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Striped Bloodred: Carol (Recently Shed)

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Roy Munson

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She's an '06 from Rich Hume. She's het anery. She and her granite het stripe boyfriend (and brother) are giving me a hard time. Each has regurged a couple of times, though not consecutively, and they've been slow starters. They're both fairly small. I've been through this before, and most of the time the snakes end up fine. I'm hoping that's the case with this girl and the granite. She's getting darker with each shed.
 

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She looks awesome Dean... Shame such a pretty snake isn't growing as nicley as you would hope. I'm sure she will be fine :wavey:
 
Hey Dean, Nice striped blood!!

I had some animals who refused to keep their meals inside too..... Each time I fed them, even when they were pinks, they regurged, in one of the corn snake news letters marc vervest showed me, was an article about cutting the backs of baby mice, because the skin is hard to digest...

I tried this trick on my snakes, and it really worked, my blizzard female regurged at every feeding, she's an 05 and couldn't keep f/t pinks inside... but now, she hasn't regurged for 3 weeks, which is 4 meals... I hope she will gain weight soon, and I hope to get her back on the fuzzies she fed on before her regurge-habit

Maybe you could try this too... They seem to digest their meals faster when you open the backs with a few cuts
 
Thanks for the great comments. :)

Carol: even though this girl and Mike, her granite boyfriend were originally named after the Brady parents, when I type their names now, I always think of you and Mike Blickendorfer. So I guess you could say that they are truly named for you guys at this point. :)

robin h said:
Hey Dean, Nice striped blood!!

I had some animals who refused to keep their meals inside too..... Each time I fed them, even when they were pinks, they regurged, in one of the corn snake news letters marc vervest showed me, was an article about cutting the backs of baby mice, because the skin is hard to digest...
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Thanks Robin. I've been cutting all prey items, from pinks to jumbo adults, for a long time now (and way before I got this girl and the granite). The regurges from this girl and the granite were at least partially my fault. I bumped them to larger pinks, and they weren't ready for them. I had other hatchlings of the same size, from the same breeder, that didn't have a problem with the size bump, but this pair did. They are a good example of the seriousness of regurges. Even a single regurge can be a huge setback for a hatchling, and true recovery can be slow and may include at least one more regurge. But I appreciate the advice. :)
 
maegann said:
i love stripes, they are probably my favorite pattern
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Even a couple of years ago, I wasn't a fan of stripes. I even teased people who had them, and called them garter snake corns. But I've done a complete 180* on that.

Of course, she is a blood, so I'm hoping that eventually she won't have ANY pattern. She really doesn't have much even now. :)
 
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Roy Munson again.


That is definatly your most awesome animal. I am a sucker for red snakes and for striped snakes. Nothing can beat this combination. Hmm, maybe a very good Bloodred Motley might.
 
After looking a second time, I find it very interesting that when Stripe and Bloodred are combined, it's the Bloodred belly that is expressed and not Stripe. Thanks for always sharing those ventrals!
 
carol said:
After looking a second time, I find it very interesting that when Stripe and Bloodred are combined, it's the Bloodred belly that is expressed and not Stripe. Thanks for always sharing those ventrals!
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Yep, I find it interesting too. I only own two other stripes-- a pair of butter stripes. These have color on their ventral, but it's a slow-developing and fairly uniform intensifying of color. It's not at all like the blobby "bleed" of color on this girl, typical of red diffused corns. Now you've got me thinking of something else... I wonder why non-red diffused combos don't usually seem to have that blobby bleed? You might see some speckling, but that's about it. :shrugs:
 
WOW..........Thats a Dean snake?........just kidding, I'm sure with your tutelage she'll be a norman "Dean" snake in no time!!!!!!
 
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