Not a garter snake but very cool!!! - Page 2

drache · 09-11-2007, 04:04 AM

thanks so much Lori
they're really cool pictures
now I wonder where I can get some really small eggs . . .

Stefan-A · 09-11-2007, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by drache

thanks so much Lori
they're really cool pictures
now I wonder where I can get some really small eggs . . .

Start keeping finches, geckos (Hemidactylus species are usually prolific breeders) or anoles.

enigma200316 · 09-11-2007, 04:12 AM

So, how did it get through the shell? The specialized egg-eating species usually break the shell and regurgitate it, but are Pantherophis species able to do the same?[/quote]

I don't know but its got like five in it already and working on the sixth
and I thought even the egg-eating species ate one at a time???

Stefan-A · 09-11-2007, 04:13 AM

Yeah, as far as I can tell, they do only eat one at a time. If it can't break those shells, it's going to have one hell of a problem in a few days.

enigma200316 · 09-11-2007, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Stefan-A

Yeah, as far as I can tell, they do only eat one at a time. If it can't break those shells, it's going to have one hell of a problem in a few days.

hahaha, yeah tell me about it......I'm thinking it will just squeeze them to break'em or the digestion process will open them up......not really sure either way, but just a thought really........

Lori P · 09-11-2007, 05:36 AM

I would think a snake's digestive enzymes could eat thru the shell? After all, what is a shell but mostly calcium, right... or maybe the enzymes soften to shell to where it crackles apart? An egg isn't hard to break on its side...

I've left some fresh eggs in with my ball python, Fluffy, and she has done nothing but use them as head rests... lol. I was thinking maybe she'd go for them. She likes baby chicks (no, not mine, lol I buy her frozen!! And that's still hard, I do love my chickens...) Maybe a softer shelled egg like the finches that Stephan mentioned...

:-)

lampy · 09-11-2007, 06:53 AM

Darn it wish we in the uk had loads of wild snakes to come accross! although did see an article in a paper were a grass snake (named hissing sid!) was busy emptying some one goldfish pond of its goldfish!

LushLulu85 · 09-11-2007, 09:39 AM

wow lori they are some cool pics you have there

Gijs & Sabine · 09-11-2007, 09:47 AM

Those are geat pictures, Lori !! Thanks for sharing

If you have more pics like this ........

adamanteus · 09-11-2007, 11:46 AM

Excellent photos, Lori!

09-11-2007, 04:04 AM	#11 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 4,436 Country:	Re: Not a garter snake but very cool!!! thanks so much Lori they're really cool pictures now I wonder where I can get some really small eggs . . . __________________ rhea "Life is just one damn thing after another." Mark Twain

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enigma200316 Basilisk (The King of all Serpents) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: northwestern, PA Posts: 1,908 Country:	Re: Not a garter snake but very cool!!! So, how did it get through the shell? The specialized egg-eating species usually break the shell and regurgitate it, but are Pantherophis species able to do the same?[/quote] I don't know but its got like five in it already and working on the sixth and I thought even the egg-eating species ate one at a time??? __________________ Justin 1.1 similis 0.0.1 parietalis 1.0 sirtalis

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Stefan-A The Prince of Insufficient Light. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southern Finland Posts: 5,737 Country:	Re: Not a garter snake but very cool!!! Yeah, as far as I can tell, they do only eat one at a time. If it can't break those shells, it's going to have one hell of a problem in a few days. __________________ Ophidia in herba.

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Lori P thamnophis puniceus Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: VA Posts: 2,998 Country:	Re: Not a garter snake but very cool!!! I would think a snake's digestive enzymes could eat thru the shell? After all, what is a shell but mostly calcium, right... or maybe the enzymes soften to shell to where it crackles apart? An egg isn't hard to break on its side... I've left some fresh eggs in with my ball python, Fluffy, and she has done nothing but use them as head rests... lol. I was thinking maybe she'd go for them. She likes baby chicks (no, not mine, lol I buy her frozen!! And that's still hard, I do love my chickens...) Maybe a softer shelled egg like the finches that Stephan mentioned... :-) __________________ Lori, New Hope Rescue-- rescuing equines and others www.newhoperescueva.com

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