Last and newest additions: Spilotes pullatus

We got the last 2 snakes we're getting for a while. At least until I can afford a rack for all these snakes we have. The female is huge compared to the male but both are great eaters, just need some quail to alternate with the mice. They're squirmy so semi hard to get pics with a cheap camera. Enjoy the pics!!

Female
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/SANY0955.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/SANY0958.jpg

Male
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/SANY0981.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/SANY0979.jpg

Beautiful, thanks for sharing!

rat snakes dont have a primarily rodent diet? would they need like lizards & chicks along with mice? what about rats when they're bigger?

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Originally Posted by mommanessy247

rat snakes dont have a primarily rodent diet? would they need like lizards & chicks along with mice? what about rats when they're bigger?

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Many species of rat snake eat mainly non-rodent diets.

Spilotes for example, eat mainly frogs, lizards, other snakes, birds with the occasional mammal.

I know most garter species don't eat anything from the mamalia family. Their diets consist of fish, frogs, and other small amphibeans. I was lucky to get mine already taking pinks.

These guys are getting mice pinks/fuzzies til I can get an order from RodentPro for some Quail chicks. The guy we got them from was offering both and even offers his adults rats and quail. They had a better feeding response to the quail than to the mice when offered. I know there's a really good DIY garter grub recipe on here if you do some searching.