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Lycanlys
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 Indigo snake

Anybody got one? lol i want one but the fact they still try to kill defrosted mice by slamming it about kinda puts me off.
06/02/07  08:06pm

 #1304462


JackAsp
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   Message To: Lycanlys   In reference to Message Id: 1303352


 Indigo snake

I have a feeling they stop doing that pretty quickly once they get used to dead.
A baby started properly on f/t might not ever do it.
Kind of like how constrictors, colubrid constrictors anyway, will just swallow their prey right down until they’re eating strong enough mice that subdueing them becomes relevant. And at the other end of the scale, even though pythons are hatched knowing how to constrict, they’ll stop bothering to "kill" dead food after a while, because animals, like people, like to find less strenuous ways of doing things.
Snakes aren’t all instinct; they do have a learning curve, as well as an UNlearning curve.
06/03/07  05:44pm

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Wisema2297
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   Message To: JackAsp   In reference to Message Id: 1304462


 Indigo snake

I’d have one too if it were not for the $1,100.00 price tag and the fact that you have to get federal permits to transport them across state lines when you do buy them!!
06/12/07  02:59pm

 #1315924


Occ1123
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   Message To: Wisema2297   In reference to Message Id: 1315709


 Indigo snake

Here are two pics of an Eastern Indigo that I took...





She is an aggressive feeder, but doesn’t hit the f/t mice around...just swallows them.
BTW this is not my animal...it belongs to a wildlife sanctuary director, who is a good friend of mine.
06/12/07  05:03pm

 #1315933


Occ1123
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   Message To: Occ1123   In reference to Message Id: 1315924


 Indigo snake

Oops...well I guess that was three pictures. Whatever...

She really is outrageously beautiful in person!

Enjoy!
06/12/07  05:05pm

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JackAsp
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   Message To: Occ1123   In reference to Message Id: 1315933


 Indigo snake

Well, you don’t need the permit for the Latin American subspecies, but still.. not a cheap pet.
06/13/07  01:27am

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Wisema2297
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   Message To: JackAsp   In reference to Message Id: 1316566


 Indigo snake

Really? Thats cool. What is their common name? Do you have the taxonomy for them? I’d like to look into them some if they don’t require the permits. Thanks.
06/13/07  12:50pm

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JackAsp
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   Message To: Wisema2297   In reference to Message Id: 1316874


 Indigo snake

There are multiple types, the yellow-tailed cribo being most common probably. The group ranges all the way down into Argentina, so there are more types outside the U.S. than in it. English-speaking countries say "indigo" and Spanish-speaking countries say "cribo", that’s all.
06/13/07  01:32pm

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Wisema2297
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   Message To: JackAsp   In reference to Message Id: 1316566


 Indigo snake

I didn’t know that. What are the subspecies called? Do you have the taxonomy on them? Thanks.
06/13/07  03:21pm

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JackAsp
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   Message To: Wisema2297   In reference to Message Id: 1317081


 Indigo snake

If they’re like everything else, there’s probably some argument about taxonomy, but try here for starters:
http://www.indigosnakes.com/species.htm
06/15/07  12:10am

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Sams#1
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   Message To: Occ1123   In reference to Message Id: 1315924


 Indigo snake

THATS A NICE INDIGO IN THE ABOVE PICS. I SEEN ONE IN THE WILD LAST SUMMER. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SNAKES.



04/06/09  10:47pm

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Occ1123
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   Message To: Sams#1   In reference to Message Id: 1981425


 Indigo snake

Thanks...and WOW you sure are lucky to have seen one in the wild! That is my number 1 species that I hope to find this season!!

Oh, and I although I don’t own Eastern or Texas Indigos...I am getting a pair of Yellowtail Cribos (esentially central and south american indigos) from Brian Sharp. The first one just hathed yesterday (you can see it on the Indigo forum of kingsnake . com).

I’m soooo excited!!! :-)


Alex
04/07/09  05:22pm

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Russell55
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   Message To: Occ1123   In reference to Message Id: 1981830


 Indigo snake

Another alternative to an expensive Indigo is the Black Milk Snake, (Lampropeltis triangulum gaigeae). They start out looking like a typical Milk Snake but turn jet black as adults. I’ve attached a couple of photos of our male. He’s about 4’ long now.
07/06/09  12:33pm


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