Cottonmouth - 6 months old

[BWSmith]

Well the little chunkhead I got from Swampy in November is pounding food like there is no tomorrow. Everything from rat pinks, small mice, fish, and chick heads he pounds. He is Het for "Freaking HUGE"!

	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

[Ophiophilia]

Nice pics!

[SoberGuy]

Very nice shots, BW! Is there a reason for the wide variety in diet?

[VoodooChile]

Very nice BW!! Beautiful markings on that baby

[Adrya]

Beautiful, and quite the little cutie.

[BWSmith]

Originally Posted by SoberGuy

Is there a reason for the wide variety in diet?

Most snakes are actually generalist hunters. Cottons will eat ANYTHING. They will scrape up dead frogs off the road, raid chicken houses for chicks, take fish off stringers, etc. I am trying to add a bit more variety to my snakes' diets to mimic a more natural menu. Kings, Cottons, Copperheads, Corns, Ratsnakes, Canebrakes, Indigos, and gators all LOVE chicks.

My feeder freezer includes:
Rats, mice, Chicks, Quail, Frogs, Toads, Lizards, Snakes, Salamanders, Voles, African Pygmy Mice, Gerbils, Trout, Silversides, Croakers, Catfish, Snails, Crickets (yes you can use f/t bugs on some herps), and on occasion Chipmunks, Squirrels, Etc.

	Frozen/Thawed A rodent or other prey item that is frozen and then thawed to be fed to a reptile or other animal.