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Drymarchon pictures
- Thread starter bmwdirtracer
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bmwdirtracer
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I have 4; two are 2012 red throats, two are 2013 all-blacks.
He's not really running free; he's just out for a well-supervised outing. They are not nearly as fast as, say, a Whipsnake (3-4 mph).....which is WAY slower than a Black Mamba (10mph)
Besides, snakes "flee" when they're scared, and the older two snakes are not scared of anything.... although you'll note the neck is slightly puffed up, in reaction to the cat. They know each other fairly well by now, although with close supervision, and no contact.
All the snakes eat as much as I can convince them to eat, generally once a week. The '12 male in the top 3 pictures ate 3 adult mice last Saturday, the '13 all black boy in the last picture ate 4 hopper mice.
He's not really running free; he's just out for a well-supervised outing. They are not nearly as fast as, say, a Whipsnake (3-4 mph).....which is WAY slower than a Black Mamba (10mph)
Besides, snakes "flee" when they're scared, and the older two snakes are not scared of anything.... although you'll note the neck is slightly puffed up, in reaction to the cat. They know each other fairly well by now, although with close supervision, and no contact.
All the snakes eat as much as I can convince them to eat, generally once a week. The '12 male in the top 3 pictures ate 3 adult mice last Saturday, the '13 all black boy in the last picture ate 4 hopper mice.
tim brophy
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Chris,
Those are some beautiful animals. Particularly the red chin in photo 2. I also have one that prefers to eat just once a week. Not a big deal. Like yours, he eats a lot once a week. In general, my females seem to eat more frequently than the boys. Likely related to reproduction. Brutosky said females reproduce best at around 1800 grams. I have a couple that are larger than that, but I am hesitant to breed until they are a year older.
Tim
Those are some beautiful animals. Particularly the red chin in photo 2. I also have one that prefers to eat just once a week. Not a big deal. Like yours, he eats a lot once a week. In general, my females seem to eat more frequently than the boys. Likely related to reproduction. Brutosky said females reproduce best at around 1800 grams. I have a couple that are larger than that, but I am hesitant to breed until they are a year older.
Tim
bmwdirtracer
Member
Thanks, Tim!
They're such magnificent snakes -- as you obviously know well.
Now that the older pair is of sufficient size to engender some respect from my cats, I'm slowly letting them get to know each other. The cats moved with me, from Maui, almost 2 years ago...so they'd never seen snakes before.
Last year, I borrowed a local 6 foot Black Rat Snake from the wild (my driveway) to teach my cats to stay away from snakes. (I don't bother using head restraint for any wild colubrid, and I almost never get bitten -- but a big rat snake sure puts on a great show for cats! (After all, we have copperheads and timber rattlers here, and my cats needed a bit of appropriate fear)
Decades ago, I always had dozens and dozens of snakes at any one time -- my (Sewanee, TN) High School yearbook pictures showed me with ~20 snakes around my neck. Now, I have no plans to have anything but Drymarchon.
Glad to know there's a fellow couperi enthusiast nearby...I was beginning to think they were all in California!
All the best!
Chris Powell
They're such magnificent snakes -- as you obviously know well.
Now that the older pair is of sufficient size to engender some respect from my cats, I'm slowly letting them get to know each other. The cats moved with me, from Maui, almost 2 years ago...so they'd never seen snakes before.
Last year, I borrowed a local 6 foot Black Rat Snake from the wild (my driveway) to teach my cats to stay away from snakes. (I don't bother using head restraint for any wild colubrid, and I almost never get bitten -- but a big rat snake sure puts on a great show for cats! (After all, we have copperheads and timber rattlers here, and my cats needed a bit of appropriate fear)
Decades ago, I always had dozens and dozens of snakes at any one time -- my (Sewanee, TN) High School yearbook pictures showed me with ~20 snakes around my neck. Now, I have no plans to have anything but Drymarchon.
Glad to know there's a fellow couperi enthusiast nearby...I was beginning to think they were all in California!
All the best!
Chris Powell
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tim brophy
Active member
Chris,
you may wish to check out the Drymarchon Enthusiast page on FB
Also East Coast Drymarchon page on FB.
They are much more active sites.
Tim
you may wish to check out the Drymarchon Enthusiast page on FB
Also East Coast Drymarchon page on FB.
They are much more active sites.
Tim
bmwdirtracer
Member
Thanks, Tim. I registered at Easy Coast Drymarchon, then even brought myself to visit the facebook page for a bit. But I really am not a facebook kind of person, I'm afraid. I did see your lovely '13 all-black, and damn, he's just enormous, compared to my '13s!
Today didn't help any, either....I defrosted eight mice of various sizes, and 2 rats....and only one snake wanted to eat at all, and he only took 1 rat! What a waste! Although the house is warm, I think they somehow all knew it was 40 degrees outside!
Chris
Today didn't help any, either....I defrosted eight mice of various sizes, and 2 rats....and only one snake wanted to eat at all, and he only took 1 rat! What a waste! Although the house is warm, I think they somehow all knew it was 40 degrees outside!
Chris
bigjej
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Beautiful snakes. Wishlist....someday!
gila7150
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tim brophy
Active member
Thanks for sharing that. Would love to see one in the wild.!
bmwdirtracer
Member
Wow, Gila....many thanks. Decades ago, I lived in south Orlando area, and caught several couperi, all of which had very ruby-red throats. I'd thought the all-blacks were from regions Northwards....but as I recall , Longwood is immediately adjacent to Orlando, maybe NE, towards Daytona?
Many thanks for sharing!
Many thanks for sharing!
gila7150
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That picture is from about 10 years ago and it was found in Citrus County. I doubt there are many if any couperi left in Longwood because it's all pretty developed unfortunately.
Wekiva Springs State Park isn't too far away and there is plenty of suitable habitat there but I've never had any luck seeing one there. I'm sure they are there though.
Wekiva Springs State Park isn't too far away and there is plenty of suitable habitat there but I've never had any luck seeing one there. I'm sure they are there though.
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lovin2act
I gave my wife herps
Christopher I love the pics!!! I let my guys slither around my 4 mini dogs every now and then, and the dogs do much of the same as your cats. They will cautiously sniff and investigate but they always keep a good buffer zone in case of a giant black noodle attack haha! My big boy is just over 5.5 feet, and my younger boy is about 4.5 feet...he is also a jerk in his cage and loves to strike and bite until I get him out. Then he is chill. Little freak he is. My older one has never been cage aggressive so not sure where the younger one got that from. Oh well.
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eminart
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Hey guys, I'll throw a couple photos of my boy in the mix. He's a '13 model, but he came to me pretty small, in my opinion. But, I've had him about 2 1/2 months and he's tripled in weight and grown several inches.
lovin2act
I gave my wife herps
Gorgeous!!
tim brophy
Active member
Nice! Who is the breeder? Most activity this forum has seen in months, thanks to bmwracer!
eminart
New member
Thanks!
Robert Bruce was the breeder.
Robert Bruce was the breeder.
bmwdirtracer
Member
A very handsome snake, Scott! He's very unique, in his golden color. My 4 snakes from Robert were also very small when I got them; I'm trying hard to correct that! Tim (above) has a '13 snake that's almost as big as my '12 pair!
If you go to the kingsnake.com Indigo forum, you'll find a long discussion regarding this. Robert has told me, by email, that he "maintenance feeds" his snakes, so as to avoid having to move them all to bigger cages. (Grrrrr)
Gila, by the girth of your blacktail, you're not shy about feeding them, any more than I am! Although I only have Easterns now, I love the looks of blacktails; can't imagine I'll be able to resist them for long.
Markus, that is truly a fantastic picture...and the one, on Kingsnake, that started me off posting pictures here....I'm really happy to see all the great Dry photos -- hope everyone will keep the thread going!
If you go to the kingsnake.com Indigo forum, you'll find a long discussion regarding this. Robert has told me, by email, that he "maintenance feeds" his snakes, so as to avoid having to move them all to bigger cages. (Grrrrr)
Gila, by the girth of your blacktail, you're not shy about feeding them, any more than I am! Although I only have Easterns now, I love the looks of blacktails; can't imagine I'll be able to resist them for long.
Markus, that is truly a fantastic picture...and the one, on Kingsnake, that started me off posting pictures here....I'm really happy to see all the great Dry photos -- hope everyone will keep the thread going!
eminart
New member
Thanks! I know I really like him a lot. He's a cool little dude. But, he's still pretty shy, due to being young and small. I kind of suspected the "maintenance feed" is what was going on. Hopefully, with plenty of food, he'll catch up eventually.
eminart
New member
In an effort to keep this thread going, here's a couple more of my boy. He's growing like a weed.
