Picture of my new member

[Aundrea]

Hi Bio6464 Thanks for the welcome Nice to meet you also. You have 2 Dekays also eh? Cooool. Im really enjoying mine. Very friendly and does not try to get away when you hold her. I still cant believe they dont get very big at all. I have a Ornate box turtle and I feed her nightcrawlers so when I was gonna feed her I found a small nightcrawler so I thought to give it to the snake but she hid. She was scared. Poor thing so I took it out. Guess it was too big which i thought was small. So earthworms for her or slugs. So yours didnt like the slugs eh? Im gonna try and find one today and give it to her and see if she likes it. What are leaf worms? Ill have to find a bait shop around here. There was one down the street but it closed Ohh well. She eats for me everyday. Am I over feeding her? Let me know lol.

[infernalis]

Here is Athena gobbling down a HUGE slug. She was full for days on this one



And for size comparison, here is mother and child, the baby is like 2-3 months old in the photo.



The mother is Xena our #1 Dekayi snake. If I had to keep only one, she would be it

A small meal every day will not hurt a thing, ours often eat every day. I have a few garters that eat every day also.

[Aundrea]

OMG your snakes are just so cute!! That baby one is soooo cute. Man I think I want another one LOL. Im enjoying the one I have alot and would not mind having another one I cant believe that big slug yours is eating. That slug is bigger then her head I sure would be full for awhile I cant get over how tiny that little one is. Im gonna go outside and find a slug in a few. Ill take some more pics of her

[infernalis]

That slug went down easier than it looked, slugs will curl up into a ball when threatened. the snake unrolled the slug, and swallowed it like a big gooey worm.

When we had out first litter, it was a true captive breeding, we had a boy and a girl in the same tank, not knowing any better.

When they are born, they are so tiny, itsy bitsy

[Aundrea]

I bet they are just sooo tiny. I cant wait to see your litter thats due anyday eh? I for sure want to see pics!!! I love to watch Bennie eat. I think its so neat how she eats. Can you tell if they are a boy or girl by looking at the tail? If so ill take pics of Bennies tail and post it

[jitami]

Aundrea, Bennie is adorable! She looks so content in that picture. Looks like there's lots of support here for Dekays, too. I know it's been said a lot lately, but what a great group of people!

[Aundrea]

Thanks jitami She is a good snake. Shes been hiding all day today under her log. I check up on her and she flickers her tounge. Im really attached to her lol but need to find out if shes a SHE LOL. I am really really enjoying this site alot.

[infernalis]

Can you take a better picture, straight down onto the snake, so I can see the body??

The gals have "bigger hips" for child bearing, and much like garters, the women can be up to twice the size of the boys.

And if you caught it this spring, they have a way of telling you for sure if they are female

[Aundrea]

Ohh ok i can do that. Ill take a pic of her all stretched out. I know the boys found her last week around some water. Ohh what size should her tank be?

[drache]

Maybe I've not mentioned before - thought I have - I don't breed and brumate like the rest of you diehards. .

sorry
I don't put most of my snakes in brumation either, but if I had one that I'd have trouble providing food for during winter, I'd surely let them do the same thing they do when nature stops providing food
it seems sort of logical in a weird way
or I could choose not to keep that snake, rather than stressing all winter
other than that, I don't consider myself that much of a diehard - more of an addict actually