing chemicals on our lawns and streets. We got car cleaning drain off as well as car repair drain off...do I even need to go on?
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Nope, I lived in Orlando FL for two years, I know all about metro life. I can't do it.
The stream behind my house is so clean, I can and do drink from it.
It's the same water that comes out of my faucet, the same water I'm pumping out of my sump basin, it's the local aquifer.
Those insects on my property are perfectly healthy for chomper to eat.
I have used the soil from the creek banks in my vivs off and on for years.
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