Greybanded Kingsnake [now with PICS]

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oscar

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i finally picked up a beautiful alterna greyband and was actaully pleasantly suprised at just how many there were at the show actaully. anyway, i found a breeder who spent some time talking to me and talked me into (oh yeah, he really had to try hard too :roll:) getting a non-eating neonate. i have heard their reputation for being hard to start, but he assured me that they really werent as heard as their rep implied. for the price he sold her to me combined with my long lasting enthusiasm for alternas, i just had to try. does anyone have much experience with them? i plan on picking up a live pinky and lizard scenting it w/ a banded. again, pics soon i hope.

its a good thing my kids were tugging at my shirt cause he had a beautiful hypo brooksi for a good price too. ugh.. i wish i didnt like so many different things.

Scott
 
GeckoFiend

GeckoFiend

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Hurry up and find it. Try looking in the vegetable drawer of the fridge. That's where my mom hides stuff she doesn't want me to find: IE candy. Maybe your wife thinks the same way she does.
 
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oscar

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finally got some pics.

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and i thought i'd throw in some pics of my cal king too. sorry about the 2nd pic, i was trying to see get a pic to ask if anyone thought he was a 'ruby eyed' king.

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Scott
 
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Coleonyx

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ummm....are you killing the banded gecko, or just like, scenting some other harmless way. i dont really know much about snakes, but i do know that i dont want you to kill my favorite gecko! lol. nice snake by the way, but i like high white cal kings better. i love the contrast
 
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ScottW

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Nice looking snake. Scent feeding with them should not be much of an issue, very easy to do. Alterna are great snakes but I think the real fun with them is finding them in field!
 
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oscar

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ScottW, dont tease me with the field herping! i would love to catch some of these beauties in the field.

well so far its been 2 tries at feeding and no luck. tried scenting a live pinkie w/ a banded 2x and i think the pink was either too big or too intimidating. last nite i tried wrapping a small f/t pink in some cornsnake shed and no luck again, but i did see her investigate. i hate this. lol

Scott
 
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ScottW

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Some snakes just take time and it will drive you crazy. I have a snake that refused to eat anything for over a year, I could tell the snake was healthy and was not losing any weight so I assumed it would start eating again. Several months ago it finally took a medium rat and hasnt refused any since. As long as your meeting all of the snakes needs it should adventually eat for you by using some of the feeding techniques.. Have you tried scenting with Sceloporous ? placing it in a smaller container when feeding ? It may be time to bring the blender out :wink: :?

Good Luck, Scott W
 
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oscar

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not familar w/ that lizard, but i am gonna guess its a fence lizard? i have read in a dozen sources the most times an alterna will take that lizard and you can use it to scent the pinks. unfortunaly, i dont have access to any here in new england and havent ever seen them in a pet store. i was planning on picking up a house gecko this weekend and freezing it to kill any parasites and then trying it thawed. if that works, i'll pick up another and try breaking it in half and kinda smushing one half on a pink. the only question i have is should i try w. a live or f/t pink? she seemed intimidated by the live pinkie. i also read trying to try to get her to take a mouse tail. just hold her by nose and encourage her to bite it.. once thats down it will kickstart her appetite. i have no idea how i am gonna try blending one if it comes down to it.. my wife will KILL me. :lol:

i am frustrated, but not i a bad way. as long as she stays healthy, i am finding it interesting trying all these different ways to get her to start.

thanks for the info Scott. :)

Scott
 
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