Nerodia Hotness

[pitbulllady]

Yeah, I love nerodia and would love to get my hands on some CB non-native species.

I didn't even know if any Natrix were in the US or not...always have thought they were awesome though!

I can sure hook you up with some cb hypo Bandeds, some of which are probably "Super Hypo"(homozygous for co-dom hypomelanism) and normal cb Red-Bellies, as well as some nice-looking normal Banded babies. I'd love to get ahold of some adult Broad-Bandeds and Diamondbacks myself. These snakes are more enjoyable for me than my other Colubrids, since I've become horribly allergic to rodent dander, even on frozen mice and rats, and it's so convenient to simply pick up some Salmon or Tilapia at the supermarket when I go shopping, like buying food for the cat or dog! I've caught several adult Water Snakes of various species, and have never had one bite me. I recently picked up a huge male that is probably an intergrade between a Red-Belly and a Banded, from Charleston County. He did the head-flattening thing at first, then quickly settled down and now I can even carry him around like a baby in my arms, on his back. He's over four feet long and still has some visable dorsal pattern, plus a few random stripes trying to make their way across his belly(which is lighter than most Red-Bellies' bellies), but otherwise looks like a light-colored Red-Belly.

Here's a couple of pics of him; I named him "Big George" after George Foreman.



Here's a known F1 hybrid(50/50) of Nerodia erythrogaster x N. fasciata that belongs to the Edisto Island Serpentarium on Edisto Island, SC. I tried to get this snake, but Ted Clamp is too attached to it, lol.


Here's a nice one of "Mahogany", my female who was sold to me as a Banded, but who is probably also an intergrade, just more Banded than Red-Belly. She has very few belly stripes. She gave birth to four babies, a tiny litter by Water Snake proportions, early in September. One shows a lot of her coloration, two are pretty much ordinary-looking Banded babies, and one has turned almost jet-black, so it could be melanistic. She is still fairly small, though, so I guess this was her first litter.

[guidofatherof5]

Wow. Very nice looking snake. Big George is beautiful.

[GartersRock]

Gorgeous!! I thought about selling my 1.1 Blotched and 1.1 Diamondbacks to focus on garters and ribbons... But I think somehow I not only changed my mind but I want MORE. They are way awesome. You have normal redbellies available?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

when my pair grows up, I certainly will! These two are just wee ones now... about 9 inches each! you did message me about your watersnakes... glad you changed your mind

[pitbulllady]

Gorgeous!! I thought about selling my 1.1 Blotched and 1.1 Diamondbacks to focus on garters and ribbons... But I think somehow I not only changed my mind but I want MORE. They are way awesome. You have normal redbellies available?

Yes, I have normal Red-Bellied babies, out of my Charleston County locale pair; they are het for absolutely nothing, lol. My female dropped a litter of 13, which isn't a big litter, but they were HUGE babies, way bigger than my N. fasciata babies. They were born 08/31/09. All have eaten strips of Tilapia or Salmon from my fingers, though they do not have the feeding response of the Bandeds, which eat even when in shed. They still have their neonatal dorsal patterns.

Here's a pic I took earlier today of the males, both Bandeds and Red-Bellies, in a "hat box" container while I was cleaning out their enclosure. The darker ones with the more blotched/checkerboard patterns are the Red-Bellies and the red or orangish ones are the hypo Banded boys.

[Kelan]

Wow, those are amazing! I'll PM you.

[GartersRock]

Don't listen to Kelen! He is trying to buy everything I want before I do.

Oh and I think het for nothing is awesome.

[Kelan]

Haha Amanda! Hey, if you really care to get any maybe we could split shipping and meet at the Austin show in a couple weeks....?

[GartersRock]

Oooo... I might just take you up on that... I'll let you know I am trying to decide if I can spare the $. They are hot stuff!

[Kelan]

Yeah, same here, got a lot of stuff going on moneywise but think I could pull one off if we split shipping. Just PM me on STR when you decide. I'm gonna ask her about prices.