Sonoran Gophers

Originally Posted by LittleFrog

Lol, they sound like fun! They tame down pretty well as adults though!

Yeah, they are fun !!
Yes, with daily handling, they are tamed down before they hit the adult stage..........mine did anyway.

They still "fuss" every now and again, but not as much as they did as young ones, but they have never biten.

Walter
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Originally Posted by Walter Smith

Yeah, they are fun !!
Yes, with daily handling, they are tamed down before they hit the adult stage..........mine did anyway.

They still "fuss" every now and again, but not as much as they did as young ones, but they have never biten.

Walter
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Awesome! They're definitely going on the list then! That dangled list grows longer every day, lol. Gonna need to find a bigger apartment soon, LOL

Originally Posted by TyeW

I love that axanthic. I've been seeing lots of pituophis lately and its making me want to get a few of my own.. If only I had the space for a few 4x2 cages. What do the adults eat, medium rats?

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My best friend and I field herped a pair back in 1999. He'd feed the female every 2 weeks a medium to almost large rat; the snake was a beast. Her eggs were a bit larger than jumbo chicken eggs. If I remember right, she laid 8 eggs with 1 egg popping out twins. The part that blew me away were the twins were the same size as their non-twin siblings.

I have a desert kingsnake that he'd caught in 1995, that feeds on jumbo mice or small rats. My WC okeetee corn also takes down similarly sized food. at full weight (pre-breeding weight) I could probably get her to safely take a medium rat.

Beautiful group of animals you have there Walter.

Originally Posted by kc261

Beautiful group of animals you have there Walter.

Thanks !!

I can't wait for the eggs to hatch. I'll be sure to post pics. once they are all out.

Walter
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These are so cool looking

Originally Posted by dreamwallaby

These are so cool looking

Thanks !!
I'm waitng to see a nose any minute. The eggs are at 63 days !!

Walter
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Day 64..............FIRST (Axanthic.....possibly Ghost) NOSE !!
If you look close enough, you can see the egg tooth.

Walter
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Purty baby. I guess with all those phets you are expecting to get quite a rainbow of babies, as long as a decent number of the phets prove out! Should be fun!

You must have taken more pics of these babies by now!