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Non-feeders/finicky eaters

chris68

chris68

Arundel Reptiles
To my snake breeding friends, a bit of a touchy subject but I'm going to put it out there anyway. I've been contacted by a zookeeper from Clyde Peeling's Reptiland in Allenwood PA, looking for finicky or non-feeding babies to help feed a group of baby king cobra's they are receiving. Anyone looking to give purpose to snakes that may well just starve to death please let me know. I know a lot of you are not fans of feeding snakes to snakes but since that's what some snakes eat I'm hoping to be able to help them out. Please, no flames. Thanks
 
This would be a good "purpose" for deformed babies, too.

I wish there was a photo of the adorable baby cobras!
 
I'll try to remember this in case I have any babies out of my one clutch I'm expecting this year that will fit the bill.

Do they need to be sent live? Or would frozen be ok?
 
How soon do they need them? In a couple of weeks, I'll have a clutch of 22 hatching from a stargazer test clutch that I was planning to euthanize.

Catherine
 
Wow- that is an excellent purpose for gazer test babies. That whole thing makes me sad- but that would help a lot.
 
Will do, and thanks! I've been dreading having to kill the little guys. Much better to feed baby cobras.

They're due around the 16th.
 
That is one of the hard things about breeding, especially if you're testing out Stargazer genes, you have to be prepared to be responsible with the babies that should not go out.
It is a good source for the babies from testing out SG gene.
I hope that all of my babies eat just fine, because I only have 12 eggs, but if I have some that don't eat, I'll let you know.
I had to cull a couple of non feeders not too long ago, I wish I had known about this.
 
Well, they've hatched! 21 Sunkisseds, no homo gazers, but all of them het for it.

Since there's no point in feeding them mice, they're ready to be mailed as soon as you let me know how to go about it. Thanks!

Catherine
 
Congratulations on the good test result! I feel so much better about your babies. I love baby cobras. Just wish they ate mice :)

I have the opportunity to get in on a really cool SK project- from untested lines. I've avoided SK so far, and this line has NEVER produced a gazer, but I'd hate to be in the position a couple of my friends have, of suddenly finding it, and then having to tell everyone who ever bought a SK hatchling...So ethically, I'd have to grow them up, test both the male and female...But then I'd have a free line. Hopefully... I realize gazer can occur in other morphs, but with SK it doesn't seem like such a remote possibility. So- I haven't decided, but I'm leaning towards nope. Because that would mean acquiring or borrowing a 1.1 gazer pair, too! Not that I'd mind having them around, but space.
 
I also now have 1 baby from another clutch whose navel didn't seal correctly. :(

Sent an email . . . hope to hear something!

Catherine
 
I still haven't heard anything. Anyone know a better way to get a message to him? :(

I'm keeping an eye on the navel, Nanci, but that whole area is sort of smushed-looking, so I have doubts about him being able to pass food. If he seems to be improving, though, I'll keep him a bit longer. :)

Catherine
 
Maybe try to contact the place that actually needs the snakes instead of this guy, since he isn't responding? The first post says "Clyde Peeling's Reptiland in Allenwood PA".
 
kc261 said:
Maybe try to contact the place that actually needs the snakes instead of this guy, since he isn't responding? The first post says "Clyde Peeling's Reptiland in Allenwood PA".
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Thanks for the idea! I called them, and arranged the shipment with a guy named Jeff Cook. They ship out tomorrow. He promised to send pictures of the baby king cobras when they hatch. :)

Catherine
 
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