showing off and being lame...

yankeefoxtrot · 05-26-03, 07:30 PM

This is my new tangerine honduran milk, Lucifer. No point to this thred really just showing off....im lame

I have heard they can be a bit nippy and high strung but he just loves to be held and is very calm. Maybe i just got lucky. I love him to death already!!

Lucas out

ThEmAdHaTtEr · 05-26-03, 08:36 PM

Woah I like it! Sweet color too. Awesome pic. Whats he eating? Thanks for sharing!

yankeefoxtrot · 05-26-03, 08:39 PM

He is a HOG he east 2 F/t pinkeys a week!!! he cant get enough, great eaters!

thanks for the props!

Lucas out

ThEmAdHaTtEr · 05-26-03, 08:56 PM

Not a problem. Hondurans are some sweeeeet snake. Maybe Ill get one later in the year. Ive been looking into keeping colubrids so maybe that should be it.

SerpentLust · 05-26-03, 09:46 PM

I love Hondurans. My best friend Steph would kill you for that one! lol

Jenn

Ace · 05-26-03, 09:58 PM

Very nice Hondo!!! By the way.....it's OK to show off here

. Keep the pics coming!!!

yankeefoxtrot · 05-26-03, 10:05 PM

Oh i will i cant help it. Im a geek when it comes to my kids.

Tim_Cranwill · 05-26-03, 11:35 PM

Wow, that is a great looking hondo! But if you have anywhere close to the size hands I have, that snake should be eating hoppers and not pinkies. That looks like a yearling to me and my yearlings have been taking a hopper a week since February and even a few small adult mice here and there....

Anyway, awesome snake and good luck with him!

Vanan · 05-27-03, 03:21 AM

I agree with Cranwill. Increase his food size and watch him take off in size then.

yankeefoxtrot · 05-27-03, 07:13 AM

Hmmm. ill try to get a pic of him next to something to show you how small he is...

Lucas out

vanderkm · 05-27-03, 08:25 AM

Great looking honduran - they are such incredible snakes - you will love him,

mary v.

Classic · 05-28-03, 09:29 AM

2 pinkies per week is what I would normally reccomend for a yearling milk depending on the size. My first years get 3-4 per week (or one fuzzie if they are big enough) and my 2nd years are eating fuzzies to med adult mice. The proportion in your pic (snake to hand) sorta tells says your hondu is 2002 and should be getting more than 2 pinkies. He is hungry, that is why he is eating like a hog. Remember that a food item should be visible when eaten by a snake as a lump in the mid-section area or your animal.
A good guide is to feed your snake a food item that is as large as the fatest section of your snake. I ofter feed my snakes food items the contridict this and give feeders a little larger than the fat area on the snake. This is personal preference and I really don't think that there will be any negitative effects from that. If the food item is too large, it will regurgitate it or refuse it and then you'll know it was to big.

My 2 cents.

And, Great looking Honduran. Show some more pics.

Tim_Cranwill · 05-28-03, 10:13 AM

Classic, 2 pinkies per week?!?! Trust me, they can handle a lot more! Your advice about the food size matching the largest part of the snake is true. I just find it hard to believe that the largest part of your yearling honduran is the size of a pinkie mouse. Next feeding time, offer it a hopper and you'll see. They are designed to be able to take down large prey. Try it. Your milk snake with thank you...

vanderkm · 05-28-03, 12:35 PM

never my intent to contribute to an arguement - so I have removed my opinion.

You have a very nice, colorful honduran - thanks for sharing the photos,

maryv

Classic · 05-28-03, 01:18 PM

Why the hostility? Most care sheets that you will ever find will quote 2 pinkies depending on the size. Milk snake books also say this. All my milks except the sinalones are above 2 years. My Sinalones get 2 pinkies one week and 1 pinkie the following 5-7 days. They are yearlings and would be able to take more than that but why over feed. Some and most say that 1 pinkie a week is enough. Did you happened to read a little farther into my thread and notice what i fed my milks when they were yearlings. Remember that all milks are different. Just because your milk is easily eating fuzzies doesen't mean that a milk from the same clutch is only eating pinkies. The important thing is you need to stick to the topic of feeding yankeefoxtrott's honduran. No One here is an expert and i'm sure there are only a few people here that can dispute snake husbandry. In the future, if info on here is different than your personal experience, it's your personal experience. Share it with us or shut up and stop starting arguments.
Snake Size Counts.

I was giving responsible advice that most respected breeders preach on their care sheets.