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Old 04-15-2007, 03:51 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Re: Babies!!!

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Originally Posted by Snaky View Post
I will post another reason why it's sometimes interesting to seperate them from the adults. In very rare cases they get eaten by the adults. At this moment, I've only heart about males doing that and it's rare, but it can occur. It's no fun when you see that your snake has had babies, just to see that your male has eaten half of them before you noticed the babies...
I had that happen to me once, a long time ago. T. m. marcianus was the culprit, as you say, it was the male.
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