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Pics of My Two Headed

I was referring to the post where you stated the poster kept changing their mind on the age of the animal...its neither here nor there. Now I am sure people are clearer on the whole thing.
 
Congrats! Very neat. Thanks for sharing, and I hope it continues to do well. I'll be looking forward to update pictures.
 
I am interested in seeing how this little guys grows up! I'd also like to know if the "other head" eats as well.

Congrats on such an oddball.
 
I dont know how many of you subscribe to "Reptiles" magazine but there was an article in it a couple of months ago which talk about two headed animals. They refered to a specific snake. The snake a king i believe had one head that was aggresive towards the other head durring meal time. They were worried about the snake get nutrition so from then on they seperated the two heads while they ate. I was wondering has any simmilar happened with the snow while feeding. Does it have a dominant head, or a head which will alway eat or drink. It is a really neat little critter and i would keep it because kinda wierd. :) congrats. :cheers:
 
If it were mine, I'd be outta here as soon as it came outta the egg. I personally don't see the fascination over 2 headed snakes, but to each their own...
 
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Here's more pics, as people have requested...Hope they copy right!!


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Wow! I think for me the oddest thing is the difference in head pattern. I thought this sort of bicephaly happens when a pair of identical twins fail to seperate, so would have expected identical head patterns. I hope he/she/it continues to thrive for you
 
Joejr14 said:
If it were mine, I'd be outta here as soon as it came outta the egg. I personally don't see the fascination over 2 headed snakes, but to each their own...
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Gotta disagree, you couldn't get me to sell a natural anomaly like that. If I could get it to thrive, anyone who stepped over the threshold into my house would immediately hear, "I have something you have GOT to see"
 
I would sell it to pay my study loan and credit and to prevent me from looking at it all day... I would find it too fascinating/scary/weird to just own and treat like all others...
 
jzal8 said:
Gotta disagree, you couldn't get me to sell a natural anomaly like that. If I could get it to thrive, anyone who stepped over the threshold into my house would immediately hear, "I have something you have GOT to see"
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But just think of the snakes with heritable genes that you could buy if you sold it, Matt! I'm not into BPs, but I think I'd have to buy a trio of pieds or leucys, and use the rest of the money for "Z" corns and hypo-lav-bloods. Or something like that. :)
 
whether you would keep it or not is really someones personal opinion (i am not sure where joejr would be "out of here" to) but one thing for sure is that we are looking at a very cool and unusual animal. they don't hatch out like that everyday so it's neat to see them when they do. i am with mr. munson on this one though as i would have that guy up for sale very quickly. believe me, it is still a personal decision but i have more bills to pay than friends to show.

once again...........very nice snake. :cheers:
 
I Quess that why a bicephalic snake is a little more interesting then a snake with a heritable genetic morph. Its entirely unexpected. The genetics are pretty predictable. Who knows if your gonna get a bicephalic snake. its also a little more difficult to get a bicephalic to survive and I would see that as a real acheivement. But to each his own. :rolleyes:
 
terrysangel79 said:
In reply to other questions....The one time it has shed, the only "problem" it had was right in the crease of it's "V" neck...and that was a very small piece that it didn't quite get by itself...
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I'd been thinking it might have more trouble at that point and just beyond due to the heads possibly wanting to travel in different directions during the shedding process. That and there's always the possibility that one head could have started shedding and the other one not. But, as you said it's not had trouble with the first shed.

Joejr14 said:
If it were mine, I'd be outta here as soon as it came outta the egg. I personally don't see the fascination over 2 headed snakes, but to each their own...
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I think it's more of being drawn to the unusual. I'd rather see a two-headed snake then some of the genetic soups that have been found in dead/undeveloped eggs. :puke01:

But in my experience very few two-headed snakes survive to adulthood. I do know that the LA Zoo had a two-headed rattlesnake (not sure what age) for a few years before it passed on.

I'd like to see more pictures this little snow grows older and what troubles, if any, crop up as the snake matures.

Jenn
 
Mrs InsaneOne said:
I'd been thinking it might have more trouble at that point and just beyond due to the heads possibly wanting to travel in different directions during the shedding process. That and there's always the possibility that one head could have started shedding and the other one not. But, as you said it's not had trouble with the first shed.


I think it's more of being drawn to the unusual. I'd rather see a two-headed snake then some of the genetic soups that have been found in dead/undeveloped eggs. :puke01:

But in my experience very few two-headed snakes survive to adulthood. I do know that the LA Zoo had a two-headed rattlesnake (not sure what age) for a few years before it passed on.

I'd like to see more pictures this little snow grows older and what troubles, if any, crop up as the snake matures.

Jenn
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Thats exactly what I mean.
 
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