I have Returned w/ more pics :)

HerpHelmz · 08-29-04, 07:06 PM

Hello all,

Long time no see, I have a few pictures for anybody that cares to see.

Pic of my 20 inch northern ringneck "Giant" eating a salamander scented fuzzy mouse, she quit eating these are a few feedings, she now won't go after anything unless it moves.

Later on that night she ate another one

My buddy "regalringneck" wanted me to share these pics of a new trick he uses to feed some of his snakes. He got a piece of a lizard tail, and tied it to a pinky mouse with a piece of cotton thread. The night snake grabbed the tail part and ate it. It then safely digests the cotton.

Here are pictures of regal ringneck snake hatchlings fighting over a Tantilla hatchling.

I never knew how big regal ringneck snake hatchlings were until I was able to obtain one for myself. I acquired a regal hatchling of Arizona locale, it was a whopping 7 inches long! Most ringneck hatchlings are 2 to 5 inches in length, but regals weren't exactly studied in depth and bred in captivity often.
Here is a BAD pic of my regal compared to a neonate northern, both snakes were less than 2 weeks old in this pic. lol if you squint really hard you see that the regal is alot bigger than the northern, the regal is on the left of the container.

Picture of the regal's mom, 22 incher

eating a kingsnake.

Michael
Michael_Fedzen @ hotmail.com

Michael's Place

bistrobob85 · 08-29-04, 07:31 PM

aren't the babies eating small snakes too??? What did you feed them?

bistrobob85 · 08-29-04, 09:06 PM

Do you dispose of many kingsnakes to feed them to your snakes?!?! Just wondering...

LdyDrgn · 08-29-04, 10:46 PM

Did one baby ringneck swallow the other? I'm really sorry, but I find feeding that way rather irresponsible. I have no problem with feeding reptiles to those snakes that are disposed to eating them, but making the babies fight over food....? Is he not interested in raising them all up or does he just want the one that "wins"?

GHOSTSNAKE · 08-29-04, 11:14 PM

eat a kingsnake ?!?!
very PITY .. ......

ilia · 08-29-04, 11:40 PM

You people need to calm down. Why is it that we can feed mice to our snakes but when we feed another reptile to the snake it becomes wrong. If that's what the snakes prey on in the wild then why not feed them the same way in captivity?

Ilia

hooter · 08-30-04, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ilia
You people need to calm down. Why is it that we can feed mice to our snakes but when we feed another reptile to the snake it becomes wrong. If that's what the snakes prey on in the wild then why not feed them the same way in captivity?

Ilia

Agreed

lostwithin · 08-30-04, 02:43 AM

I have too agree, feeding another reptile is no different then feeding a rodent, rabbit or bird. If that is what they eat so be it, but there are health problems you should be careful of when feeding reptiles too other reptiles. They can transmit parasites or illnesses too one and other.

Devon

crimsonking · 08-30-04, 12:02 PM

The king was f/t I believe.
:Mark

LdyDrgn · 08-30-04, 12:24 PM

Ilia.... "you people"? Did I not say in my post: I have no problem with feeding reptiles to those snakes that are disposed to eating them....

I was questioning making the babies fight over food, not what they were eating.

Who is it that needs to calm down?

Bartman · 08-30-04, 02:27 PM

I was going to say the same thing. Its not really a big deal at all if someone wants to feed a snake to another snake (could have an overstock whatever) but in that pic you can see two snakes eating one snake and about to meet face to face. One is going to eat the other, but why wouldnt you feed them seperatly or just not breed them at all if your going to basically let htem fend for themselves.

sincity · 08-30-04, 02:32 PM

$5 says the one on the right won.

CamHanna · 08-30-04, 04:14 PM

What kind of snake is that in the pic above the feeding babies? My guess goes Viperine Snake (Natrix ssp.).

Cam

CamHanna · 08-30-04, 04:45 PM

Ooh! Ooh! Is it a False Smooth Snake (Macroprotodon cucullatus)?

HerpHelmz · 08-30-04, 06:02 PM

Ok, my buddy has to buy other snakes to feed to his snakes. He gets em' cheap too, so there is no problem with feeding "fancy kingsnakes" to a regal. With the pics of the little regals, they are fighting over a Tantilla as I am pretty sure I mentioned in the first post. They didn't eat each other or anything, the one on the right stole it from the other. The one on the left is now mine, it takes down common garter babies like there is no tomorrow, it just takes too long to digest it.
I haven't been able to get any decent pics of my regal eating, but as soon as I do, I'll be sure to post them

Here is a pic of the same female regal eating a water snake.

She was quite full after that meal, up to her neck in snake...

Michael
Michael_Fedzen @ hotmail.com
Michael's Place

Also, I don't know how many of you have seen my website, but I am hoping to add a ringneck snake identification page to the site. I am asking all of you out there for pictures of diferent ringneck snake sub-species, YOUR pics! You WILL get credit for the pics you submit, your name will be right next to or below the pic, as well as a link to your website if you have one. Email me pics if you got em'. Peace