oh happy days

Zigmund · 07-05-2008, 07:41 PM

wow i had a great day today

. i caught 2 new eastern garters about a year old each. that makes 4. and i also caught 2 eastern milk snakes

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ive been hunting snakes in this place in a friends back yard for 3 years because the construction of filling in this whole vally and making homes on top of it was starting 3 years ago so i would go and rescue snakes from the area and i had never found a milk snake before. i always used to check under a bunch of junk carpet. today is the first time i checked IN the rolled carpet and folded stuff and i found 2 easterns and 2 milk snakes. now my question is.... welllll i just eed info on how to keep the milks because these are my first. one of them struck at the other so i already have seperated them into different temporary tanks...now what?

dashnu · 07-05-2008, 08:09 PM

From what I know the environmet should be the same as a garter. My milk ate a F/T Fuzzy the day I got him been on those since.. They are much more agressive as I found one in the wild eating a garter three times his size. Milk snakes will even eat their own eggs I have read. Keeping them solo is a good idea. Congrats and good luck.

Zigmund · 07-06-2008, 12:03 AM

thank you =)

dekaybrown · 07-06-2008, 06:53 AM

Zigmund,

Milk snakes tend to be more "hostile" than Garters. Sometimes they will imitate a rattlesnake just to scare predators, and to the snake you are a predator.

In 30 years of picking up snakes, Nearly all of the milks either bit or musked. (one little neonate even went after my hand like a rabid badger)

The one I decided to keep this year, she laid seven eggs for me.

We keep her at 75-80 and no heaters this time of year, she spends time under her water bowl to stay cool.

She ate really well when I first brought her in, then suddenly stopped eating, about a week after her last meal she dropped eggs.

Milk snake eggs

dashnu · 07-06-2008, 08:01 AM

Have they hatched yet?

dekaybrown · 07-06-2008, 08:17 AM

Brett, Here, you were away at the time..

Holy cow & Wow! all in one day yikes

Zigmund · 07-06-2008, 01:52 PM

wired mine seem to be the complete opposite, they neither musked nor struck at me

07-05-2008, 07:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zigmund "Preparing For First shed" Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 63	oh happy days wow i had a great day today. i caught 2 new eastern garters about a year old each. that makes 4. and i also caught 2 eastern milk snakes. ive been hunting snakes in this place in a friends back yard for 3 years because the construction of filling in this whole vally and making homes on top of it was starting 3 years ago so i would go and rescue snakes from the area and i had never found a milk snake before. i always used to check under a bunch of junk carpet. today is the first time i checked IN the rolled carpet and folded stuff and i found 2 easterns and 2 milk snakes. now my question is.... welllll i just eed info on how to keep the milks because these are my first. one of them struck at the other so i already have seperated them into different temporary tanks...now what? __________________ hello

07-05-2008, 08:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
dashnu "Preparing For Third shed" Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Casco, Maine Posts: 403	Re: oh happy days From what I know the environmet should be the same as a garter. My milk ate a F/T Fuzzy the day I got him been on those since.. They are much more agressive as I found one in the wild eating a garter three times his size. Milk snakes will even eat their own eggs I have read. Keeping them solo is a good idea. Congrats and good luck. __________________ http://www.herphut.org 0.3.0 Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis, 0.2.0 Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus, 0.0.2 Python regius, 1.0.0 Anolis carolinensis, 0.0.1 Eublepharis macularius, and others...

07-06-2008, 12:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zigmund "Preparing For First shed" Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 63	Re: oh happy days thank you =) __________________ hello

07-06-2008, 06:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
dekaybrown Snake whisperer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central NYS. Home to the 2009 world meeting Posts: 2,773	Re: oh happy days Zigmund, Milk snakes tend to be more "hostile" than Garters. Sometimes they will imitate a rattlesnake just to scare predators, and to the snake you are a predator. In 30 years of picking up snakes, Nearly all of the milks either bit or musked. (one little neonate even went after my hand like a rabid badger) The one I decided to keep this year, she laid seven eggs for me. We keep her at 75-80 and no heaters this time of year, she spends time under her water bowl to stay cool. She ate really well when I first brought her in, then suddenly stopped eating, about a week after her last meal she dropped eggs. Milk snake eggs __________________ Thanks for reading, Wayne

07-06-2008, 08:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
dashnu "Preparing For Third shed" Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Casco, Maine Posts: 403	Re: oh happy days Have they hatched yet? __________________ http://www.herphut.org 0.3.0 Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis, 0.2.0 Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus, 0.0.2 Python regius, 1.0.0 Anolis carolinensis, 0.0.1 Eublepharis macularius, and others...

07-06-2008, 08:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
dekaybrown Snake whisperer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central NYS. Home to the 2009 world meeting Posts: 2,773	Re: oh happy days Brett, Here, you were away at the time.. Holy cow & Wow! all in one day yikes __________________ Thanks for reading, Wayne

07-06-2008, 01:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
Zigmund "Preparing For First shed" Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 63	Re: oh happy days wired mine seem to be the complete opposite, they neither musked nor struck at me __________________ hello

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