Gail's garter - the snake kind silly.

[Invisible Snake]

Neat. You can already see faint signs of her starting to color up.

[EasternGirl]

She's gorgeous. I often see Cee Cee and Sadie staring intently at something....and I will look to try to figure out what the heck it is that they are looking at. Usually it ends up being the top of the tank or a light from the thermostat or something. So funny. Also...I have noticed that some of my snakes will shed quickly...like you said...I can always determine shed time...eyes cloud...eyes clear up...next day, shed. Others take a little while...like Cee Cee. Once her eyes clear up, it can be anywhere from a couple of days to a week before she sheds.

This also brings something to mind that I wanted to mention...we had discussed on here before having a difficult time seeing the signs of an impending shed in albinos. For Possum and Hermes...this is very true. However, I noticed the other day before Little Joe shed...that I actually could see his eyes cloud over. Really interesting on an albino!

[ConcinusMan]

Eyes get a subtle lavender tint to them but not always prounounced. But if fail to notice that, yellows and reds seem to fade or wash out too.

[EasternGirl]

I have seen the fading...and the circle around the pupil getting more pronounced. I had just never seen the clouding on an albino before.

[kueluck]

Ok, claiming my thread back .
Zena doing her "mole" imitation. Oh how she loves to burrow in the sani-chips and no wheezing coming from her. I love this stuff as much as she does.
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[ProXimuS]

How cute Glad the sani-chips are working out for her, in more than one way

[kueluck]

The shot is real blurry but it's just for comparison, and Zena & Cleo are not housed together. This was just so I can get a size difference. Is the reason snakes should be the same size when housed together, so the big ones doesn't crush the smaller one?
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[Invisible Snake]

Is the reason snakes should be the same size when housed together, so the big ones doesn't crush the smaller one?

Not really, it's because if the smaller snake has even the faintest smell of fish/worms/pinks etc. on him/her, the larger snake will eat the smaller snake causing them both to die.

[ProXimuS]

Why would the bigger one die?

[Invisible Snake]

Why would the bigger one die?

To be honest I'm really not sure, but I think it's because a garter snakes stomach isn't designed for digesting snakes.

It also happens with boas, pythons and corn snakes.