Hi Charles,
What a remarkable snake !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes it's hard to get a good picture of melanistics, but you also did a great job of that, too. Thanks for sharing your story, and please don't worry about your English. It's better than a lot of locals I know
. Anyway, it's a real shame they died. I wonder if it was a dietary deficiency. What were you feeding them, and were you providing vitamin supplements/variety in their diet... different food items?
Rick