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Surprise in my mouse breeding colony

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joann42

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One very, very. fat black ratsnake.Well although I was a bit dissappointed to lose a whole litter of pinks and some fuzzies, I think this little guy needs a home.


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LOL, Im keeping him at least until next spring when the weather is warmer and I can possibly relocate him.But if he is as mellow as he was yesterday when I picked him up I may keep him.He may have been mellow because he was overfull and it was pretty cold.
 
Im just curious.If we fed the corns like this guy ate wouldnt they regurge?
I mean he is packed full of pinks and at least 4 fuzzy mice too.
I give my corns one dinky little pink each.
 
joann42 said:
Im just curious.If we fed the corns like this guy ate wouldnt they regurge?
I mean he is packed full of pinks and at least 4 fuzzy mice too.
I give my corns one dinky little pink each.
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I has a mishap with a snake once who wound up gorging herself like this guy has. She was fine, no regurge. I was just careful not to disturb her for a few days.
 
joann42 said:
Im just curious.If we fed the corns like this guy ate wouldnt they regurge?
I mean he is packed full of pinks and at least 4 fuzzy mice too.
I give my corns one dinky little pink each.
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This may well have been that snake's first meal in several weeks, and even more, could likely have been it's last one before the cold weather puts him down.

Regurge? Not necessarily. But it would lead to very fat, unhealthy captive snakes.
 
LMAO!! What must that snake have thought when he made it into that tub? "I JUST HIT THE SNAKE JACKPOT!!!"
lol...cute little thing...I'm sorry to hear about the pinks (although i'm sure there will be more where they came from) but this will give me chuckels all day long.
 
Wow... Just so I get somthing clear, You have never seen that snake before in your life? or was this an escapee? I'm leaning tward the second option, but you know, just want to make sure... It IS so cute though. Awsome...
 
LOL its a wild snake not an escaped pet.I dont have any ratsnakes "yet".It happens I had to move my mouse colony out of my basement to get some work done on the pipes.I put them outside in the chicken shed.I was surprised this little snake made it past the chickens and the cats and found the little patch of caging on the top of the bin.I was more worried about wild rats.
 
Joann42 - Keep it there long enough and you will get rattle snakes also. A friend of mine breeds his mice in a detached garage that is very old 1930's and he has to check for rattlesnakes and Texas ratsnakes before he feeds and waters them. I do need to add that it is in the county with a lot ranch land around. He has found more than I can cound on my fingers and toes.

The only thing I get in my garage is Texas ratsnakes that do nothing but bite the heck out of me. But, I do keep an eye from rattle snakes just in case one does show up that is what I get for liveing in the county also.

Fatman
 
I tell you what Ive been here for over 16yrs have yet to see a rattlesnake anywhere( and I do a fair amount of hiking).My friend on the other side of town see's them all over her property.IDK, Ive seen a couple copperheads but in all my ramblings no rattlers.
 
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