Gail's garter - the snake kind silly.

[kueluck]

That's very interesting that none of yours have this. Makes me wonder if there is something missing in their diet then.

[ConcinusMan]

That's very interesting that none of yours have this. Makes me wonder if there is something missing in their diet then.

I don't think so. I also don't think them having that "eye ring" or not having it, is of any consequence to, or indication of their overall health or dietary/nutritional intake. In order to draw that conclusion we would have to keep 2 groups of snakes in exactly the same conditions except each group would have different diets. All I know is that I never see that ring/gap around their eye in the wild, and rarely if ever in my captive snakes, while almost all the snakes kept by some people, seem to have it. Beyond that, one can only speculate as to why or if it's significant or not. Maybe it has to do with growth rate?? I know that Steve's concinnus' grew at an astounding rate for 2 years and reached huge sizes quite a bit faster than mine or wild ones normally would but can't say if that makes the ring or not. It's a mystery to me. I really wouldn't worry too much about it if they have it not. It's just interesting that some people's snakes tend to all have it while in my observations it's not something that the snakes normally would have in the wild or in my captives over 25-30 years of keeping them.

[snakeman13]

could be as simple as something in the local water.