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Chinese Red-backed Ratsnake[Oocatochus rufodorsata]

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Animal Name:	Chinese Red-backed Ratsnake
Reference Code:	Oocatochus rufodorsata
Species:	Red-Backed Ratsnake Elaphe rufodorsata
Sex:	Unknown
Comments:	EDIT 3 on Wednesday the 17th: Sadly, the last little guy has died. The only thing I can figure is that there was simply too much stress for them on the way home from the show, or at the show itself, possibly due to their tiny size. The last one had been improving a good bit, acting lively and had finally eaten on his own yesterday, but turned up dead today. Not really sure what happened there, but I'll definitely be on the lookout for this species in the future, preferably somewhat larger specimens. In the future, if a breeding was successful, I think that it would be wise to put the gravid female in an established terrestrial planted tank with multiple shallow water dishes for fish. I would then remove only the mother after birth, allowing the babies to avoid the stress of being moved around. EDIT 2 as of Thursday night: And now there is one. Had to force feed all three a guppy each on Tuesday, as they were getting really weak. Two died within the next 24 hours, but I still have one alive and it appears to be stabilizing and getting stronger. Planning on feeding again on Friday or Saturday depending on when it looks like it's digested the fish completely. My guess is that these little guys were so small that the moving and changes stressed them too much. Here's hoping the last one survives and thrives. EDIT: Found out what these are! And all because aSnakeLovinBabe is an awesome person who clued me in. Her profile is here is you want to go tell her she rocks: http://www.iherp.com/Public/ShowUser.aspx?UserId=2e381da0-fd24-4f0e-aa12-5508db7a5c6b (The species is in the database here wrong. These are no longer Elaphe at all and were never suited to be in the genus to begin with. ) POSTED ON DAY 1: Firstly, these guys were bought at the Charlotte Repticon today with only the name "Chinese Gartersnakes" for $3 each. The vendor got them from several imported gravid females that he had since sold and said that they were around three weeks old and eating small feeder fish from their water bowl. He said that the adults were around two feet long and ate larger fish, and that they were live bearers not egg-layers. I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THESE ARE! If you know, PLEASE tell me. I have searched and found nothing conclusive. They look like ratsnakes to me, but they're super tiny, too small for sexing even... I plan on getting them some fish on Monday morning. Hopefully they will survive. I may try them on pinhead crickets too if they live long enough. Hoping like hell I can keep them alive and that I managed to get at least one male and female, fingers crossed for two girls and a boy.

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Comment From abi21491, Posted At: 9/29/2011 3:40:13 AM

I'm still sad about these babies :(

Comment From abi21491, Posted At: 8/10/2011 1:55:34 AM

love the bellies!!!

Comment From browncoatbreeding, Posted At: 8/7/2011 8:08:52 PM

wow these are really cool looking!

Comment From abi21491, Posted At: 8/7/2011 8:25:35 AM

They are so tiny!!!

Comment From YShennanBot, Posted At: 8/6/2011 11:06:54 PM

They're adorable! But I have no idea, sorry :( Good luck with them though!

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