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Is this Pit. mel. Normal? (FL Pine snake)

JarrodRandel

JarrodRandel

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I would like to preface this post by saying; I know I will catch flack for this, because this is a cornsnake forum, but honestly, I would rather get advice from reputable people who reside on this forum rather than advice from some of the other forums, which I won't mention.

So... I was wondering if this Pit. mel. - Florida Pine looks normal, a little light, and maybe has a tinge of pronounced red - whatever, he is prob normal - but I have not contacted the original owners about obtaining his records. He originated out of southeast reptile exchange I believe...

Here he is...
 

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Pituophis melanoleucus

Pituophis melanoleucus - I was abbreviating Joe... it says southern pine right after it, I sent you a PM as well...
 
And I will preface this with "I have no clue about Pine snake genetics", so I couldn't tell you if its coloration is normal or not. :p

It's pretty and hefty whatever it turns out to be. How much does he weigh?

Pines are unique looking for sure. Russell on the forum has Pines as well, although I believe his are a different subspecies. They don't look quite the same as yours.
 
Looks normal to me. There's quite a bit of variation in Florida Pines, and that is a darn nice one!
Question, does your feeding regimen often include an appetizer before the main course? :grin01:
 
Ha... Appetizer

Yeah, I guess I just prefer to get a bunch of the same size mice and feed them a couple smaller meals. The pines have a much faster metabolism than other colubrids as well.

I told my girlfriend to get large fuzzy mice, she came back with large pink mice... not her fault, she didnt know the difference - the rodent breeder up the street just gave them to her in a cardboard box. I cant blame her for just leaving and not checking them, that place stinks to high hell - I can never get out of there fast enough myself.

He usually eats 2-3 large fuzzies every 7-12 days... I can tell when he is hungry, he is out hunting from his hide box.

He has quite the personality - all hissssssssss, no bite :)
 
Ditto, what Mike says...

mbdorfer said:
Looks normal to me. There's quite a bit of variation in Florida Pines, and that is a darn nice one!
Question, does your feeding regimen often include an appetizer before the main course? :grin01:
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I love these guys, big and impressive.
 
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