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I found a large gravid corn snake that was hit by a car just before I rode past. I circled around but she was dead, and in pre-lay shed. I cut her open and extracted 14 eggs, I saved the eggs to see if they would hatch, but all got moldy within a day or two. Really unfortunate she didn't make it...

I have heard so much regarding the proper size prey to feed to corn snakes that I decided to do an experiment. If you follow the Munson feeding plan you have a pretty good idea of the gram size prey to feed corn snakes, depending upon their weight in grams. For my experiment I took 8 corn snakes...

It seems to me that I remember you mentioning that you keep carnivorous plants. Do you still have any? My son and I were talking and he said he always liked the Venus Fly Traps but never had success keeping them. It's been many years since I kept them, so I didn't have much advice for him. The...

The weather has been warming up in Southwest Florida and the snakes are out and about. I saw a couple black racers but found a nice corn snake on the road warming up about half a mile from my house. I caught it and took it home so I could check it out with a magnifying glass to see if there were...

I thought the only thing we had to worry about in Florida was hurricanes, but we have had at least 2 or 3 tornado warnings every year. A couple years ago a tornado damaged the roof of the Suncoast building on 41 in Murdock. That is only about 10 miles from my house, and got our attention.

Does anyone have a diffused amaretto? I only found one picture of a hatchling on Ian's and was wondering what the ventral looks like. I haven't found a single picture of an adult.

I was talking to a lady regarding her snakes, and she said she had one red corn snake she would like to sell, as it had no mate. I didn't need one but said I'd look at it just in case someone I know was looking for one. Turns out it wasn't a corn snake or even a rat snake, but a Columbian Red...

I was at a boat show yesterday and the wind was blowing kind of strong, knocking down signs, and flags were fluttering straight out. Then I saw a drone in the air and the wind wasn't moving it at all. The pilot had that hovering in one spot taking pictures or videos. I can't believe the wind...

Well, I decided to try raising ASF's to keep my rodent buying within my limited budget. I couldn't find any advertised anywhere, so I ran a "wanted ad." I found a woman just 10 miles away who gave me 19 young ones for just $20. I have laboratory breeding cages so put them in one until I can set...

Did you take the dust cover off the keyboard yet? I was listening to rock while cleaning snake containers and feeding. Riders on the storm played and I always enjoy hearing that one. Then Procal Harem classics played. I watched a couple videos of the Butterfy from when Mike Pinera joined the...

Well, even here in southern Florida the temps have dropped down, so the snakes are hibernating. I didn't see anything until yesterday when I found a sub-adult Florida Kingsnake basking on my street. Although their normal color isn't much to excite anyone, they do have a following, especially to...

I'm not sure why, but people are selling out whole Ball Python collections in my area and now I see ads looking for corn snakes. I am not sure if the Ball Python craze has run its course, or the cost of buying rodents has caught up with everyone. I do know the cost of the higher end Balls has...

The forum is really dragging lately, very few posts and very little in the way of discussion. Rich monitors the activity, and if the forum no longer meets the needs of the corn snake community, it will disappear. Tell us what is happening with your corns, post pictures, tell us how you are...

I still like Candy Canes and when doing a search I came across the SerpenCo article where you discussed your experience developing the amels over the years. I'm wondering if you later found a different way to maintain the clean white background, instead of using Miami's? I've seen photos of...

How can you identify a candy cane tessera versus a reverse okeetee tessera? There are examples on the Fauna classifieds right now, and both look the same to me. Can anyone notice subtle differences that help differentiate the two, especially if the reverse okeetee's parents were high white?

My brother living on Big Pine Key in Florida was telling me that he saw corn snakes in his yard all the time. He said they were beautifully colored too. I told him I wanted to see pictures, so he said he would send some the next time he saw a corn. That was two months ago and he said he has not...

Hope you and Connie are safe. Michael came in with a vengeance, and I'm sure there will be a lot of damage in the area. We barely got any rain down here.

I've always thought you had to brumate all colubrids or there would be fertility issues. That's what most people say, however, I had read that it is not necessary to brumate corns. I quit brumating my corns 2 years ago, and found fertility just as good as it ever was. I have a pair of Pueblans...

I was riding my bike around looking for the python? spotted in my area, and noticed a small black snake coming out of a ditch. A guy was driving a golf cart coming from the opposite direction and I tried to get him to stop before he hit the snake, but unfortunately one of his tires clipped it. I...

Well, a friend was coming to visit and when he arrived he was all excited. He said he saw the biggest snake he has ever seen crossing the road a block from my house. After reviewing pictures he decided the closest picture to what he saw was a Burmese Python. Naturally, I rushed down there, but...